The Thousand Yard Rusher

             It seems almost cliché to say that the NFL is becoming more of passing league in recent years. Actually, it is a cliché and an irrelevant one at that. Yes, three of the last four Super Bowl participants (New Orleans, Indianapolis and Green Bay) and the last two winners (NO, GB) have been far more noted for their passing games than their running games. However, much like their defenses, their running games were often overlooked in favor of focusing on the passing game. While their running games were excellent, they were often at their best when it most needed to be, like when they were killing the clock at the end of games. Regardless of how you look at it, the running game is still important to the winning in the NFL.