All great football teams need to be able to run the football; it keeps defenses honest, opens up the passing game, and ultimately makes the game a lot easier. One of the main reasons the Detroit Lions haven’t been able to make the leap from good to great is their lack of a running game.
Lack of a running game might be a polite way of putting it. As sick as Lions fans are of hearing it, Motor City ranked last in the league in rushing yards and yards per carry this past season, statistically giving them the worst running game in the league.