GREEN BAY — Justin McCray isn’t sure if his bobblehead actually looks like him. But in this case, it really is the thought that counts.
Two summers ago, McCray was in training camp with the Green Bay Packers, trying to make the unlikely transition from hotel bellman to NFL offensive lineman. By season’s end, coach Mike McCarthy would be calling him one of the team’s MVPs for his remarkable versatility amid a spate of injuries up and down the line.
But at the time, he was a nervous former undrafted free agent who’d been out of football and trying to earn an against-the-odds roster spot.