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Panthers provide Packers an ideal matchup to jump-start run game & play-action offense

If the Green Bay Packers do not get their running game going on Sunday, something will have gone horribly wrong.

The Packers will get their best chance all season for a big day on the ground in week ten, when they face the Carolina Panthers. That is because the Panthers, despite their 5-3 record, have one of the poorest run defenses in the NFL, if not the very worst.

Yes, the Panthers are even worse defending the run than the Packers, who have given up 149 yards or more in five of nine games this season.