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The NFL has evolved beyond the ‘big running back,’ an issue for the Packers and AJ Dillon

Take a look at the photo below. The big guy is Derrick Henry. He went to the same school, Alabama, as the “small” guy on the left, Mark Ingram.

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Ingram is a “normal sized” running back (215 pounds), and maybe even on the big side. Henry is a monstrous freak of nature, and the prototype for what a modern power back can bring to the table. The picture is striking, as is the memory of Henry carving up New England and Baltimore in the playoffs.