Former Dolphins running back Mercury Morris, a member of the team's famed 17-0 team in 1972, says he will toast the Packers if they go undefeated this season.
"If they do it, I will toast them," Morris said.
This is coming from Morris, who sounded off against the Patriots regularly in a 2007 season that saw them stumble at the finish line with a 17-14 Super Bowl XLII loss to the Giants. New England finished that season 18-1.
"I like [the Packers]. If they get to 10-0, which they probably will, I'm going to send [quarterback] Aaron Rodgers one of my CDs," said Morris, a 1,000-yard rusher during the perfect season who has written a song about it.
"I have nothing but good things to say about the Packers. If they [end up] in our neighborhood, they're a credit to the sport. They don't have a bunch of guys out there who view themselves as entertainers.
"I didn't like the way [the Patriots] came across [four years ago]. They thought it was just a formality [finishing 19-0] … They were too much in your face. They wanted you to bow down to them and kiss the king's ring."
Mercury Morris Likes 2011 Packers Better Than 2007 Patriots