When the Green Bay Packers placed Eddie Lacy on injured reserve, it signaled a significant change in how the offense would operate going forward. With new faces dotting the backfield -- newly acquired running back Knile Davis and undrafted rookie Don Jackson joined the roster this week -- as well as wideouts Ty Montgomery and Randall Cobb, the Packers already figured to pass more often than normal. A matchup with the poor pass defense of the Chicago Bears only seemed to confirm those inclinations.
But whatever post-Lacy run/pass balance head coach Mike McCarthy had in mind went out the window once Don Jackson left Thursday night's game with a hand injury, leaving the still-green Davis as the only healthy "true" tailback.