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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Coach Mike McCarthy wants the Packers to be more balanced on offense. He might finally have a running back who can make that happen.The Packers on Tuesday claimed former Seattle Seahawks running back Christine Michael off waivers. Seattle had cut Michael on Tuesday.Green Bay is the only NFL team without a rushing touchdown by a running back this season. Although Michaels career in Seattle, which bookended a brief stint with the Dallas Cowboys, was considered a disappointment, the 2013 second-round pick has better numbers this season than any of the Packers running backs.In nine games with the Seahawks this season, Michael had 469 yards on 117 carries (a 4.0-yard average) and six rushing touchdowns.?Eddie Lacy, who hasnt played in a month and is on injured reserve because of an ankle injury, remains Green Bays leading rusher with 360 yards on 71 carries.The Minnesota Vikings?(5-4) also put in waiver claim for Michael, a league source told ESPNs Adam Schefter, but Green Bay (4-5) was higher in the waiver order.James Starks led the Packers with 33 rushing yards on seven carries Sunday in a loss at the Tennessee Titans. It was Starks first game since his Oct. 16 knee surgery. Ty Montgomery, a converted receiver, has been the Packers leading rusher in two games this season.Michael is the second running back the Packers have acquired from another team this season. They traded for Knile Davis last month but cut him after two weeks, which meant they did not have to give the Kansas City Chiefs any compensation in return.Davis had just five rushes for 5 yards in the two games for Green Bay.Michael probably wont arrive at team headquarters until late Wednesday or early Thursday, so he wont have much practice time before the Sunday night game at Washington.?Green Bay put Don Jackson, an undrafted rookie who has 10 carries for 32 yards, on injured reserve Wednesday. Jackson was inactive Sunday versus Tennessee, but the team never listed any injury for him.The Packers badly need a rushing threat to balance their offense. They have thrown on 71.4 percent of their offensive plays this season, the highest of quarterback Aaron Rodgers career. Rodgers is the only player on the Packers roster with a rushing touchdown this season.I always want to run the ball more, but I also want to throw it 55 times a game too, McCarthy said Wednesday, several hours before the claim for Michael reportedly went through. Thats the way games are. You have to run the football. Everything starts with running the football. You cant extend your offensive line and your pass-protection unit the way we have. Running the football is very important for a number of different reasons.NFL.com first reported the news of Michaels claim by Green Bay.? Kelly Hrudey Jersey . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Rob Blake Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. 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Trainer Desleigh Forsters decision to miss the Melbourne spring with Too Good To Refuse is set to pay dividends after the horses impressive win at Eagle Farm.Too Good To Refuse ($4) came from last to beat Sony legend ($13) by 1-1/4 lengths in the Listed Keith Noud Quality (1200m) on Saturday, with Most Important ($3.60) half a length away in third.Forster has always had a huge opinion of Too Good To Refuse, which won the Toowoomba Guineas and was second in the Gunsynd Classic during the winter.The option was there to take him to Melbourne for the spring but in the end I decided to keep him here for our summer races, Forster said.I have decided to keep him to the sprint races and his next starts will be in the George Moore Stakes (1200m) and the Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m).I then have the choice of trying to qualify him for the Magic Millions in a wildcard race or starting him in the Bernborough Stakes at 1600 metres.No matter what, Forster is keen to get Too Good To Refuse into the Group One races in Brisbane next winter.I think he will make a good Stradbroke Handicap horse but lets just worry about the summer first, she said.Jockey Jim Byrne said Too Good To Refuse was a most promising horse that could sprint very quickly at the end of his races.The Stradbroke Handicap is a good way off but who knows if he keeps improving, Byrne sad.Trainer Tony Gollan is happy to keep his smart gallopers Another Sllipper and Tiyatrolani apart until late December after they won the divisions of the QTIS Three Year Old (1000m).ddddddddddddnother Slipper ($8) won the colts and geldings division, coming from well back in the field.He failed at 1400 metres at his last start but he over-raced. So I sent him out to Washpool Lodge for a few weeks and freshened him up, Gollan sad.The plan was also to have him ridden from behind and it worked perfectly.Tiyatrolani ($5) failed first up at Doomben two weeks ago and also had a few days at Washpool Lodge before going back to Gollans Eagle Farm stables.She was a lot more settled before the race today and it showed in the run. I think she can run a strong 1400 metres later in her career.Another Slipper ran 57.73 and Tiyatrolani clocked 57.80, winning the fillies division and confirming Gollans belief that there isnt much between them.They will stick to races for their own sex before they meet up in the Listed Gold Edition (on December 17), Gollan said.Trainer David Vandyke is close to taking Emerald City to Sydney for the Christmas Cup and Summer Cup in December.Emerald City has won four metropolitan races in a row and deserves a crack at better races. I just want to see how he comes up after this run before making a final decision, Vandyke said. ' ' '