Packers put RB Eddie Lacy on IR hours before Bears game

McCarthy said he had a brief meeting with general manager Ted Thompson before speaking with media Wednesday morning.

The loss of Lacy for an extended period of time or potentially the rest of the season is a crushing blow to Green Bay’s backfield, as he was their only running back with over 100 rushing yards on the season. It said the team recently promoted Jackson from the practice squad. “I’m the type of guy, no matter what you ask me to do, I’m going to try to find a way to get it done”.

Who will we see in the Bears’ secondary? How do you go from being the best quarterback in the league to among the worst quarterbacks in the league since the end of last season?

Although it’s growing increasingly hard to believe in a Mike McCarthy coached team, I’ll take the Packers in this one. Twenty-seven years ago, the team wore gold trousers with their white jerseys, which means Thursday night’s game will mark the first time they’ve gone all-white. Jackson is expected to get a bulk of the work this week, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport. He had surgery on Sunday and is expected to be out at least four weeks. Rather than promote Jackson last week, the Packers had only Lacy as a true running back on the roster. “It’s part of the National Football League landscape, and it’s obviously a big challenge when you’re on a short week”. This game will be a part of the NFL’s color rush, with the Bears wearing all blue, and the Packers wearing all white.

Lacy, who will be a free agent in March 2017, has 71 carries for 360 yards this season. He is averaging a career high of 5.1 yards per game, however he has not scored for a touchdown.

Davis has the ability to be a valuable asset for the Packers on special teams as well. I did what I could (with the Chiefs).

Injuries have hit the running back position for Green Bay, a troubling development for an offense that is also struggling to get consistency from the Aaron Rodgers-led passing attack. The seventh-year pro has been sidelined since suffering a concussion near the end of the Packers’ season-opening win at the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 11. Both teams are starving for a win so don’t miss a second as they head to the gridiron for war!

McCarthy indicated Tuesday the team is being overly cautious with Shields. Better yet, two years earlier, the Bears were 27-20 victors as 10.5-point underdogs, matching the third-biggest upset of the 2013 season. With that success in mind, and when considering that Green Bay will likely be without their top three cornerbacks (Sam Shields, Damarious Randall, and Quinten Rollins) due to injuries, Chicago should have an opportunity to move the ball against the Packers defense. They suffered their injuries Sunday against the Jaguars.