Allen Park — In the languid western Pennsylvania twang that wraps itself around Mike McCarthy’s words, you could hear Wednesday a tinge of ire.
It seems everybody likes to credit the Packers’ hot-take personnel people for Green Bay’s annual football magic. Ted Thompson, the general manager, and Eliot Wolf, the 33-year-old hotshot director of player personnel who might be a Lions target as Detroit looks for new leadership, are mentioned always as the secret to the sauce in Green Bay.
“I’m not trying to blow horns,” said McCarthy, the Packers coach whose team has a Sunday date against the Lions at Lambeau Field.