Will Eddie Lacy Be On Packer Roster in 2017?

[Joemailman]

Do Montgomery/Michael make Lacy expendable? This is also a strong draft for running backs. I know Lacy is a talented guy, but maybe the Packers will want to move on with guys whose weight and conditioning isn't an issue.

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Do Montgomery/Michael make Lacy expendable? This is also a strong draft for running backs. I know Lacy is a talented guy, but maybe the Packers will want to move on with guys whose weight and conditioning isn't an issue.

they drop his price tag as far as GB is concerned

[texaspackerbacker]

Do Montgomery/Michael make Lacy expendable? This is also a strong draft for running backs. I know Lacy is a talented guy, but maybe the Packers will want to move on with guys whose weight and conditioning isn't an issue.

Lacy probably, Starks for sure - somebody will almost certainly offer Lacy way more than he's worth.

[pbmax]

I still think Lacy comes back.

[Clayish]

Sign him to a very team friendly one year deal with incentives for him. Keep Ty and Michael.

Wouldn't be mad at drafting a RB in round 3 or something either. Supposedly a very deep RB class this year.

[RashanGary]

I still think Lacy comes back.

Me too. Him and Montgomery would be a good one two punch. Michael is good off the bench.

[QBME]

He gone. 245 lbs on 215 ankles have taken their toll. Monty/Michael/Ripkowski offer enough options.

[Pugger]

I'd love to have Eddie, Ty and Christine as our RB stable next year along with Rip as our FB. I remember folks bitching because we only kept 2 HBs coming out of TC last September.

[King Friday]

Eddie can see the writing on the wall. He WON'T be the feature back in Green Bay after this year.

Someone else will roll the dice and give him that chance elsewhere. As such, they will offer more money to him.

He ain't coming back.

[Zool]

I think Lacy signs a Nick Perry style 1 year "show me" contract for 5-6. Hopefully the Packers still draft a RB. If not at least a TE early. Give AR a couple guys who can actually get open consistently.

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He gone. 245 lbs on 215 ankles have taken their toll. Monty/Michael/Ripkowski offer enough options.

try 265 and you might be in the ballpark

[RashanGary]

I think Lacy signs a Nick Perry style 1 year "show me" contract for 5-6. Hopefully the Packers still draft a RB. If not at least a TE early. Give AR a couple guys who can actually get open consistently.

I could see this.

[Fritz]

What an interesting conundrum for the Packers. You always want talent, and Lacy is undoubtedly talented. Unfortunately, there are two problems: one, in a contract year the guy was, yes, in better shape than before, but a 270 pound guy who loses thirty pounds is still about fifteen pounds overweight. If you can't get in top-notch shape in a contract year, what are you going to do if you have a three year contract? Hmm. Secondly, how would MM configure the offense with Lacy back? Lacy seems to do better with more and more carries, but we've seen McCarthy transform this offense so that, once again, it revolves around the arm of A. Rodgers. Can you keep this offense in its current configuration with Lacy as your featured back?

[King Friday]

Can you keep this offense in its current configuration with Lacy as your featured back?

That's the whole point. Ty Montgomery is now the feature back. McCarthy basically said as much yesterday, and that will only be further enhanced once he actually gets to see all of the game film. Imagine what Ty could look like with an entire offseason to actually work with the OL and coaching staff to work on being a RB. We finally have a RB who can be a dynamic receiving threat out of the backfield.

Since Lacy at best only has a chance at competing for the feature back spot in GB. I'm fairly certain that there is at least one NFL team willing to offer him $5M+/year to be their primary back. He's shown enough during his career to justify another chance somewhere. I just don't see how everyone else in the league is going to completely pass on the guy so that the Packers can retain him at a discount bin price for 1 season.

[Fritz]

I could see the Lions making a run at Lacy. They think they're close, with Stafford playing as well as he has, and if you can get someone like Lacy at a decent price, then suddenly you have a running game, and you didn't have to use a draft pick. Hell, the Giants could use him, too.