Quote Originally Posted by MadScientist View Post
Not sure about that. How much will a DC scheme to stop a guy who gets 4 +/- 2 yards a carry vs a guy who has a fair number of -2 to +3 yard runs but will go 20-60 yards if the defense every 10th run, especially if the defense is napping?
With the Packers I think the second kind of RB is just duplicating a threat that the passing game can carry out more effectively. If you're the DC facing the Packers and you have to choose between letting Rodgers beat you throwing or a Chris Johnson type break off the occasional long run sandwiched around a bunch of negative runs, that is a pretty easy choice to make. Chris Johnson's all-or-nothing is much less scary than Rodgers throwing against an eight man front. So is Lacy's four-to-six, except a defense can't let Lacy do that to it all day long.