GREEN BAY – Brett Goode’s entry into the NFL was a strange story. Rick Lovato’s is even stranger.
The Packers’ new long snapper had his first practice with his new team on Wednesday, oddly enough just five days after he was in Green Bay for a workout with a group of specialists.
Whether fortuitous timing or an awful jinx for an eight-year veteran who had never been hurt, Lovato’s successful workout last Friday had the Packers instantly prepared to replace Goode when an MRI surprisingly revealed a torn ACL in his knee on Monday.