Jim McNally, the godfather of NFL of offensive line play, had an offer he couldn’t refuse.
At the wonderfully ripe age of 74, he could be new Bengals offensive line coach Frank Pollack’s father and center-guard Trey Hopkins’ grandfather. But when Pollack wanted him to join him on the field this spring to help him implement his battery of techniques, McNally became the proverbial kid in the candy store.
“Absolutely. Absolutely,” says McNally with his customary zeal. “All I do is watch film, so I’m updated on all the new techniques. They weren’t calling me an old man, were they?