According to Fox Sports Wisconsin, the Packers are not expected to sign a veteran running back and have told James Starks and Alex Green so. The Packers are going with a youth movement at the position with Starks, a 2010 6th round pick, Green, a 2011 3rd round pick, and Brandon Saine, a 2011 undrafted free agent. Free agent Ryan Grant has expressed interest in returning to Green Bay, but the interest has not been mutual.
The trio has a combined 183 career carries and both Starks and Green have a history of injury problems. Starks missed his entire senior season at Buffalo with a shoulder injury in 2009, most of his rookie year with the Packers in 2010, and was on and off the injury report all last season, while Green is coming off a torn ACL. Given their lack of depth, Fox Sports Wisconsin also believes undrafted free agent Marc Tyler has a good chance of making the roster. They won’t run much, they could carry 4 running backs, and they could give three running backs significant chunks of the carries. There’s some upside in the backfield, but no sure thing fantasy football players.
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