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How the Packers' 'committee' found its chair in Grant

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Saturday, June 21, 2008

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Coaches rarely admit to making mistakes. Of course, it's easy to admit to making a mistake when the blunder still results in a trip to the NFC championship, a contract extension and the acclaim of doing one of the best coaching jobs in recent years. Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy spoke out in Packers minicamp about his running-back-by-committee formula for last year. The NFL isn't socialistic. Committees usually don't work, particularly in the backfield. T ...

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