The Green Bay Packers’ ground game is straight-up historically bad through three weeks of the season, and it’s not just a little bad. This team has scraped together a measly 146 total rushing yards, which averages out to just over 48 yards per game. MarShawn Lloyd has shouldered most of that load, but his 68 rushing yards so far are telling a story that no fan wants to hear.
The Numbers Are Ugly, Folks
Lloyd’s 68 yards through three games project him to finish the year with just 385 rushing yards. Let that sink in. If that prediction holds, it would rank as one of the absolute worst totals ever for a Packers player leading the team in rushing for a season. Pro Football Focus has records stretching back to 1932, practically a century of football, and the context isn’t good. Only 15 times since 1932 has a Packers player led the team with fewer than 400 rushing yards. Lloyd’s projected 385 yards would be the 12th worst total on that list. That means only 11 players in nearly 100 years have led the Packers with fewer yards than Lloyd is currently on pace for.
This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Football, Or Is It?
It gets even more wild when you dig into the historical comparisons. Of those 11 seasons with lower leading rusher totals, only one happened after 1958. Michael Haddix led the Packers with 311 yards way back in 1990. Think about it, once Vince Lombardi rolled into town in 1959, you could pretty much guarantee the Packers would have a player with at least 400 yards, often a whole lot more. Not in 2026, though, where buying a yard seems like a monumental task! Most of the other seasons with such low rushing totals are from the World War II era or even earlier, back when teams only played 14 games and offenses were a completely different beast. Honestly, outside of that 1990 season, it’s safe to say virtually no fan alive today has witnessed a Packers rushing attack this inept.
But wait, there’s more. Lloyd’s struggles are so deep that his projected 22.65 yards per game are historically low. When you break it down, only Haddix, whose 19.44 yards per game in 1990 is the absolute bottom, ranks behind Lloyd in this stat. Even Clark Hinkle, the next player above Lloyd on that list, managed a more respectable 25.46 yards per game. The Packers’ ground game is undeniably historically bad, and while it might not be all on Lloyd, he’s definitely the face of the team’s early struggles. This kind of start is just brutal.
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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