Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur doesn’t care who is in the backfield. He’s going to run the football as much as he possibly can.

In their first stress-free win since Week 2, the Packers ran 65 offensive plays in a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Of those plays, 42 of them were rushing attempts, or 64.6 percent of their offensive play calls, and that’s despite the usual starting running back in Josh Jacobs being inactive as he recovers from a knee contusion.

It’s not like the Vikings are this bottom-tier rush defense, either. They were 12th in the NFL in defensive DVOA against the run heading into this week, according to FTN Fantasy. However, LaFleur seemed determined to keep establishing the run, maintaining possession, and chewing the clock while his defense kept taking a

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