Green Bay corners force QBs to pick their poison

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Leave it to Al Harris, the talkative, fun Green Bay Packers corner, to sum up what he and fellow corner Charles Woodson mean to the team.

"We're Anthrax and Cyanide," Harris said.

Huh? So which one are you?

Charles Woodson makes the Chiefs pay for throwing his way with a pick six. (AP)

Whichever one Woodson is, he killed the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in the Packers' 33-22 victory at Arrowhead Stadium. With the Chiefs trailing by four, they had one last chance to win the game. But Damon Huard made a huge mistake: He threw near Woodson.

Woodson jumped the route, picked off the pass and returned it for a game-sealing 46-yard interception return for a touchdown.

"I looked in his eyes and he threw it right to me," Woodson said.

That pick gave Packers quarterback Brett Favre a victory over the only team he hadn't defeated in his career. It did something far more important than that; establish the Packers as a real threat in the NFC.

When a team goes to Denver and Kansas City -- two of the toughest venues in the league -- and wins both games in a six-day span, it speaks volumes about where that squad stands. At 7-1, the Packers could easily stake a claim as the best team in the NFC.

"It's impressive," Packers defensive end Aaron Kampman said. "Everyone talks about us being the youngest team in football. What we just did in this two-week stretch is pretty impressive. I think to keep fighting, fighting and fighting says a lot about this team."

Second-year coach Mike McCarthy, who usually has his young team in full pads twice a week, shortened things up last week. The team returned from that tough road victory Monday night at Denver at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday. So the Packers had a light day Wednesday -- no pads -- and a full day Thursday before the normal light Friday.

"It's a tough turnaround for a young team," McCarthy said.

It helps to have Favre. He worked his magic again against the Chiefs. He completed 24 of 34 passes for 360 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw two interceptions, one setting up the Chiefs for their first touchdown at the end of the half.