He was being punished because he missed curfew on Wednesday night. Also punished for the same offense: running back Alonzo Harris, who got the much more severe punishment of losing his spot on the roster.
So at least now we know why Lacy, coming off two consecutive 100-yard games, wasn’t involved Thursday night.
He was out on the town screwing around and Mike McCarthy felt like he needed to send a message.
“It’s something that we handled internally, and that was the outcome,” McCarthy said on Friday.
Without Lacy, the Packers running game was pretty much nonexistent.