OTAs 2013 Edition

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Jolly Tweets he will be at OTAs next week.

http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/PKR0101/130521040/Green-Bay-Packers-rookie-OL-J-C-Tretter-breaks-ankle:

Jolly said Tuesday on Twitter that he would return on May 28.

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Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 5h
Don Barclay also got some work at guard. Greg Van Roten worked extensively as reserve center

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 5h
McMillian now working at safety with No. 1 defense.

Wes Hodkiewicz @WesHod 5h
Mike Neal, dropping in coverage as an OLB. Yup didnt figure I'd see that today

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 5h
Jarrett Bush just limped off the field with an injury. Checking out his calf.

Bush injured when tangled up with Cobb.

Mike Vandermause @MikeVandermause 5h
Brad Jones and Finley exchange shoves and punches after whistle.

Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 5h
No Shields [and no House] means Casey Hayward is the starting CB wide, opposite Tramon Williams in team's base defense.

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Tyler Dunne @TyDunne 5h
M.D. Jennings is the safety next to Morgan Burnett with the first-team D. pic.twitter.com/SeLBYBszK7

McMillan later got 1st team reps as well.
Perry did practice with whatever cast/sleeve/power glove was on his left wrist.

Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 5h
Perry beats bakhtiari for what would have been sack of Matt brown

Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 5h
At RT, Newhouse, Barclay trading off snaps with no. 1 offense

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Pete Dougherty @PeteDougherty 5h
No. 1 dline for team run drill: Raji at nose, Daniels and Wilson. Pickett not practicing

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Ross plans to win both returner jobs but was on punt coverage today while others (including Nelson and Williams) returned punts.

Quarless was a practice participant.

[Guiness]

I would agree it would be better to concentrate on contact but I think the lesson of the previous CBAs was that enforcement was tough and required players to rat out the team which they were reluctant to do. So enforcement was lax and somewhat arbitrary.

What they could have done instead was use one of the few dozen former players at the NFL or NFLPA and review ALL practice tapes and then fine teams based on that.

Stop making sense, you're going to make my head explode.

Great idea, and would be so ridiculously easy to do, effective and might solve another problem - there is certainly no shortage of ex-NFLers who are cash strapped. Pay some guy who played 4-5 years in the league to view the practices, and flag the ones that he thinks are questionable, then review those more closely. The guy doing the initial review doesn't need to be the final word, just whittle things down.

Make it up to the teams to get the tapes in, and treat not sending them in like a DUI - if you don't blow, you're automatically guilty. No tape, assume it was an illegal practice.

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They did the same thing with Jenkins in 2010. I think it probably has more to do with learning the intricacies of the job next to his in order to make him better at his own.

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They did the same thing with Jenkins in 2010. I think it probably has more to do with learning the intricacies of the job next to his in order to make him better at his own.

McCarthy said they were looking to expand his role.

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McCarthy said they were looking to expand his role.

You do this to add a wrinkle to our defense. No, Neal will not be playing OLB in many defenses, but you teach him how to drop in coverage. You teach him how to play off of the line, teach him how a linebacker plays gaps. This allows you to bring in an extra pass rusher on passing downs. It also allows you the ability to disguise your blitzes. It will always be a given that if Neal is in on a passing down, he's going to rush, but if he has the ability and training to drop into coverage, it lets you confuse the responsibilities of the blockers.

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You do this add a wrinkle to our defense. No, Neal will not be playing OLB in many defenses, but you teach him how to drop in coverage. You teach him how to play off of the line, teach him how a linebacker plays gaps. This allows you to bring in an extra pass rusher on passing downs. It also allows you the ability to disguise your blitzes. It will always be a given that if Neal is in on a passing down, he's going to rush, but if he has the ability and training to drop into coverage, it lets you confuse the responsibilities of the blockers.

Yes, that's perfectly reasonable. But my memory tells me that the moment he lines up at OLB, that play formation the 49ers use will be put to immediate use to force Neal into coverage, like Perry was, because there are three wide on his side and no TE.

Now if the Packers have a plan for THAT, then I am good.

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You do this add a wrinkle to our defense. No, Neal will not be playing OLB in many defenses, but you teach him how to drop in coverage. You teach him how to play off of the line, teach him how a linebacker plays gaps. This allows you to bring in an extra pass rusher on passing downs. It also allows you the ability to disguise your blitzes. It will always be a given that if Neal is in on a passing down, he's going to rush, but if he has the ability and training to drop into coverage, it lets you confuse the responsibilities of the blockers.

Well said, sir.

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Rodgers singled out Boykin as a guy behind the top 3 WR's who's going to get some opportunities.

"I like what Jarrett Boykin brings to the table. He's a big, physical receiver."

[Fritz]

He could end up being a bit of a security blanket - he's big, he's smart, he seems to catch the ball well.

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Its like being a satellite surveillance technician in 1963.

I went to the same military school as the imagery interpreter guys did 20 years later....they went from images in the 60s where you could barely make out vehicles to images in the 80s where you could make out faces. I can only imagine the technology now.

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Ross plans to win both returner jobs but was on punt coverage today while others (including Nelson and Williams) returned punts.

Quarless was a practice participant.