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Packers' Winn makes remarkable return with help from wife

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers reserve defensive lineman Billy Winn encountered all kinds of adversity before making one of this season's most improbable comebacks.

He found inspiration inside his own home.

Whenever he wanted to feel sorry for himself over his misfortune with injuries, Winn only needed to witness his wife’s battle with lupus to understand he had it comparatively easy.

“Anytime I come home and am like, ‘Oh this hurts,’ I try to keep it to myself,” Winn said, “because at the end of the day I know what she’s going through, and it’s 100 times worse than what I’m going through.