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JASON WILDE For the State Journal
Jul 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020

dillon photo 7-20 — In three years at Boston College, AJ Dillon ran for 4,382 yards on 845 carries (5.2-yard average) and 38 touchdowns. “I had a lot of carries, but that just shows I can handle the workload, I can be the workhorse," the rookie second-round pick said.
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JASON WILDE For the State Journal

GREEN BAY — If Matt LaFleur truly does want an offense that more closely resembles that of his coaching BFF Kyle Shanahan — the San Francisco 49ers’ scheme that literally ran LaFleur’s Green Bay Packers off the field in the NFC Championship Game last January — then the Packers coach dropped the first hint of his intentions a month after that demoralizing loss.

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Sunday: Quarterbacks.

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