Will add that this isn't a should but a must...Green Bay will be a running team baring any major injuries. They are changing the team chemistry to the point where Rodgers won't be able to check off to pass plays w/o the right personnel on the field. TJ Lang tweeted after the draft that the Packers will be a running team, but that Rodgers would be deadly with the play action pass sequence. I agree with Lang...just hope there's magic in that offensive line so they stay healthy again like last year.

We'll always pass more than run, we have AR and NFL rules promote the pass. Good teams have to have the ability/personnel to do both and I think that is where MLF and the FO office have us headed. More balanced pass/run, 55/45, is good for many reasons. Control the clock, rest the defense, help AR but if we are good at both we dictate the game to the opposing defense, that's the real value and what MFL is aiming for.

But Maggie when Rodgers had a solid receiving group , jordy, Jennings, Jones , Driver he was able to deliver a Super Bowl. Now he has Adams and a bunch of question marks.

There are still many questions to be answered before we become a very good running offense. What is Dequara, how will Wagner hold up, will Jace be better than Graham(certainly better blocker already), can Dillon transition to the pro game( confident about this one)?

Absolutely correct, Rodgers while still very good will not need to fill the stat sheet as much as in the past. The Packers absolutely sent a message to A Rodg with the drafting of Dillon, Deguara and three Guards, this is going to be an even more balanced offense.

The WR & TE group is like a basketball team!
Lazard 6’5, Funchess 6’5, EQ 6’5, Sternberger 6’5, Lewis 6’6, MVS 6’4, Kumerow 6’4. This is a Huge group that excels at run blocking and boxing out opponents. Adams and Degura are the midgets of the group at 6’2 and 6’1 respectively.

They now have running backs for all weather conditions rain, mud, snow , dome. You want some flash? (Jones & Ervin) Oh you say the field is muddy/snowy or you want a little late game ground and pound? (Dillon & Williams)

The Packers also drafted 3 young offensive linemen with a penchant for being nasty blockers which is also telling as to what direction thePackers offense is going, forget the finess offense of 10 years ago, the Packers are planning on playing dominant knock you on your azz real football!

As puzzling as the 2020 NFL draft was it has become very clear what the Packers general manager and head coach intend on doing with their offense moving forward should be fun.

I believe what MLF wants is a balanced attack to keep defenses off balance. SB winning teams mostly have two things in common, a balanced offensive attack and a top 10 or even 5 Defense. The team is heading in the right direction.

“We’re going to focus on the run game this season”.
“The run game is about number of attempts”.
“We need to work on the running game”.
“We will look at the tape to find more opportunities to run the ball”.

Mike McCarthy at some point or at multiple points during every season of his tenure in Green Bay.

As for going forward, I do expect the Packers to run more, especially if Dillon can be effective at the NFL level. If that happens our RB position group will be stronger than our WR position group for the first time since the Lombardi era. My concern remains with the OL. I’m not overly confident, at least not yet, that our OL is good enough to provide a dominating ground attack. The RBs go as far as the OLs effectiveness. Stay well everyone. Thanks, Since ‘61

Maggie, stop making sense! “But, but why didn’t we draft a WR!?” All that crap about weapons that Rodgers needed ignores the run game. MM used to imply that the pass sets up the run. MLF doesn’t think so. This is no longer MMs offense. I am not sure about drafting a QB in the first round but the rest of the draft looks fine to me and the long term future of the team will look different than it did under MM.

Run more, pass less.

Rodgers needs to accept that this is LaFleur's offense and not his. Too often in the past Rodgers has changed plays whenever he wanted and the rushing numbers show it. McCarthy would have the play called for a run and change to a pass. LaFleur is going to be running the ball close to 50% of the time. THis worked very well for the Bronco's and Elway as in the same offense (basically) as the Packers now use. Elway gave in and allowed the Bronco's to become a running team w/ Terrell Davis leading the way, and he got 2 SB trophies for his allowances. Now forward to today and will Rodgers be smart enough to allow LaFleur's offense to work for him the same way it did for Elway?

The Packers now have the RB to handle more rushing, especially if the are able to get Jones signed. Dillon and Jones would make a formidable duo that can allow the Packers to dominate on the ground. Drafting Dillon and Deguara are a clear sign the Packers want this, but Rodgers needs to accept the change for it to work. Will he? Last year doesn't really indicate that he will accept it.

AR was on pace for 597 pass attempts in 2017. That's makes 2017 a heavily pass-first team.

I expect the Packers will run more than in the past. I don't foresee anything like 50%. I will believe something like that when I see it.

I am expecting a new version of offense this year. Using what worked best last year and adding a bunch of new wrinkles. I believe the coaches will use the toys we have to try and win each week. Some weeks will be owned by A Jones and other RBs and other weeks will be owned by Rodgers and his receivers. That’s a good thing! No more Rodgers stands alone and every defense knows it. Let’s see how the coaches use the illusion of complexity to create consistent success this year on offense.

If Rodgers can stay committed to handing the ball off, and the RBs do their job, we should be able to bully the defense into moving out of their nickle personnel and into subbing in a LB or in-the-box safety. Once that happens, our extremely big-bodied corps of WRs/TEs can continue to serve the threat of heavy run looks but also feast on crossers over the middle of the field taking advantage of that LB or S with their 6'5" bodies and wingspans to match. Not to mention the occassional play action strike over the top. It all has to be built on the run game, and it can not be abandoned.

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