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Day 24 · 13-3 · Won Super Bowl XXXI

1996 Green Bay Packers

Five starters took the field for this offense: quarterback, running back, two receivers, and a tight end. How many can you name before the hints kick in?

PLAY DAY 24
THE STORY AND THE LINEUP (SPOILERS)
  • QBBrett Favre
  • RBEdgar Bennett
  • WRAntonio Freeman
  • WRRobert Brooks
  • TEMark Chmura

The QB, WR1 and TE are exactly who a Packers fan expects, so the whole guess hinges on the backfield. Edgar Bennett was the actual starting halfback wire to wire, including Super Bowl XXXI, even though Dorsey Levens stole the highlight reel with a 5.8 yards-per-carry stretch run. The other twist is at WR2, where Andre Rison literally started the Super Bowl but Robert Brooks still edges him on the combined-starts tiebreak since Brooks played most of the year before his week 7 ACL tear.

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