Packers' Lacy: This season will be 'a lot tougher than last season'

Eddie Lacy won't be surprising any defenses this season and he knows it. 

The Green Bay Packers running back and reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year helped the team to the seventh-best ground attack last season and is expecting teams to target his 5-foot-11, 230-pound frame more this season. 

"I know it's going to be a lot tougher than last season," Lacy told Rob Reischel of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "But we have the greatest quarterback in the NFL, and with him being back there, it's not just like they'll be able to stack the box and focus on me. They have to play him, because if not, he's just going to kill them through the air. So I still think I have a bit of breathing room.

"I think it will be tougher, because it's not like you're surprising everyone. When you first come in, people doubt you. They know what you did in college, but they don't know if it will translate to the next level. But once you get that year in and people see what you've done and it's no longer surprising, they're going to prepare for you the way they prepare for whoever else is good at that position."

Lacy began last season with 51 yards on 15 carries through two games but broke out in Week 5, rushing for 99 yards on 23 carries en route to finishing his rookie year with 1,178 yards and 11 touchdowns.