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5-at-10: Three degrees of celebration

In honor of Babe Ruth’s 1920 jersey that drew $4.4 million at auction recently, we’re all about the 3s today. Remember Friday’s mailbag and if you have a question shoot it to us at jgreeson@timesfreepress.com or leave it in the comments. From the “Talks too much” studios, here we go…

photo B.J. Coleman

Three’s company

And with one quick decision, the drama surrounding B.J. Coleman’s chance to make the Green Bay Packers’ roster became a lot less tense.

Coleman, the former McCallie School star and UTC quarterback, was a seventh-round pick by the Packers in last month’s NFL draft. It took Coleman less a month to make the Packers realize that last year’s third-string quarterback Nick Hill was expendable.

So the Pack cut ties with Hill, meaning there’s currently no denying that Coleman is no worse than the third-string since Green Bay has quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Graham Harrell and Coleman on the roster.