NFL pays homage to past, present greats in Super Bowl ad -- but there were no Packers

The NFL's "100-Year Game" commercial that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl played homage to several past and present football greats. But why weren't there any Green Bay Packers?The two minute spot centered around a football knocked loose by Marshawn Lynch and included more than 40 current and former players and 19 Hall of Famers. Brett Favre wasn't among them. Nor was Aaron Rodgers. No Sterling Sharpe. No Donald Driver. "It's surprising that a team with the Packers heritage didn't have players in it, but then again, I can't imagine the logistics of figuring out getting all of these guys and gals in one place at once," ad expert Patrick Laughlin told WISN 12 NEWS. To be fair, there were no Tampa Bay Buccaneers featured either, but every other NFL team was represented, including players from Packers rival Bears, Lions and Vikings."Multiple Packers players – both past and present – were offered to participate but unfortunately declined for various reasons," according to a source with knowledge of the commercial's planning. The source added the spot came together "in a matter of weeks" and said it was not surprising there were a number of players who were contacted who had scheduling conflicts. "We feel extremely fortunate to have gotten the players we did on such short notice," the source said.According to Darren Rovell of The Action Network, the NFL didn't pay for the commercial time, nor did it pay any of the players to appear in the shoot. The Packers have not released a statement about the ad.Here are the leaguers featured, in order of appearance: Roger Goodell, Dick Butkus, Joe Greene, Aaron Donald, Peyton Manning, Orlando Pace, Alvin Kamara, Drew Brees, Michael Strahan, Rob Gronkowski, Brian Urlacher, Tyler Blevins (Ninja), JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marshawn Lynch, Beth Mowins, Eli Manning, Ndamukong Suh, Mike Singletary, Christian McCaffrey, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Larry Little, Paul Warfield, Larry Csonka, Todd Gurley, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Larry Fitzgerald, Ed Reed, Jim Brown, Baker Mayfield, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Patrick Peterson, Odell Beckham Jr., Derwin James, Jalen Ramsey, Franco Harris, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Sarah Thomas, Ron Torbert, Tony Gonzalez, Von Miller, Richard Sherman, and Saquon Barkley.

The NFL's "100-Year Game" commercial that aired during Sunday's Super Bowl played homage to several past and present football greats. But why weren't there any Green Bay Packers?

The two minute spot centered around a football knocked loose by Marshawn Lynch and included more than 40 current and former players and 19 Hall of Famers.

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Brett Favre wasn't among them. Nor was Aaron Rodgers. No Sterling Sharpe. No Donald Driver.

"It's surprising that a team with the Packers heritage didn't have players in it, but then again, I can't imagine the logistics of figuring out getting all of these guys and gals in one place at once," ad expert Patrick Laughlin told WISN 12 NEWS.

To be fair, there were no Tampa Bay Buccaneers featured either, but every other NFL team was represented, including players from Packers rival Bears, Lions and Vikings.

"Multiple Packers players – both past and present – were offered to participate but unfortunately declined for various reasons," according to a source with knowledge of the commercial's planning.

The source added the spot came together "in a matter of weeks" and said it was not surprising there were a number of players who were contacted who had scheduling conflicts.

"We feel extremely fortunate to have gotten the players we did on such short notice," the source said.

According to Darren Rovell of The Action Network, the NFL didn't pay for the commercial time, nor did it pay any of the players to appear in the shoot.

The Packers have not released a statement about the ad.

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Here are the leaguers featured, in order of appearance: Roger Goodell, Dick Butkus, Joe Greene, Aaron Donald, Peyton Manning, Orlando Pace, Alvin Kamara, Drew Brees, Michael Strahan, Rob Gronkowski, Brian Urlacher, Tyler Blevins (Ninja), JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marshawn Lynch, Beth Mowins, Eli Manning, Ndamukong Suh, Mike Singletary, Christian McCaffrey, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Deion Sanders, Larry Little, Paul Warfield, Larry Csonka, Todd Gurley, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Larry Fitzgerald, Ed Reed, Jim Brown, Baker Mayfield, Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Patrick Peterson, Odell Beckham Jr., Derwin James, Jalen Ramsey, Franco Harris, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Sarah Thomas, Ron Torbert, Tony Gonzalez, Von Miller, Richard Sherman, and Saquon Barkley.

