Difference in the game (and really the biggest difference between this year's team and last year's): Short Yardage Situations
Alexander needs to hit the hole quicker in short yardage situations. Is he always that sluggish in short yardage?
Last year he was 15 for 15 on 3rd & 1s, I remember hearing it was an NFL record of some sort. He is not the problem in those situations. Sometimes Holmgren gets too cute, sometimes the line doesn't block, today there was a broken play on one of the 3rd & 1s.
Shaun is just fine and runs harder than people give him credit for.