Green Bay has scraped together a paltry 146 rushing yards through their first three games this season, a number that’s not just bad, it’s historically awful. Seriously, since the merger, this is the third-lowest rushing total for the Packers over any three-game stretch. You read that right: *third-lowest*. We’re talking about a franchise that’s been around forever, and they’re hitting new lows in early season futility on the ground.
This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Running Game
When you dig into the numbers, it just gets worse. The Packers have only had five spans of three games where they gained less than 150 rushing yards since the merger. And really, it’s only four distinct streaks because two of those from 1990 overlap. But even then, four or five, it’s a super exclusive club of absolutely terrible ground attacks, and the 2026 squad is firmly in it. If you’re a Green Bay fan, you gotta be ready to hurl because this kind of production is just nauseating.
The most recent embarrassing stretch before this one? That was back in 2006. Remember that? The Packers put up a combined 142 yards, including a measly 51 yards against our very own Seahawks. Yeah, we’ve been there, we’ve seen their rushing game flail. But nothing, and I mean NOTHING, holds a candle to the absolute bottom of the barrel: the 1990 Packers.
A Blast From the Past, Courtesy of the Seahawks
That 1990 squad, led by quarterback carousel Anthony Dilweg and Blair Kiel, holds the franchise record for worst three-game rushing span with a pathetic 127 yards. This was during a time when Don Majkowski was sidelined, and the Packers were trotting out guys like Michael Haddix and Keith Woodside, names that probably still give old-school fans nightmares.
During that infamous streak, one game sticks out for us Emerald City faithful: the Packers’ 20-14 loss to *our* Seattle Seahawks. You know what happened then? While Green Bay’s entire team managed a laughable 13 yards on 10 carries from their running backs and QBs, our guys, Derrick Fenner and John Williams, went off for 157 yards on 33 carries. That’s how you dominate the line of scrimmage, folks! Haddix, their big Plan B Free Agent acquisition, had 10 yards on four carries that game. Woodside? He finished with a thrilling -3 yards on three carries. Yeah, minus three. The Lindy Infante Packers were truly wild, and not in a good way, clearly.
So as the Packers stumble through this early part of the season, struggling to get anything going on the ground, just remember: we’ve seen this movie before. Our Seahawks were right there in 1990, stomping all over Green Bay’s attempts to run the ball. This isn’t just a bad start for them, it’s a re-run of a historically terrible performance. You gotta wonder how many more times we’re gonna see a Packers team land in the history books for all the wrong reasons.
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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