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The coronavirus lockdown has forced people all over the world to get creative with their situations at home. That includes NFL players, who have been forced to figure out their diet and workout plans at home while waiting out the period until they can return to team facilities, hopefully sometime this summer.
For some players — the highly-paid ones who have mansions and full home gym setups — this isn’t such a difficult time. But players who are earning the league minimum, players who have been bouncing around between practice squads and active rosters — players like Allen Lazard of the Green Bay Packers — figuring out how to keep their bodies right can be a major challenge.
Lazard entered this offseason planning to spend a few weeks in Arizona, training and getting himself in a good place before the Packers’ offseason program opened up. Now he’s stuck there, but with the help of a former teammate, he’s making the best of what he has.
Meanwhile, the NFL and the sports world as a whole lost a pioneer this weekend in former sportscaster Phyllis George. A former Miss America, George also ended up serving as the first lady of Kentucky later in life, but she made a massive impact on football when she helped blaze a trail for female reporters and sportscasters in the mid-1970s.
We’ve got that news and much more in today’s Cheese Curds.
Aaron Rodgers discusses future with Packers, near and long term | Packers.com
We broke down a few of Rodgers' most notable comments from his call with reporters on Friday, but here's a refresher. To make a long story short, Rodgers would still like to end his career in Green Bay, but he acknowledges that it won't be entirely up to him any more.
Green Bay Packers receiver Allen Lazard on mission to self-improve | Packersnews.com (subscription required)
Lazard has spent the COVID-19 lockdown living with former teammate Manny Wilkins in Arizona, where he had planned to conduct his offseason training.
TV pioneer Phyllis George, co-host of 'The NFL Today,' dies at 70 | ESPN
Younger NFL fans may not remember George, who was the first woman to hold a prominent role on an NFL studio broadcast as a co-host of The NFL Today on CBS.
Ex-NFL linebacker Antonio Morrison charged with felony intimidation | USA Today
The Packers moved on from Morrison after the 2018 season, when he played a substantial role on the team's defense. He allegedly threatened a neighbor at his home near Indianapolis on multiple occasions.
Former Packers DL Mike Daniels would ‘love to go back’ to Green Bay | Packers Wire
Could the Packers bring Diesel back? Daniels sounds open to the possibility, but with how the team moved on from him so abruptly last season, it would seem unlikely.
Here are 10 Packers with the most to prove in 2020 – The Athletic (subscription required)
Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Montravius Adams, and Oren Burks lead the way at the top of the list.
Louisa Police Department make arrest in larceny investigation | NBC12.com
Two criminals in Louisa, Virginia have been apprehended after getting creative with masks to hide their faces. This is well worth the click.