100 Yard Rusher

That's a great post.

I've never been concerned with the "century mark", however, I have been concerned with the lack of a rushing game or at least the threat of a run.

If we have even a remote threat of a running game, you'll see many more DC's shaking their heads in disgust (like Haslett) against this offense in 2013-2014

Stats like that are useless. It's not the number that is important, it's the impact. I don't care if James Starks runs for 25 yards or 250, if he can force the defense to honor the run game and things open up for Rodgers then this offense is incredibly dangerous. 

That's the real trick.  Point being, you have a guy like Lacy who can come in and grind down a defense and burn a clock while keeping a defense honest for the majority of the game and a guy like Rodgers will win it for you.  

Rodgers is in his prime.  The offense will morph as the years go on.

Cue  "respecting" the running game in 3...2...

You better start with like 8,456,081 seconds.

Which left first, the chicken or his derp.

You'll be waiting quite awhile.

I also think the win-loss percentage is of only partial usefulness.  Certainly a higher percentage of wins is important and clearly in today's NFL a good passing game is more important than a good running game.  But, the problem is the matchups.  The last couple of seasons, the Packers had a good win-loss record in the regular season but then they came up against teams that were built differently and they struggled.  So even if they are able to beat MOST teams with a subpar running game, that's not going to get them through the playoffs.  They need enough to be competitive against ALL types of teams.

Yes they do

And part of that is the ongoing education of MM. He knows how to bludgeon a team with Rodgers and the passing game, now he is learning how to win with a running game and a defense.

Once they can do those things, its an express train to Titletown's next Championship

The biggest part for this year is the physicality in the run game from Oline to RB when facing physical defenses.  The Packers front seven can stop the run, that much is obvious.  Patch the safety position and the team as a whole is balanced enough to compete with anyone.

I am very glad to see the resurgence of Starks but I believe it's imperative for Lacy to be running the ball when the playoffs come around.

Mike knew the identity of his team yesterday, he let the pass set up the run. 

Just like I told him to do. 

Fire Capers. It was quite satisfying when they showed Haslett in the booth. It was pretty much a look of "I've got nothing here". Bueller? Bueller?

 I don't know why any defensive coordinator in this league would decide that single high safety coverage is the best way to defend against an Aaron Rodgers led offense. The entire 2011 season is pretty damning evidence that this doesn't work all that well.

yup, that was a great shot. 20 year veteran coach and he's got nothin'

And maybe the retread coaches aren't the answer to the new-age video-game offenses. One of the things the uptempo does is take away the ability for a defense to make adjustments, shifts & calls pre-snap.It also takes away the ability to substitute- so the offenses are really dictating the play

So defenses default to basic coverages and that benefits the uptempo offenses too- giving them what they were expecting instead of the surprises that Haslett et al used in years past

the 9ers don't substitute much at all on defense, so for them the uptempo isn't as big a deal . But for the DCs that have multiple packages; the light -speed offenses tie their hands on both strategy and personnel

Cat vs mouse continues with the League favoring the offense....time for the defensive masterminds to step up and stop it

I'm guessing Haslett knew that MM really wanted to feature his running game and so he elected to commit a safety to stopping it early.

I'm also guessing that Haslett believed his (2) OLBs would beat the crap out of Barclay and Bak, making the single high safety a non-issue. And after the first series it looked like he was right- both Kerrigan and Orakpo were all over Rodgers

But then changes were made/the youngsters settled down and 24 points later Haslett threw up his arms in defeat.

Replace Haslett with Capers and Green Bay with San Francisco. 

Pretty similar, no?  Sometimes matchups are a bitch.