GREEN BAY — Mike McCarthy knew he couldn’t play favorites. No matter how big of a University of Wisconsin fan he’s become, or how long he’s been living in his adopted home state.
Or how much of his paycheck goes to the local government.
“Being a Wisconsinite now, I pay taxes,” the Green Bay Packers 13th-year head coach said with a smile Saturday morning. “I don’t have to claim that, I guess.”
But he can claim to be a Badgers fan — he just couldn’t figuratively wave his cardinal-and-white pom-pons in support of undrafted free agent defensive lineman Conor Sheehy or tryout safety Joe Ferguson, both of whom took part in the team’s two-day post-draft rookie orientation camp.