A year ago, Lacy faced crowded boxes and conquered those crowded boxes, one by one...
Yet three games into Year 2, Lacy has 113 yards on 36 attempts (3.1 avg.) with no touchdowns.
"Let's be honest," McCarthy said, "if you have a run and they're playing two-deep, you should be running the ball. I think that's elementary football there."
The offensive line isn't totally blameless, but this is on Lacy first. He had alleys, cutbacks, slivers of openings. And none was wider than a second and 1 with the Packers staging a comeback.
Green Bay drove to Detroit's 16-yard line down by 12 points with 7 minutes and 47 seconds of football eternity still to go. And on the left side of the line, Corey Linsley, Josh Sitton and David Bakhtiari parted a sea. Lacy hopped wide, lost four yards and, two plays later, the Packers offense was finished.
Five of Lacy's 11 carries went for zero or negative yardage.