Packers!

We'll get back to regular programming later.....Packers deserve all the headlines today. I thought this one was interesting. McCarthy should be coach of the year!


Arlington, Texas — In a show of bravado that was over the top even for the way Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has handled the six-game win-or-go-home journey, the players were fitted for Super Bowl rings - on Saturday night.

McCarthy actually put the fitting on the team's itinerary for Saturday night. After all the speeches and pep talks were over, the coach dismissed the players and told them to go get their fingers measured.

"That's our head coach," defensive end Ryan Pickett said. "He's been the same way all year. He said he thought we were going to win it all, so we should have the rings fitted. After the meeting we just went out (into the hallway) and they had people there to measure us.

"We can't say enough about those guys. For us to battle back the way we did, it says something about the whole organization."

Cornerback Sam Shields said he wasn't surprised McCarthy did it.

"It was just something to show that he had a lot of confidence in us," Shields said. "Getting fitted for the ring showed he had confidence in us."

Team President Mark Murphy said he was aware of McCarthy's motivational tactic and was excited about it.

He said that over the next two weeks he and others in the organization would start working on the design of the ring.

"The advice I keep getting from the players is that it should be very gaudy," Murphy said.