Yes, yes I did.

From RotoWorld's take on the article:

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel believes it "appears the Packers plan to maintain a split" in the backfield with Eddie Lacy and James Starks each playing 50 percent of the snaps.

After Starks didn't see a carry in Week 4, he out-snapped Lacy 29-28 in the Week 5 win over the Vikings and finished with 12 carries to Lacy's 13. While most chalked it up to the Packers winning in a rout, the coaching staff apparently wants to keep the split 50-50. "To keep them fresh, I think is very important," RBs coach Sam Gash said. "James has warranted playing time." The Packers view both as "complete" and interchangeable backs. It's not good news for Lacy owners. But it's no reason to keep him out of lineups. In the end we'd expect it to be more of a 60-40 or 65-35 split in favor of Lacy. He needs to build off his Week 5.

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Posted by KG5989

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Posted on 10/10/14 at 2:46 pm to mctiger1985

A 50/50 snapcount isnt a big deal. It was probably something like a 60/40 snap count already this year.

Like that says, Starks got more snaps than Lacy last week yet Lacy had 105 rushing, 3 recs for 27receiving yards and 2 TDs. And most of those rushing yards came between the tackles.

Lacy will get majority of the carries and the goal line work. Plus, havent we heard this before with Starks? That he looks great, in line for more carries and all that.... and then he either struggles in his expanded role, gets injured, or it just never happens.

Untill it actually consistently happens and Starks does well and stays healthy, I wont be too worried about it.

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