GREEN BAY — While all his new teammates were fast asleep, Christine Michael was busy boarding a red-eye flight out of Seattle on Wednesday night.
Only a few hours earlier, the fourth-year running back was informed the Packers had claimed him off waivers from the Seahawks, leading to an 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time flight bound for the Midwest.
When Michael arrived at Lambeau Field, he found a playbook already waiting for him in his locker adjacent to that of Eddie Lacy, with whom he reconnected Wednesday after first meeting him at the NFL rookie symposium three years ago.