There were a lot of bad things about the 1990 Green Bay Packers team but the worst was their running game. They had a 6 headed monster, unfortunately none of the monsters were very good. They ran for a total of 1,369 yards that year and it was the worst Packers running team of the past 40 years. They only had roughly 300 yards more than the strike shortened 1982 team that only played 9 games. Surprisingly, it wasn't the worst rushing offense in the league that year. The Browns (1,220) and Browns and Colts (1,282) were worse but at least they had good individual performances by Kevin Mack (702 yards) and Eric Dickerson (677 yards) respectively. 

The Running Back Situation

The lackadaisical running game shouldn't have been due to a lack of talent either. The Packers had three former first round picks with Michael Haddix, Brent Fullwood, and Darrell Thompson, with Haddix and Fullwood being top 10 picks.

Michael Haddix

The story of Michael Haddix in this context is kind of incredible. He was drafted 8th overall by the Eagles in 1983. His rookie year, he had 91 carries for 220 yards (2.4 yards per carry). The next year he would only have 130 yards. In fact, 1990 was his best year with 311 yards. It was also his last year in the league. 

Brent Fullwood

Another former top ten pick, he was chosen by the Packers with the 4th overall pick in the 1987 draft. Similar to Haddix, he had a slow start to his career. Things started to look up when he ran for 821 yards in 1989. Things deteriorated quickly though and he became disinterested in playing in Green Bay. He was traded to the Browns (who, again, had the worst rushing offense in the league) midseason and 1990 was his final year in the league.

Darrell Thompson

Yet another first round pick, he was selected with the 19th pick of the 1990 draft out of Minnesota. There is a theme here because he also started out of the gate slowly amongst the crowded backfield and had only 264 yards in his rookie year.

Keith Woodside

He was chosen in the 3rd round of the 1988 draft but was primarily a pass catching back, which is also a similar theme around these players. He was out of the league after the 1991 season.

Vince Workman

The lowest draft pick of the group (5th round in 1989) had the best career. It spanned for 8 years and he ended up with 1,737 yards rushing.

Herman Fontenot

I included Herman Fontenot on this list but he was technically more used as a hybrid running back/wide receiver. He was kind of Ty Montgomery before his time. 

1990 Packers Rushing Stats

Player	G	GS	Att	Yarsd	TD	Long	Y/A	Y/G
Michael Haddix	16	12	98	311	0	13	3.2	19.4
Darrell Thompson	16	0	76	264	1	37	3.5	16.5
Keith Woodside	16	13	46	182	1	21	4	11.4
Brent Fullwood	5	4	44	124	1	16	2.8	24.8
Don Majkowski	9	8	29	186	1	24	6.4	20.7
Anthony Dilweg	9	7	21	114	0	22	5.4	12.7
Herman Fontenot	14	0	17	76	0	18	4.5	5.4
Vince Workman	15	0	8	51	0	31	6.4	3.4
Blair Kiel	3	1	5	9	1	4	1.8	3
Jeff Query	16	0	3	39	0	18	13	2.4
Sterling Sharpe*	16	16	2	14	0	10	7	0.9
Perry Kemp	16	16	1	-1	0	-1	-1	-0.1

Sad Stats and Facts

Here are figures that show just how bad that group was:

• Had four games where the long run was under 10 yards
• Had zero games with an individual rushing for more than 100 yards
• The best single game rushing performance was by quarterback Don Majkowski when he had 88 yards against the Detroit Lions
• Majkowski was the leading rusher in weeks 4 & 5 and backup quarterback Anthony Dilweg was the leading rusher in week 11
• The had 13 yards rushing as a team versus the Seahawks in week 14
• Brent Fullwood had the highest yards per game average of just 24.8

Individual Game Rushing Performances

Week	Opponent	Total Rushing Yards	Leading Rusher	Yards	Long Run	Yards
1	Los Angeles Rams	95	Vince Workman	40	Vince Workman	31
2	Chicago Bears	81	Keith Woodside	40	Keith Woodside	14
3	Kansas City Chiefs	121	Brent Fullwood	47	Brent Fullwood	13
4	Detroit Lions	143	Don Majikowski	88	Don Majkowski	24
5	Chicago Bears	32	Don Majikowski	15	Don Majkowski	8
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	36	Michael Haddix	21	Michael Haddix	7
8	Minnesota Vikings	126	Keith Woodside	48	Keith Woodside	21
9	San Francisco 49ers	70	Michael Haddix	31	Don Majkowski	9
10	Los Angeles Raiders	101	Michael Haddix	69	Michael Haddix	13
11	Phoenix Cardinals	125	Anthony Dilweg	50	Anthony Dilweg	16
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	144	Darrell Thompson	59	Darrell Thompson	37
13	Minnesota Vikings	59	Darrell Thompson	17	Herman Fontenot	11
14	Seattle Seahawks	13	Michael Haddix	10	Michael Haddix	5
15	Philadelphia Eagles	55	Michael Haddix	31	Jeff Query	18
16	Detroit Lions	80	Michael Haddix	32	Herman Fontenot	18
17	Denver Broncos	88	Darrell Thompson	63	Darrell Thompson	28