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Green Bay - Eddie Lacy mentioned to QB Aaron Rodgers that he might drop weight next year.

Rodgers, who has worked hard on shaping his body through nutrition and yoga, dropped that little nugget of information during his weekly radio show Tuesday.

When asked about it, Lacy said, "It's a thought."

The Packers list Lacy at 5-11 and 230 pounds. Whether he's that weight is anyone's guess, but they have said they are comfortable where his weight is at and don't agree with the perception that he's not as fast as he was his rookie season.

It's hard to argue with them given the brutish way Lacy plowed through the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday for 69 yards rushing and a touchdown and 45 yards receiving and a touchdown. His 32-yard receiving TD came on a screen pass in which he blasted over and through several tacklers for the touchdown.

Asked about a possible cut in weight, Lacy said the thought grew from his recent increased involvement in the passing game.

"I think what he (Rodgers) is getting at is if I’m going to be involved in the passing game this year, and if I want to be a better player, then it might not be a bad idea to, just get a little more agile, I guess you could say.

"I mean, I don’t have to. It would just make you better as a player."

Lacy currently ranks third on the team in receptions with 27 for 322 yards and two touchdowns. He only has 225 more rushing yards than receiving, which is not surprising considering the Packers have rushed the ball only 41.7% of the time this season.

Of late, Lacy has been doing well on screens.

That's not surprising either because when a guy his size gets out into the open field, it can be trouble.

"The chances of being brought down by one person is very slim, especially a running back getting into the open field on a DB," he said. "And the matchup’s in our favor when that happens."

Many of the screens that have been called this year have wound up going to someone other than the running back. That's because there are other options built into the play and if Rodgers sees something he likes, he'll ignore the back and throw it to a receiver.

Maybe if Lacy keeps breaking screens the way he has the last three games, Rodgers will throw him more.

"You never know," Lacy said. "A-Rod is so smart. He says a lot of things that I obviously don’t know what he’s looking at. But you know he sees, I guess you can call it weaknesses in the defense, and he’s able to change routes.

"And him and the receiver get on the same page, and we run the screen, so they play the screen, but his mind is completely elsewhere and he throws it somewhere else. I mean, it’s positive yards, it’s positive plays."

Asked if he liked those match-ups when he does get the screen, he said:

"I just like having the football."