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packer coach Vince Lombardi's reciprocation. "I don't know anybody who has more overall speed than Kansas city," sounded a bit hollow when he pointedly added. "It's hard to tell how fast they are because you don't know at what speed that pictures were being taken" Immediately one remembered now fast even the Keystone Cops could appear...
...could indeed. When Coach Vince Lombardi chews out his Green Bay Packers, they say, "Yessir, Coach Lombardi-sir." And they mean it. At 53, Lombardi is the toughest coach of the toughest team in pro football, a team that has won 12 out of 14 games this year, come within four points of an undefeated season, held its opponents to an average of 11.6 points a game. It is a team that is a strong favorite (by seven points) to beat the Dallas Cowboys for the N.F.L. title next week, and it will be an even stronger favorite - once past...
Best Ever. There is nothing subtle about the Packers. "Football is blocking and tackling," says Lombardi. "If you block and tackle better than the other people, you win." No fancy offensive formations for him, no kamikaze blitzes on defense. "You always know what those goddam Packers are going to do," says a rival coach, "but you still can't stop them - they never make mistakes." Well, almost never. "I remember that game against Minnesota last year," says Lombardi, "when we had a 7-0 lead early and went right down again to fourth and one for the goal...
...that was last year. Before the 1966 season even started, Lombardi ventured the guess that this year's Packers would be "the best team I ever coached." They have done nothing to prove him wrong-despite their advancing age. Fullback Jimmy Taylor is 31, and it is an open secret that he will be playing for somebody else next year; but he has gained 705 yds. on the ground, another 331 yds. on pass receptions. Tight End Max McGee is 34 and has caught only three passes all year, but one of them set up the game-winning touchdown...
...RALPH LOMBARDI Clifton...