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The New York Giants trip to Green Bay to face the Packers is dripping with story lines.Will Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham keep his poise and bounce back from the worst game of his career? In Monday nights loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Beckham was limited to three receptions for a career-low 23 yards. After scoring 25 touchdowns in the first 27 games of his career, Beckham hasnt found the end zone in four games this year.I think hell respond well. I think hell be excited to get out there and play again, Giants coach Ben McAdoo said. I think a short week is a great week for a lot of reasons, and coming off of a tough loss at Minnesota, I think hell be excited to get back on the field.Beckham has a chance to get back on track against the Packers. After being frustrated by Washingtons Josh Norman and Minnesotas Xavier Rhodes, Beckham will attack a Packers pass defense that ranks 29th in yards allowed. That unit has had trouble coping with the loss of cornerback Sam Shields, who figures to miss his third consecutive game with a concussion. Last years first-round pick, Damarious Randall, has struggled to adapt to life as the teams top cornerback, with Minnesotas Stefon Diggs and Detroits Marvin Jones having big days mainly at his expense the past two games.I know weve been struggling -- me in particular has been struggling, Randall said. The great thing about that, Im not struggling because of the receivers. Im struggling because of myself. I know Im going to bounce back.While Randall tries to bounce back, McAdoo is coming back to Green Bay, where he worked as tight ends coach from 2006-11 and quarterbacks coach in 2012 and 2013.If he was feeling nostalgic, he wasnt showing it.I havent given it much thought, McAdoo said. Its a quick week for us this week, playing on Monday night, fast turnaround. Im sure Ill have some thoughts and emotions when I walk through the tunnel for the first time.Few coaches know the inner workings of the Packers offense and the man who runs the show, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, better than McAdoo.However, neither McAdoo nor Rodgers thought that knowledge would make much of a difference on Sunday.Theyre running a similar offense to us, so that kind of goes both ways, Rodgers said. They obviously have an idea of what were trying to do and vice-versa. I wouldnt say theres a major advantage there. The people that know me the best, thankfully, are still on this staff. Ive worked with Mike (McCarthy, the head coach) for 11 years now and Tom (Clements, the associate head coach) directly for six years. As long as we can hold onto those guys, I feel a little bit better about not all the secrets getting out there.As for Rodgers, does one of the games top quarterbacks have a weakness that can be exploited?No, McAdoo said.A quarterbacking matchup between Rodgers and Eli Manning is about as good as it gets. Rodgers is a two-time MVP. Manning is a two-time Super Bowl champion. Rodgers, coming off a four-touchdown first-half performance vs. Detroit, owns the highest career passer rating in NFL history. Manning is two touchdowns away from becoming the eighth player in NFL history with 300 touchdown passes and is one win from No. 100.McAdoo saw a common tie between the two.I think the competitive drive, the consistency in preparation, being able to articulate whats happening on the field and the ability they have to see the entire field is always something thats unbelievable to me, and just how slow the game is for them.Manning is 2/3 in regular-season games against the Packers -- 1-2 vs. Rodgers -- but is 2-0 in the playoffs. The Giants won 23-20 in overtime to capture the NFC Championship in 2007 and 37-20 in the divisional playoffs in 2011. Both games were at Lambeau Field. 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After years shouting for the right to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games, Nicola Adams almost missed her big moment in the boxing sun.Adams was stricken by a back injury at the same time performance director Rob McCracken was holding trials to determine the first batch of women boxers who would train towards winning medals at London 2012.Without McCrackens conviction and the pleas of the team doctor, the 33-year-old may not now be standing on the cusp of becoming the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years.Adams will begin her campaign for history when she faces Ukraines Tetyana Kob at Riocentro on Tuesday morning in a bout with a guaranteed medal at stake.McCracken said while he never doubted the Leeds flyweights capacity for making history, he faced a major battle to enroll her on the first womens programme at all.McCracken said: When Nicky first came to Sheffield in 2009 to try out for the programme she was ill and sat on a chair and just watched the others.I told the doctor I couldnt put her on the programme unless she did something, and I was about to send her home.There were other girls there working hard and it wouldnt have been fair on them.The doctor asked me to wait and give him one month to get her right. The first thing she was able to do wwas shadow-box and even when she just did that we could see she had real talent.ddddddddddddWe added her to the programme in 2010 and she has been a delight.Adams is hungry to make more history and as focused as ever after finally winning her first world title earlier this year.But she will be eager to guard against complacency after fellow reigning champion Katie Taylor suffered a shock loss in her opening lightweight bout on Monday.Adams said: I never underestimate any of my opponents because the average fighter can turn into a world-beater when they get in the ring with the likes of me or Katie.Theyve got nothing to lose, theyre the underdog and I have to keep that in mind. The quality of womens boxing is improving all the time and it is definitely keeping me on my toes.Mondays flyweight defeat for Muhammad Ali means Adams is one of just four British boxers remaining in the competition, with light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi having already guaranteed at least a bronze medal.And it looks even bleaker for Ireland with a series of shock defeats including Taylors reversal leaving world champion Michael Conlan as their only representative in the competition. ' ' '