Dan Needles just got off the phone with me ... he's covering the press conference and got interviews with some of the players today.
First conversation we talked about was Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, who at the beginning of the year said the team was going to the Super Bowl.
"He believes this is a team of destiny," Needles said.
Needles said that KGB went on about a 5-minute talk on how an event called the Leap of Faith on July 7, 2007, really inspired him.
"He talked about passion and how inspiring the event was on the community and the team and everyone else," Needles said.
KGB pointed to how the Cowboys lost to bring another game to Green Bay, how the event will pour more money into Green Bay, how inspired he was after watching the move "Facing the Giants" which has nothing to do with the New York franchise.
Another character this afternoon was Brady Poppinga, who Needles said is so well spoken and so nice off the field and is probably the most intense on it.
"I was talking to him about the NFL Films, and watching the '61 and '62 championship games, and clips from the '30s and '40s ... and I told him that he has the look that he would fit right in there, slap a leather helmet on him and there he goes," Needles said.
"He told me, 'I take that as a compliment.' As a kid he watched those films and he starting talking with more intensity."
About facing some single-digit temperatures to play Sunday, Poppinga was looking forward to it.
"It's a lot of fun ... you are out there sweating and hot and the cold air feels good," Poppinga told Needles.
Dan will be on the air at 6 and 10 p.m. tonight, where you can catch his talks with the players. Apparently Nick Barnett is sporting a painted on gold mowhawk. That will be fun to see on TV tonight.
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