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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Grant expects to return as Packers' starter </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Ryan Grant - RB - GB - Jul. 11 - 1:47 p.m. ET</B> </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>Ryan Grant says the Packers have informed him that he will return as the team's starting tailback after a lost 2010 season.
"That’s the conversation that was told to me," Grant said. "I was told that by [former RBs coach Edgar Bennett], initially. Jerry [Fontenot, the new position coach] didn’t tell me that anything changed. Jerry told me that as of right now I’m still the leader of the backfield and the expectations won’t change. ... I do believe there will be competition, which is fine. I’m all for that." We expect Grant to beat out James Starks for the lead back role, though he's not a safe bet for more than 200 or so carries.
Source: Sporting News Interviews
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"That’s the conversation that was told to me," Grant said. "I was told that by [former RBs coach Edgar Bennett], initially. Jerry [Fontenot, the new position coach] didn’t tell me that anything changed. Jerry told me that as of right now I’m still the leader of the backfield and the expectations won’t change. ... I do believe there will be competition, which is fine. I’m all for that." We expect Grant to beat out James Starks for the lead back role, though he's not a safe bet for more than 200 or so carries.
Source: Sporting News Interviews
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