For the second straight year, the Packers coaching staff will coach the NFC in the Pro Bowl.
This year?s game will take place on Sunday, Jan. 27, at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii. Last year, the AFC beat the NFC, 59-41, after which Packers QB Aaron Rodgers criticized a lack of effort by players on both sides.
The Packers coaching staff got the assignment by virtue of being the highest-seeded NFC team to lose in the divisional round of the playoffs. The Packers were the No. 3 seed. The top two seeds, Atlanta and San Francisco, are playing next weekend for the NFC Championship. Last year, the Packers were the NFC?s top seed but also lost in the divisional round.
The Broncos were the AFC?s top seed this year but lost in double overtime last weekend, so Denver?s coaching staff, led by John Fox, will coach the AFC squad.
This will be Mike McCarthy?s third time as the head coach of the NFC. He also coached the squad following the 2007 season, after the Packers lost in the NFC Championship. Back then, the Pro Bowl was played one week after the Super Bowl, and the coaching staffs of the teams that lost in the conference title games coached the Pro Bowl. Now, the game is played the week before the Super Bowl.
The Packers have three players on this year?s NFC Pro Bowl roster ? QB Aaron Rodgers, who is the starter, plus LB Clay Matthews and C Jeff Saturday. Other Packers still have a chance to make it as alternates because players from the teams participating in the Super Bowl do not go to the Pro Bowl, and others drop out for injuries and various additional reasons.
G Josh Sitton is a first alternate, and San Francisco G Mike Iupati is the NFC starter at the position. If the 49ers reach the Super Bowl, Sitton will be added to the NFC roster. Packers KR Randall Cobb is also a first alternate, though Seattle?s Leon Washington was the NFC selection at that position and the Seahawks were eliminated this past weekend.
Other Packers named alternates were FB John Kuhn, DL B.J. Raji, CB Tramon Williams and DB Charles Woodson.
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Source: http://blog.packers.com/2013/01/14/packers-coaching-staff-will-coach-nfc-in-pro-bowl-again/
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