Submit a Story!

NFC North: Ranking the Running Game Part 5

 
Part 5 of a 32 part series, a running back position analysis of each franchise. The NFC North division winner was the Green Bay Packers with a 13-3 record. The Packers beat  the Seattle Seahawks in the Divisional Playoff game fueled by Ryan Grant overcoming 2 fumbles and then rushing for 201 yards & 3 TD’s at snowy Lambeau Field. In the Conference Championship the Packers hosted the NY Giants in an epic contest. However, Ryan Grant wasn’t a factor against his former team. The Giants controlled the clock & wore down Green Bay as the game went into the latter stages. The Giants held  the ball for over 40 minutes and exerted their will throughout the 2 nd half and overtime. This gave Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes the chance to atone for his earlier two misses and kick the Giants into the Super Bowl on a 47 yard Field Goal. The Packers as a team rushed for 100 yards per game.   Green Bay Packers   Ryan ... (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Browns sign LB
waitingfornextyear.com 3/24/2008 — The Browns signed who? Tony Grossi ‘broke’ the story, or at least he got part of it right. The newest Cleveland Brown is Shantee Orr. Yes, THE Shantee Orr. Not helping? I know. Shantee played last year for the Texans and Jaguars. He began his career as an undrafted free agent with the Packers, but didn’t get ...
Would the Bengals be better without Chad Johnson?
cincyjungle.com 3/24/2008 — In some respects, a good argument was made during the New York Giants Super Bowl run, that the team actually became better when Tiki Barber retired and Jeremy Shockey went on IR for the season. Head Coach Tom Coughlin made it a point to change his ...
New York Giants--Trade Shockey?
fastbreakblog.com 3/24/2008 — Eli Manning calmer, happier, winning....
More Shockey rumblings - NJ.com: Ledger on the Giants
blog.nj.com 3/24/2008 — Once again, there is a report stating the Saints are trying to trade for Giants TE Jeremy Shockey. This time, it's SI's Peter King , who wrote today: 9. I think, Giant beat writers, you might sniff around this one: New Orleans is not through trying ...
GIANTS WILLING TO MOVE SHOCKEY
profootballtalk.com 3/25/2008 — In response to our blurb regarding a report in the Newark Star-Ledger that the New Orleans Saints offered a second-round pick and safety Roman Harper for Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey, a source with knowledge of the discussions tells us that the ...
Cornerback Tandems: Rating the NFLs Best Part 2 of 2Bleacher Report - NFL 3/24/2008
Al Harris is half of one of the best cornerback tandems in the league. See here for Part 1 of the Article   http://bleacherreport.com/articles/14319 Number 2: Champ Bailey and Dre Bly, DEN  Champ Bailey possesses the ...
WORST TO FIRST: THE CLEVELAND BROWNS STORYBleacher Report - NFL 3/24/2008
  HOW THE BROWNS CREATED THEIR OWN CINDERELLA Cleveland is full of factory workers and crazy Wahoo maniacs, but who would of guessed that among the mess of steel and smog that a Cinderella would emerge from the mess people call ...
From Worst to First: The Cleveland Browns' StoryBleacher Report - NFL 3/24/2008
HOW THE BROWNS CREATED THEIR OWN CINDERELLA Cleveland is full of factory workers and crazy Wahoo maniacs, but who would have guessed that among the mess of steel and smog that a Cinderella would emerge from the chaos people call Cleveland.  ...
Pats' Green finds truer joy off fieldPatriots & NFL - BostonHerald.com 3/25/2008
There are some players who would spend the rest of their lives waking up every night in a cold sweat because they had Giants quarterback Eli Manning in their grasp, only to...
Dillon: Aaron Rodgers ready to step into Favre's big shoesLatest Sporting News Articles for NFL 3/25/2008
Packers fans are obviously concerned about the retirement of Brett Favre, but Aaron Rodgers has been waiting in the wings and should put any doubts to rest.