VICKY ALREADY has a combo Max-Bo Cardinals-Packers half-and-half jersey ready to wear at Lambeau Field. His parents have already come to State Farm Stadium this year, but going against his brother makes this different.
“I want to see my family’s faces,” Max said.
Max admitted when he was drafted, he had to be told his brother’s team was on the schedule. He was too busy trying to find a house and a car and start his first real job.
Max played the his most defensive snaps last weekend in San Francisco, in part because of the groin injury of Garrett Williams. He remains a contributor on special teams.
“If you really look at corner play there’s like five to eight techniques that you have to master because that’s what allows you to win your one-on-one in the down,” coach Jonathan Gannon said. “I think he’s doing a good job of working on those techniques, getting better and being a technician, but the skillset is there.
“The want-to is there. The toughness is there. The mental is there. He just needs to play.”
Bo also has carved out a special teams role. He had two catches for 40 yards last week, but that was with wideout Romeo Doubs suspended for a game.
If they do meet up on a Packers’ offensive play, Max said he may lobby to pick up his brother.
“That’s literally the moment we dreamed of,” Max said. “Yeah, we wanted to be in the league and that’s a moment in itself, but that two to three seconds of lining up across from him before the ball is snapped, that’s what I live for.
“I’m going to make the most out of the opportunity, I know he will too, and I can’t wait to see how it ends up.”
Packers.com senior writer Wes Hodkiewicz contributed
