Mike Pettine was traveling in Italy with his wife when he got the call offering him a role with America’s Team. The veteran defensive coach had purposely stepped away from football at the end of last season after four years in an assistant role in Minnesota, but this incoming request was from Christian Parker.
Pettine hired Parker to his first NFL job back in Green Bay in 2019. The 34-year-old had built a reputation as a wunderkind, the next genius defensive coordinator, but his first five games with that title in Dallas had not gone well. The team was 2-3 despite
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