Ty Montgomery’s transition from receiver to tailback excited fantasy owners. This season, his protégé stepped right in. Over the years, Kuhn carried the Packers' running game at times. Teams can win without a fullback - it happens everywhere else - but for a decade part of the Packers' charm was having a ripsnorter behind their quarterback. A sixth-round pick in 2015, Ripkowski was one giant unknown.
“A legend,” Ripkowski called his predecessor.
John Kuhn was gone after nine seasons as Rodgers’ security blanket. Not trimming it until the fat lady sings.”įullbacks aren’t supposed to personify a football team. “The playoff beard,” Ripkowski called it. He hasn’t trimmed it since quarterback Aaron Rodgers mentioned running the table. Ripkowski started growing a beard when training camp started. In college, he hit someone so hard covering a kickoff the force broke a bone … in Ripkowski's back. He is all arms when he walks, a former Texas powerlifting state champion who deadlifted 650 pounds … in high school. (Other suitable pseudonyms: Ripper, Ski, or maybe The Big Ripkowski.)
BETTER BLOCKER RIPKOSKI OR KERRIGE PRO
The quietest Pro Bowl alternate in their locker room is a perfect caricature for the position. In a league where the fullback position is dying - everywhere but Green Bay, it seems - the Packers might not have made it this far without theirs.
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