The Building of Lombardi's Packers:The 1967 Version

[Reginald Rutledge]

Just got up at 12:30 this morning after Jim Jackson takes it upon himself to wake me up! I try to call Jim minutes later and of course, he's not answering so what does that mean? He's sleep and because I am an insomniac, I can't go back to sleep!

So what's a guy to do?

CUSTOMIZE!!!

I know one of the remaining teams left to do is the Packers of Lombardi. I start off with regular poses and decide, I want to make them look a little more powerful. So what's the thinking. Take the most dominate player I have and alter him from his stock pose.

Reggie White, or the Minister of Defense pose! I turn 4 of those into 3-pt linemen. This is a new 3-pt lineman for myself as I never experimented with him. Now, I can take that pose easily within seconds along with an LT extended arm and turn him into one of the most intimidating down linemen that I do. So now, I've got the traditional line.

But I know this team of Packers ran the power sweep. So I create two smooth looking backs from standard poses and turn them into Taylor and Hornung. The QB, Bart Starr, must then be looked to handing the ball off. So I take the sprinter pose and an LT extension arm. Cut the helmet off to look the ball in towards the runner and this is what I got!

The 1967 Green Bay Packers power sweep.

The defense will have about 3-4 custom players but no need for re0inventing the wheel when the stock poses will suffice.