DALLAS – The Green Bay Packers were eager to move their Super Bowl week practices indoors after cold, icy weather hit the North Texas region. They were skeptical though when coach Mike McCarthy explained exactly where they’d be training.
At a local high school.
Wait, really? Visions of patchy grass, make-shift weight rooms and cramped training facilities came flashing back. That was the best the NFL could do?
“The players rolled their eyes at first when I told them where we were going to work,” McCarthy said. “I said, ‘Now, just hold on. This is Texas football.’ ”
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