Who says fullback is a dying position? Aaron Rodgers loves the Packers, praising not one of them but two.
Rodgers expects Aaron Ripkowski to factor into the offense even as a runner this season. Ripkowski played 288 offensive snaps last season or 26.5 percent of the team’s plays but mostly as a blocker. He had only 34 carries for 150 yards and two touchdowns.
“I think there’s opportunities behind Ty [Montgomery] for those guys to jump up and take that over,” Rodgers said, via Michael Cohen of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I still think 22 [Ripkowski] is going to be in the mix when it comes to running the football.