‘Within hours of Mularkey’s suggestion that the Bills join the Packers for two days of joint practices, the wheels in the Packers coach’s head were spinning full bore. By the time the two sat down together the next day, Sherman was on board, ready to end the prohibition against joint practices instituted in 1992 by former coach Mike Holmgren. “I just thought we were two teams with similar (backgrounds),” Mularkey said. “Two cities passionate about their teams. I think I put a bug in his ear and he liked the thought.”‘