Why the Packers’ Love factor attracted Jacobs, McKinney.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the two years Josh Jacobs and Xavier McKinney played together at the University of Alabama, they would often discuss the possibility that someday they both would be in the NFL.

But they never even entertained the idea of playing on the same team at the next level — let alone both playing for the Green Bay Packers.

“Never,” McKinney, the safety who played his first four seasons for the New York Giants, said when asked if he ever thought about playing with Jacobs again.

After all, what were the chances?

So the improbability of it all was not lost on them when they arrived at Lambeau Field last week to sign their massive free agent contracts. after agreeing to terms on Monday.