GREEN BAY — Before uttering a single word, Mike Smith reminded himself not to swear.
But when the Green Bay Packers excitable outside linebackers coach starts talking about his prized pupil — third-year edge rusher Rashan Gary — the rules of news conference decorum tend to go out the window.
“You know how much I love Rashan — and I love all my guys — (but) he’s pretty damned good,” Smith began recently when asked about Gary, the first of the team’s two first-round picks (No. 12 overall) in 2019 after Smith begged the personnel staff for him throughout the pre-draft process.