AI-assisted summary
Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley created a game called Ball King to incentivize players to force fumbles.
Players earn points for takeaways like punchouts, pass breakups, interceptions, and fumble recoveries.
The game aims to help the Packers break the NFL record for forced fumbles in a season.
GREEN BAY – Eyes grew large as Xavier McKinney ’s quote circulated through the Green Bay Packers locker room.
“(We) really need to make some trades,” McKinney said.
His words would’ve carried a lot more weight if he were speaking as the star safety of the Packers .
Instead, fellow defenders laughed at McKinney’s deadpan delivery as he took his role as a general manager in the training-camp game Ball King seriously.
“I heard somebody ask X if they could trad