GREEN BAY – All the talk about everyone’s confidence in Brett Hundley and the Packers rallying around their new leader is standard fare for the situation Green Bay finds itself in.
But here’s why it actually means something on a Mike McCarthy-coached team.
Back in 2000, when McCarthy was in his first year as offensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints, he lost starting quarterback Jeff Blake to an injury in a game against Oakland.
A young, second-year QB named Aaron Brooks, with whom McCarthy had worked in Green Bay the year before as quarterbacks coach, took over.