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With Za'Darius Smith out, Packers need Rashan Gary to step up

Before uttering a single word, Mike Smith reminded himself not to swear. But when the Green Bay Packers excitable outside linebackers coach starts talking about his prized pupil — third-year edge rusher Rashan Gary — the rules of news conference decorum tend to go out the window. You know how much I love Rashan — and I love all my guys — (but) he’s pretty damned good,” Smith began recently when asked about Gary, the first of the team’s two first-round picks (No.