McCarthy and Thompson have a hard decision to make on whether or not to offer Lacy a contract in the offseason. Green Bay picked up three running backs throughout the season – Knile Davis in a trade, Don Jackson from the practice squad, and Christine Michael off of waivers. The weeks wore on, and fans who were paying close attention to the transaction wire knew a 2016 return from Lacy was not in the cards. Initially, many expected Lacy to return later in the season after his ankle healed from surgery. It was just the start of a rough week.įour days after the Cowboys game, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen reported Lacy had gained the weight he had lost in the offseason and was once again playing between 255 and 265 pounds. Lacy rushed for a season low 3.8 yards per carry on a season-high 17 attempts. Then, during the Packers’ 30-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, he suffered an ankle injury. The following week against the Giants, Lacy rumbled for 81 yards on 11 carries and once again averaged over six yards a carry. He eclipsed the 100-yard mark rushing for the first time since December 2015 and averaged over six yards per carry for the seventh time in his career. Momentum started to build for Lacy in a Week Three contest against the Detroit Lions.
He needed a big year to earn the big contract it looked like he was in line for after his first two seasons in the league. 2016 marked the fourth and final year of Lacy’s rookie contract. Anecdotally, he looked more powerful and showed more burst in the preseason.
Neither McCarthy or Lacy confirmed the running back’s exact weight by the start of the regular season.
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The goal, reported by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, was to get as close to the 231 pounds he weighed at the combine in 2013. He cannot play at the weight he did this year."Īlmost 90 days later when the Packers offseason program began, Rob Demovsky of reported the running back came to Green Bay 15 to 18 pounds lighter. His offseason last season was not good enough. And then there are closely guarded secrets like the weight of Packers running back Eddie Lacy.ĭays after the season-ending loss in the playoffs to Arizona, head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters, “Eddie Lacy has a lot of work to do. government is hiding in Roswell, New Mexico’s Area 51. There are closely guarded secrets, like Coca-Cola’s formula or what the U.S.
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