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Darnell Savage Jr. was 'Born Ready' to play for the Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- For the past week, Darnell Savage Sr. has racked his brain trying to remember who the man was, the former Green Bay Packers player who stopped him and his son, Darnell Savage Jr., at a flag football tournament more than 15 years ago.

All Darnell Sr. can recall is that the man said he played for the Packers, and it was at a tournament for 6- to 8-year-olds in Maryland.

At the time, Darnell Jr. was 5.

"We were trying to think who this guy was, but he evidently played for the Packers, and after the tournament he went up to my son and asked him a couple of questions," Savage Sr.