I completely agree with you. At the start of this season, I was getting really frustrated because I felt that he made his moves too late and always seemed to "run into the pile." I don't know that I'm going to change my opinion of him based on a handful of games (the playoffs would shove me into believer mode, if he does well) but it does seem that he's more disciplined and ready of late. I like the guy as a player and a man and hope that he does well.

If i had a dollar for every time this season i said c'mon Grant have a go, for every time he ran into the back of the oline or just made 2 or 3 yards if that. I would be drinking alot of free beer. But he has played really well the last few games and it seems he always is better towards the end of the season than the beginning but i dont know why? That 80 yard touchdown was awesome and made me jump of the lounge. Hope he keeps it up through the playoffs.

A breath of freshness to have a writer/blogger point out faulty statements they've made in the past. Well done Nagler!!

Grant is back to where he was in training camp in 2010. We might see a few more of these exceptional plays in the playoffs...at least that's the hope.

Go Pack!!

Completely off topic, but check out the block & hustle by DD.

I'm wondering if the current OLine is the ticket. I know that there is alot of talent on the sideline, these days, but maybe EDS and Lang are gelling. who knows?

In spite of everything out there, I still believe that there are certain games where a running game will pull out a W. Not going to discuss cold vs warm; rain or snow vs clear; windy vs calm; or indoor vs outside. Just remember Starks absolutely punishing the PHI l'backers last year. Ahman Green before that. Also, not saying that the passing game is a fad; just certain games would be nice to be able to try a different approach, not to mention, may extend ARodg's career.

$0.02

Resilient.

It takes a mench to acknowledge when he's wrong...well done Aaron.

Grant and Clifton are prime examples the NFL season is a marathon. Aaron you were not alone in dismissing Grant. Alot of fans did the same w/ Clifton until injuries on the OL had them praying he could still play.

An adage from a great sage says "those that don't have patience become patients".

Nice move by admitting you're wrong, Aaron.

Legions of Packers fans agreed with you, though. Myself included. Grant's recent performance is a pleasant surprise, and the timing couldn't possibly be better.

I think what you wrote was correct at the time. Grants just picked up his game. Maybe his legs are fresher than the opposing LB's because of his low reps. Maybe realizing his contract is up has lit a fire under his ass. Maybe he just wants one more SuperBowl ring before he has to go play for some 8-8 team. Whatever the reason, if he keeps it up he can be this postseasons James Starks.

Add me to the list that was dead wrong. I watched the game with my poor Lion Fan brother and he, along with me, was shocked at Grant's burst on this play.

While on the subject of this play, interesting tidbit from "Tuesday's with Aaron" yesterday. It seems the only players that knew this was a screen was Grant, Flynn and the receivers. The O-Line didn't block it like a screen.

I find it hard to admit when I was wrong. Well done, sir.

Grant has always been a back who usually requires multiple touches during a game to find his groove. More simply put, he seems to get stronger and play better as the game progresses. I seem to remember a certain playoff game against Seattle a few years ago, when after losing fumbles on something like 2 of his first 3 touches, and basically spotting the Seahawks 14 points he went on to have a career day and set a Packer playoff rushing record. Those of you who question the "running into the pile" as you call it, have to remember that the Packers play a lot of shotgun formation so that is most likely where the play was designed to go but the O line failed to create the lane. Neither Grant nor Starks have great cut-back ability, mainly because both are big punishing backs, and because they start so far from back from the line in Shotgun formation they have to trust that the O line will have the lane open for them when they hit the line. When you start not going where the play was designed you will either be hero (ala Barry Sanders) or unemployed. Grant has been a very humble and excellent team player since the emergence of Starks and I hope both have a great playoff run. (pun intended)

I've been on Grant's side while others were jumping ship- and am very happy for how well he's playing- but, learning a "hop/sideways step" move would help him- and for that matter all the RB's.

In fact...now that I'm thinking about this- I don't think we've had an RB that can "hop step" since....since....Eddie Lee Ivery.- but perhaps that's why our RB's don't fumble - oh well.

He's picked up his game, yes.

He's still gone at the end of the year. Barring a catastrophic injury to Starks in the playoffs, the backfield will look like this next year:

1a. Starks
1b. Green or Saine
2. Draft pick TBD.
3. Kuhn

So how much of that "more stamina than the others" and that "better footing for poor field conditions" thing is true then?

Why every single year Grant has a much, much better second half of season than a first?

You and me both, man. Watching Grant get his burst back has him as the legitimate #1 over Starks right now. It's so cool seeing the Grant of ol' out there. The Packers have narrowed the running gap between them and other teams now. Good to see.

Except for that damn snow angel, though. I always knew he was a thug.

One thing you'll never see Grant do is make a jump cut. The guy keeps his feet moving in a straight line at all times. It's terrible to watch when there are no holes to hit, but when there are, he's going to hit them hard.

For a non-running football team we sure have a lot of RB on IR the last few years. They are always injury prone, even the backups. At least we can always count on Kuhn.

Didn't Grant make a comment a few weeks ago that this was the first time he has felt healthy since his injury last year? I think that is the biggest contributing factor to his success this year.

Like I said then, he only has to be good enough to get the safeties to sneak up into the box. The long TD pass to Jordy was set up with the run.

So he's still got some wheels too, bonus.

Most people missed this one but Grant'worth wasn't realized until the first Bears game game when Starks stumbled, fumbled and Grant took over. The issue now is will Grant get the number of carries in a pass dominated offense that doesn't rely on one back.

Ryan Grant just needs a bigger share of the carries to get going. Or maybe someone within the organization pointed out to him that brandon saine was looking pretty good and grant's contract was up at the end of the year.

Ryan Grant is still slow. But he always seems to run well late in the season. And that's the time to do it...