The running game stalled in a 12 start, when Green Bay played Seattle, the New York Jets and Detroit to open the season - three of the top defenses against the run in theleague. "I think Eddie will be ready to go on Sunday. As evidence, Lacy was added to the injury report as a precaution on Thursday as a limited participantbecause of a sore knee."I was just being conservative, so I pulled him in about the middle of practice," coach Mike McCarthy said on Thursday. The injury makes Lacy an even more important piece to Green Bay's offense. The quarterback is having an MVP caliberyear, even after being slowed by a strained left calf. Whereas Lynch and Wilson share top billing in the Seattle attack, Lacy and his production can get overshadowed by Aaron Rodgers. "Those guys are similar in the sense that you have to have multiple defenders trying to get those guys down," Peppers said.
It sounds a lot like trying to tackle Lacy. Packers linebacker Julius Peppers, a 13year veteran, described Lynch as "one of the hardest runners I think in football in my opinion. "We got as good ofguy you'd ever want to hand it to with handing it to Marshawn." "We're kind of just reaping the benefits of the philosophy but then how the players go out and execute it," Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell said.
The Seahawks led the league in averaging 172.6 yards rushing per game, with mobile quarterback Russell Wilson also posing a threat on the ground.
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