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Packers running back Eddie Lacy struggled for most of the first half of the season, but seemed to have found his groove in Weeks 11 and 12.

Lacy ran for 205 yards on 39 carries and posted his first two 100-yard rushing games of the season in those games. That momentum came to a crashing halt on Thursday night against the Lions, however. Lacy, who didn’t start, had five carries for four yards and one catch that lost three yards, all of which came in the first half of a game that ended with John Crockett as the leading rusher in his first NFL game.

After the game, coach Mike McCarthy said Crockett gave the team “a good jolt” and that Lacy “didn’t have a great week” by way of explaining the decision to start James Starks. Lacy said he didn’t feel a discussion of why he played so little was “something I should get into” right after the game and admitted he’s not sure where he stands in the eyes of the coaching staff.

“Man, that’s something I don’t know about,” Lacy said, via ESPN.com. “We’ll see as the season goes on.”

After his Hail Mary was answered by Richard Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers said that the offensive players know that they still need to be better in the weeks to come if they’re going to make any kind of playoff run this year. A consistently productive Lacy would give a boost to that effort, but the later we get in the season the harder it becomes to assume that will happen.