![]() It’s cliche to say of a big back, but he truly did seek out contact when he got in the open field. Not blessed with breakaway speed, he still wasn’t afraid to cut back and reverse field when running the ball. To be fair, Lacy did average more touchdowns per game and fewer fumbles per touch.ĭespite having a short career (35 fewer games played than Brockington), Lacy’s highlights show how dangerous of a weapon he truly was. Brockington was named First Team All-Pro in 1971 to go along with his three Pro Bowls. However it is worth nothing that Brockington was, overall, the much more accomplished back and was forced out of the league by a combination of being overused, accumulative leg injuries, and a lack of quarterback success to go along with his straight-forward running style. Both went to the Pro Bowl as rookies as well. They’re still the only two players in Packers history to win that award. To their symmetrical credit, both won the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. Unfortunately both played a hell of a lot less games than they should have. For being bigger, the bruising backs both showed proficiency in catching the ball, too. History, as they say, tends to repeat itself.īoth burst into the NFL with immediate success, known for breaking tackles and running through would-be arm tacklers. Lacy’s hard-nosed, power running style and the arc of his short-lived career somewhat mirrored former great Packers runner John Brockington. His career is defined by his quick demise, but we feel Lacy deserves recognition for those dominant first two seasons. But, as the story goes, he couldn’t control his weight and by the age of 27 he was on his way out of the NFL. It seemed like he and Aaron Rodgers would team up to lead this team to certain glory in the coming years. Lacy stormed onto the scene with a Pro Bowl rookie season in 2013 and followed that up with an arguably even better 2014. ![]() The two ideas mesh nearly perfectly, in fact. We started to think of this concept right around when we had the idea to do a career retrospective of sorts on one of the most enigmatic players in recent Packers history - Eddie Lacy. The same can be said of star defensive players. Obviously this team has seen multiple quarterbacks with unbelievable two-year stretches, but we’re not diving into those today. Thinking about this fact got us contemplating about some of the best two-season stretches in Packers history for skill position players. Players in the NFL have breakout seasons all the time, but it takes a truly special player to put together back-to-back phenomenal seasons in this league. ![]()
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