GREEN BAY — The Fox Sports cameras caught the Green Bay Packers’ sideline interaction just before halftime Sunday.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling was on the visitors’ bench, getting high-fives and handshakes for his 45-yard touchdown reception with 14 seconds left in the first half — a grab that had pushed the Packers’ lead to 22-7 in what would end up being a 43-34 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at empty U.S. Bank Stadium in the teams’ 2020 season opener.
From the right side of the screen came the guy who’d thrown the pass, quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Social distancing guidelines be damned, the two-time NFL MVP wrapped Valdes-Scantling in a bear hug (left arm around his back, right arm cradling MVS’s head) before delivering multiple congratulatory whacks to the third-year receiver’s shoulder pads.