Peter King Jr.
Peter King is one of the biggest writers in football. He writes:
Special Teams Player of the Week
Spencer Havner, TE, Green Bay
The third-team tight end had two of the biggest plays, back-to-back, in the Packers’ lopsided win at Cleveland. With the Browns up 3-0 early in the second quarter and fellow tight end Jermichael Finley injured, Havner took a pass from Aaron Rodgers and rumbled 45 yards for a touchdown, giving the Pack a lead it would not relinquish. On the next play, the Green Bay kickoff, Havner shed a double-team block by two ineffective Browns and slammed into the best special-teamer alive, return man Josh Cribbs of the Browns, and stopped Cribbs at the Cleveland 30.
Without the luxury of time (I was live-blogging) or the ability to digest the play in the larger context of the game, I wrote, before King:
Spencer Havner??!??!?!!!! I thought I knew every back, but I’ve never have heard of him. But he’s my new hero. He’s Jermichael Finley’s replacement (he’s listed as Tight End and Linebacker). Was apparently brought up from the practice squad not too long ago. Mostly a Special Teams guy.
A big 45 yard TD reception from Aaron Rodgers on a great bootleg play. Breaks one bad tackle from the Browns secondary and he rumbles (big, white, slow…) down the sideline for the score being flanked by Kuhn (our big, white, slow Fullback), diving for the much-maligned pylon.
I’m pretty sure Peter King lifted ‘rumbled’ from me. I’m that good.

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