2015 Draft Class Provides Opportunity for Packers to Add Pass-Catching RB

February 17, 2015   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

The Green Bay Packers do not lack many elements on an offense that led the NFL in scoring a season ago. 
But if Super Bowl XLIX taught Green Bay anything, it's how a dynamic pass-catching running back can impact the game—even against one of the generation's most dominant defenses. 
Two weeks after the Packers failed to close out the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game, New England Patriots quarterback and eventual Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady dissected the Seattle defense—using 11 completions to matchup-busting running back Shane Vereen as one of his primary incision tools. 
Vereen's 11 catches netted only 64 total yards. But the former second-round pick was still vital in New England scoring 28 points and dethroning the Seahawks as Super Bowl champions.  
The Packers currently possess an enviable one-two punch at running back in Eddie Lacy and James Starks. But the group could certainly use a player similar to Vereen, and ...

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