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Hero of the Week

Posted by Kurt Bohland

October 9, 2007 |

The hero of the week for week five, was an easier choice than you would expect after a collapse like the Packers had this week.

This weeks hero is the Packers running game.

Courtest of Packernews.com   Courtest of Packers.com

After four weeks of horrible attempts at moving the ball on the ground, the backs, Vernand Morency and DeShawn Wynn, gained 121 yards and one touchdown.  Wynn gained 78 yards on 13 carries for a 6.0 yards average and a TD, Morency managed 43 yards on 9 carries for 4.8 yard average.

While niether broke 100 yards individually, the average per rush was encouraging for a change. Although I think the bears came out keying on the pass, allowing more yardage on the ground than normal, the fact that the Packers even called running plays was encouraging.

Hopefully McCarthy will see that the running game can work, and will balance the offense a bit more so as to make the offense more than a one trick pony. I’m not sure if anyone informed him that play action doesn’t work so well if you never call running plays.

Anyway, congrats to Wynn and Morency, as this weeks players of the week they will recieve…well…nothing. But they get mentioned in the best Packers blog on content quake.

So they have that going for them.


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