The Packers love to run the ball. Love it. Last season, the Packers ran the ball 526 times for 2,496 yards, which was the fifth-most in the NFL on both counts. If you make some adjustments for neutral situations (after all, teams with a lead will run more than teams who fall behind), they move up into the top 3 depending on how you want to slice it.

And the Packers were pretty good at running the ball, averaging 4.7 yards per attempt, which tied for sixth with the Lions, Colts, and 49ers. But while they were pretty good, they weren’t great, and sometimes the raw yards per attempt number lies to you just a little bit; after all, a 7-yard run on 3rd and 10 isn’t as valuable as a 2-yard run on 4th and 1. The Packers and Lions ran the ball almost exactly the same amount last season (534 for t

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