I’m getting my pads lower.
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Lacy hasn’t cracked 20 carries in a single game yet this year. Lacy has rushed for at least 1100 yards in each season and scored 24 total touchdowns.
“I’m ready to get back out there”, Adams said.
Whether he’s headed for a similar resurgence in 2015 remains to be seen, but he’s pretty sure stat lines like his last one – four carries, three yards – won’t happen again.
On Thursday, McCarthy was also asked whether Lacy’s weight was affecting the ability to do his job. He said he wasn’t limited by his ankle injury, and understood why McCarthy stuck with Starks given the backup’s production.
“He looks good just watching him work out Monday in the individual stuff”. Jeff Janis saw snaps on Sunday with Montgomery out and he could get a chance to play with the injuries coming out of the bye week if Adams is not a full go.
“They’ve been saying it just as much as you guys have… just looking out for me and also wanting me back out there on the field”, Adams told reporters.
Lacy stands to be the lead back against the Broncos on Sunday night in Denver.
In other Packers injury news, Lacy’s fellow running back James Starks missed his second consecutive practice last Wednesday due to his hip injury, according to a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“No. 1, we’re not running enough plays”, McCarthy said.
“Frankly, I was here every day during the bye week and so was James”. “I felt like I was running high in the beginning part of this season”. But against the St. Louis Rams, his 13 carries produced only 27 yards, and on October 18 against the San Diego Chargers, he had only four carries for 3 yards.
Despite those opponents, the Packers have allowed just 11 sacks, tied for seventh fewest in the National Football League and rank 16th in sacks per pass play. Barclay accounted for 41/2 of them in the three games he filled in after Bulaga suffered a knee injury heading into Week 2. The two have combined for 71/2 sacks and their biggest impact might be the sacks of the players around them, who benefit from the one-on-ones the pair help provide. Whether he’s able to get the OK to play Sunday against the Broncos is up in the air.
NT B.J. Raji (groin) remained a limited participant in practice Thursday.
“I definitely want to be out there a little more”, Backman said.
Tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot said he was still excited about Backman, but that patience was necessary because of the complexity of the position in the Packers offense.
“So yeah, you can be too big”, Gash said.
That means his role as kickoff returner will have to be filled.
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“That will be coach’s decision”, Zook said.
