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Aaron Rodgers doesn’t make two-minute drill look easy — and that’s OK
- Updated: August 1, 2016
1:55 AM ET
GREEN BAY, Wis. — So many times over the years, Aaron Rodgers has made the two-minute drill look like child’s play. Bing, bang, boom — and the Green Bay Packers are in the end zone.
On Sunday night, in the quasi-game environment of the team’s annual Family Night practice before a crowd of 66,397, the two-time NFL MVP quarterback and the Packers No. 1 offense didn’t make it look quite so easy against their No. 1 defense. It took Rodgers & Co. 13 plays to move 65 yards, with the final three yards coming on a nifty Rodgers-to-Randall Cobb touchdown pass on fourth-and-1 with 7 seconds remaining.
The Packers’ annual Family Night practice ended with a touchdown and a Lambeau Leap from Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay’s entire offensive line. AP Photo/Matt Ludtke
And to coach Mike McCarthy’s way of thinking, that was a good thing.
“The goal is to score and leave the opponent as little time as possible, right?” McCarthy said with a slight smirk.
It is, but that’s not the only reason McCarthy liked the way the drill played out. Unlike in the original incarnation of Family Night, when the Packers scrimmaged for much of the night — live tackling included — and very little of the evening was scripted, the past several …
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