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Former Packers QB leads team to USFL championship game

After spinning through four different quarterbacks this season, the UFL’s Michigan Panthers will be starting quarterback Danny Etling, a former member of the Green Bay Packers, in the team’s USFL Conference championship game against the Birmingham Stallions this weekend. Interestingly enough, the two teams also faced off this past Saturday when Etling’s Panthers fell short by one point to the Stallions after kicker Jake Bates — who is drawing NFL attention — missed a 53-yard field goal with time expiring.

On the year, Etling has completed 69 passes off of 114 attempts for 787 yards (6.