Letroy Guion was handed that task in the final minutes of the Green Bay Packers’ humbling defeat to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game. Injuries didn’t cost the Packers a shot at the Super Bowl, but bad luck with health was yet again a major issue throughout the season.
All the talk this week surrounded the status of Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams and Morgan Burnett, the trio defying the odds to suit up in Atlanta. But that’s where the good news stopped. The Packers lost six players to injury in the title game, including postseason sensation Micah Hyde, running back Ty Montgomery and both starting guards, T.