While Brett Favre’s two long touchdown passes in Monday night’s overtime win at Denver got all the attention, the Green Bay Packers might have found something even more important: a running game and a bona fide starting halfback in Ryan Grant.
Grant rushed 22 times for 104 yards, taking over for DeShawn Wynn early in the second quarter after the injury-prone Wynn sustained a shoulder stinger that landed him on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday. Giddy over Grant’s performance, head coach Mike McCarthy has already gone so far as to declare him his new starting tailback. “I’m very happy with the way Ryan took advantage of his opportunity, and he will be in the No. 1 slot when we go to Kansas City,” he said.
Grant, acquired from the New York Giants for a sixth-round draft pick on Sept. 1, seems to fit the Packers’ zone-blocking scheme better than any of the team’s other backs. At 6-foot-1 and 224 pounds, he has better size than Wynn (5-10, 232), Brandon Jackson (5-10, 212) and Vernand Morency (5-10, 212). In addition, Grant looks like he runs harder and more decisively than the others. “His body type, he’s taller, he has longer leverage than the other running backs, he runs with a natural forward lean,” McCarthy said. If possible, owners should pick up Grant and start him as a No. 2 Fantasy RB at Kansas City in Week 9.
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