New England Patriots: 3 keys to pressuring Packers in Week 9

3. The New England Patriots need to establish some sort of running game

With Sony Michel out, the Patriots have struggled to get any sort of run game going. In Week 8 we even saw Cordarrelle Patterson taking some snaps in the backfield. If the Patriots can have some sort of running game it will help the offense out a lot.

Patriots running backs had only 20 carries in Week 8. Patterson led the bunch with 10 (Yikes!). If the run game has similar success the Packers defense can just plan on the Patriots passing the ball. This will make life much tougher for Tom Brady.

I hope that the Patriots give James White more opportunities to run the ball. He may not be able to run guys over, but he can definitely make guys miss. New England should try some outside tosses and outside the tackle runs. This will give White space to run and an opportunity to make some magic.

So get ready Patriots fans. Week 9 should be an amazing game between two great quarterbacks. Hopefully, Mr. Brady will prove that it is preposterous that he was compared to Aaron Rodgers.