GREEN BAY, Wis. – To most players on the Green Bay Packers’ roster, the only connection they have with Mike McCarthy is when their car tires touch the pavement on the street that borders their practice fields named in his honor.
If they even notice the street sign that reads “Mike McCarthy Way,” that is.
Only 10 players remain on the Packers’ roster from McCarthy’s tenure as their head coach, and three of them played less than a full season for him. To the other seven, though, he’s more than just the name of a two-block stretch of roadway that connects Ashland Avenue and Oneida Street in the village of Ashwaubenon.