Fueled in part by our Cheesehead Nation broadcast with former Packers vice president Andrew Brandt and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel beat writer Greg Bedard, Packer fans seem to be getting restless concerning the stable of running backs.

Bedard came out and said, "Certain people in the organization wanted Ryan Grant to play."

Alex Tallitsch of Packers Lounge isn't happy and is questioning whether Grant is the best man for the job.

"It’s a serious accusation, and one I am not too happy about if it is true," writes Tallitsch. "If you are so insecure in the front office up in Green Bay that you are playing Grant to feed your need to prove something, y’all need to have a meeting and get that crap figured out."

Tallitsch isn't wrong in his assessment, but perhaps his questioning of Grant's deserving to play is misplaced. Like many in Packer Land, fans are upset that Grant got a contract maybe he hasn't yet deserved amid all the Brett Favre hoopla a year ago.

On the same website, "Jersey" Al Bracco is hyping up Kregg Lumpkin as the best running back on the Packers' roster.

"As Packer fans continue arguing Grant vs Jackson, I am here to throw a monkey wrench into the debate," writes Bracco. "Neither one of them is the best running back on the Packers. Lurking in the wings and waiting for his chance could very well be the best running back on the Green Bay Packers roster—Kregg Lumpkin."

Here we, as fans, are critiquing the Packers for playing a guy that earned over 1200 yards last season. Sure his 3.9 yard per carry average in 2008 pales in comparision to the 5.1 he averaged in 2007, but it's not as if Grant played poorly.

A comment from username PackersRS on Packers Lounge points out:

1. He played almost every 3rd and short and goal line situations.

2. He was hurt early on and didn’t attend minicamps and preseason.

3. Teams gameplanned against him, unlike 2007. And Rodgers wasn’t feared as Favre was, so teams played the run more.

I agree, I think the Packers certainly could have played Brandon Jackson more considering his 5.5 yard average on a meager 45 carries. The Packers may benefit from employing more of a two back system, and Jackson seems to impress when he gets the chance.

However, Grant brings a dimension that no other back on the Packers' roster brings with his hard nosed running. When Grant really flops and averages 3.3 yards per carry, then call for his head.

Be mad at the Packers' organization for giving Grant a contract he maybe didn't deserve, but don't be mad at Grant for his play on the field. He's done very little of criticism yet.