Last January, the Green Bay Packers were preparing to play the NFC Championship Game in Seattle. The forecast showed a chance of rain at Century Link Field – hardly surprising – and the Packers wanted to be ready for that possibility. And so, on the Friday before heading to the Pacific Northwest, Green Bay coaches pulled out the tried-and-true "wet-ball" drill.
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Coaches for the skill-position players dunked footballs in a Gatorade jug full of water before firing passes at the men who would be trying to catch them on Sunday.