GREEN BAY, Wis. -- When the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame called Chad Clifton in January to tell him of their plans to induct him, the two-time Pro Bowl left tackle thought he was a victim of a prank. And he knew just the person who'd try such a thing.
"The first thing I said to them, after my jaw dropped, was, 'Mark Tauscher put you guys up to this, didn't he?'" Clifton said with a laugh Saturday night, referring to his good friend and bookend right tackle for a decade. "'Who is this, really?