Lacy is a punishing player who runs hard and makes defenses pay.Ĭontrast that with the route Green Bay went the last half of the season without Lacy and when they ran the table all the way to the Championship Game. Though he rushed 17 times for 65 yards against the Dallas Cowboys in a 30-16 loss, it was also his final game of the season as he was later shelved on injured reserve. Those are numbers the Packers can live with, especially when you’ve got Aaron Rodgers under center. In the season opener at Jacksonville, Lacy battled the heat and rushed 14 times for 61 yards against Minnesota, he rushed only 12 times for 50 yards against Detroit in week three, he rushed 17 times for 103 yards and against the New York Giants he was 11-for-81 yards (7.3-yard average). That was going to all go away as Lacy committed himself to losing weight and coming into training camp in football shape.Īnd it seemed to be ringing true as Lacy was running hard in the early going. Though his average per-rush was a respectable 4.1 yards, his overall production slid significantly as even his head coach thought his conditioning wasn’t where it should be. He rushed 187 times in 2015 for 758 yards in 15 games. Weight issues seemed to be the issue in 2015 when Lacy’s production dropped nearly in half of what he was garnering his first two seasons. The Packers felt they had their running back of the future and, if he stayed healthy and in shape, he could be a franchise find that could lead the team for a decade. The first two seasons of Eddie Lacy’s career were fantastic. You bring the guy back and feed him the rock.īut there’s the other side of things with Lacy and something that Thompson must consider when thinking about re-signing this guy. If that’s what Ted Thompson looks at, the re-signing of Eddie Lacy is a no-brainer. His per-rush average rose to 4.6 in 2014 and he also caught 42 passes out of the backfield for 427 yards (10.2-yard average) and four touchdowns through the air. Lacy did the same in 2014, nearly duplicating 2013 with 246 attempts for 1,139 yards and nine touchdowns. With a 4.1-yard average, Lacy’s presence helped provide the Packers with a two-pronged offensive attack that made the Packers one of the best units in the league. Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sportsĭuring his Rookie of the Year season in 2013, Lacy played in 15 games, rushing 284 times for 1,178 yards and 11 touchdowns. Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. When defensive players tackled Lacy, he made them pay for it. What he will see is a running back who turned potential losses in the backfield into four-yard gains a player who ran over linebackers and defensive backs routinely and a running back who would refuse to go down, making him one of the most difficult players in the entire to tackle. Why the Packers should re-sign Eddie LacyĪll Ted Thompson has to do to be convinced to re-sign Eddie Lacy is to turn on game film from 20. Or will it be the Eddie Lacy of the past two years when the weight, attitude and injury issues began to overtake the young man? Will it be the Eddie Lacy of his first two seasons when he was the running game for Green Bay when he rushed for more than 1,100 yards and provided the Packers and Aaron Rodgers with a threat that could help break games open? What Thompson has to weigh when considering Lacy for another contract round in Green Bay is which Lacy he will be getting if he re-signs him?
But is Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy willing to open the check book for Lacy, given his most recent past that has included weight, attitude and injury issues?
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