IRVING, Texas -- When it was learned DeMarco Murray would need surgery to repair a broken left hand, the immediate thought was that he could not play Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

Emmitt Smith and Terrell Owens had similar surgeries when they played for the Dallas Cowboys and they needed a week to recover.

Murray said he spoke briefly with Smith this week about playing through the injury and he planned to reach out to Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy.

While at Alabama, Lacy played two games with the same injury before undergoing surgery prior to the Crimson Tide's BCS Championship Game against Notre Dame. Murray and Lacy are represented by the same agency, Sportstrust Advisors, with Pat Dye and Bill Johnson.

"I'll probably talk to him here today and see what he did and things of that nature, see what information he can give me about it," Murray said. "I'm not overthinking it. I'm just going out there and trying to work hard today and do what I can."

Lacy had 312 yards and four touchdowns in wins against Auburn and Georgia before the surgery. He had 140 yards and a touchdown against Notre Dame in the championship game.

"You talking about this?" Lacy said today, holding up his scarred left hand as he talked to reporters.

Like Murray, Lacy carried the ball predominantly in his right hand, "so it wasn't that big of a deal."

While he said he was not sure if he could have played one week after surgery, he said he was not afraid to use his left hand.

"Unconsciously I guess you could say," Lacy said.

NFL Nation Packers reporter Rob Demovsky contributed to this report.