Fansided · Feb 26, 2017
Green Bay Packers: Don’t bring back James Starks
If all goes to plan, the Green Bay Packers will upgrade the running back position this offseason.
The way to do that, isn’t, however, to re-sign James Starks, as ESPN’s Adam Schefter suggested earlier this month.
The Packers didn’t just cut Starks to save money, but also due to his awful 2016 campaign. The longtime Packer averaged just 2.3 yards per carry, easily the lowest of his career, and went without a rushing touchdown.
When Eddie Lacy went down in Week 6, the hope was Starks would step up as he did in 2015. After dealing with injury issues of his own, the 2010 postseason sensation struggled in a big way, eventually losing his spot to Ty Montgomery and midseason pickup Christine Michael.
