Official 2021 Training Camp Thread

[bobblehead]

As I said in another thread, as part of "including" Rodgers in more personnel decisions, I think the team should ask him how his prospective personnel wish-list would fit under the current and future salary caps...

Here is the one and only place I "agree" with Rodgers. If I were GM I would ask him which TE/WR he would keep and who he would cut before final cutdowns. I would make it clear I had final say, but I actually would consider who my HOF QB wanted and values in that one area. If he wants cobb I would have not redone the Cobb salary, I would have asked him if he had any opinions on where I should shed the $5 million to keep him. If not, I still have to do it. I hope that where I decide to shed that $5 million is OK with him.

[Teamcheez1]

Anyone know where I can stream family night?

[Bretsky]

sorry as I do not

[smuggler]

Joint practice notes compiled by this Reddit user, with some small formatting changes from me.

Offense:

Royce Newman and Runyan are the starting guards.
Green Bay starts with two runs that go nowhere.
Kylin Hill gets the start with the No. 1 offense, which gives you an idea what they think of him. Aaron Jones only taking part in individuals.
Four plays for the Packers offense and not sure they gained any yards. 3 stuffed runs and a quick pass to Deguara off PA they went nowhere.
Next play Rodgers fires well low to Tonyan on a rollout.
Finally a nice run by Dexter Williams with the backups in.
Benkert fires to Funchess deep who was open by a couple steps. Benkert a bit long but it looked like Funchess struggled to track it a bit. Falls incomplete.
Minor scuffle between Packers OL and Jets D after a nice Hill run. Nothing to make a big deal about though.
Rodgers with a play action quick strike to MVS over the middle. Nice play.
Kylin Hill with a wow run. Pitch to the right and does the rest himself for about 10 yards. Just cuts on an absolute dime. He’s so damn fun.
Dexter Williams with nice run now. Packers blocking up front improving as practice goes on.
Jet sweet to Amari for a nice gain. Great blocking by Begelton & Sternberger outside to spring the run.
MVS with a big catch on a deep ball from Rodgers. Great contested catch in double coverage by Jets CB Bless Austin and S Sharrod Neasman for about 30 yards.
Quick pass from Rodgers to Adams. Easy $$$.
Rodgers is dealing now. EQ on a quick slant for a nice gain.
Aaron Jones is running off to the side during team but Dillon has yet to take a team snap either. All Hill, Dexter & Taylor so far.
Rodgers killing Jets D on slants to MVS, Adams and Lewis.
Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams picking the Jets apart with underneath slant routes. Rinse and repeat.
Rodgers to Adams. Easy $$$ on a slant again.
Benkert checkdown to Patrick Taylor.
Dennis Kelly false start. He hasn’t been super impressive since coming to GB.
Benkert throws short to EQ on a 9. Should have prob been picked.
Benkert incomplete to… nobody.
Rodgers and Adams not on the same page on a back shoulder.
Hill tries to juke out Marcus Maye but no dice. Nice play by Maye.
Rodgers incomplete to Funchess. Was low but catch-able.
Rodgers was on fire early but missed a couple recently. Fires far wide of Adams. Could have been a miscommunication between the two.
Now Rodgers misses Adams over the middle again. Adams and 12 not on the same page today at all. Adams wide open both times.
Benkert quick throw to Dexter.
Benkert fires to Amari over the middle. Contested and needed to lay out but incomplete. Also looks like there may have been contact.
Benkert fires low on a checkdown to P. Taylor. Offense scuffling a bit at the moment.
That ends the first team period.
Aaron completes it to Kylin Hill in the flat for a solid pick up. Hill shows off natural hands. He’s been great with the ones today. Rodgers has no hesitation looking his way.
Aaron completes a well designed screen pass to Josiah Deguara. Wasn’t perfectly executed but the blocks were good and Deguara picked up nice yardage. Weren't many Jet defenders around him on the catch.
Aaron hold it before firing it to Lazard but it falls incomplete. Michael Carter II near by.
Dexter Williams up the middle but the Jets front holds it to a short gain.
The Packers seem to be giving rookie fourth-rounder Royce Newman every chance to win the RG job over Lucas Patrick.
Smart blows up a handoff to Dexter Williams
Kurt Benkert completes a pass over the middle to Amari Rodgers with Guidry in coverage for a first down. Throw was slightly behind Amari.
Rodgers gorgeous TD throw to Tonyan on a deep corner route. Ball was thrown before Tonyan even made his break. Tonyan beat Mosley on the play.
Rodgers to Adams with Bryce Hall in coverage. But it was only for a short gain
Nice PBU by Bless Austin on MVS in back left corner of end zone after getting beat by Rodgers-MVS deep earlier.
Rodgers pressured on a rollout. Hits Deguara a tad wide but dropped.
Packers running lots of screens today and they are working. This one to P. Taylor.
Red-zone period ends with Benkert rolling right and firing a laser to Amari Rodgers in the front right corner of the end zone for a TD.
Rodgers throws deep to MVS. Slightly out of reach but holding or PI called on the Jets. Yes refs are here.
Great screen to Deguara but Jarrad Davis lays him out. The type of hit that shouldn’t happen in practice. Davante Adams followed Davis back to the Jets defensive huddle, letting him know the whole way.
Lazard just juked Austin out of his jock.
While run blocking has been an issue. The Packers pass pro has been really good but not on that play. Pocket completely breaks down around Rodgers.
Now a potential would be sack of 12 but Rodgers thought he escaped it. Didn’t like the whistle.
Rodgers to Tonyan on a checkdown. Well short. Pocket caved in on Rodgers and good coverage downfield.
End around to Funchess. Solid pickup.
Little smoke screen to EQ blown up because Begelton couldn’t maintain his block on the corner.
Devin Funchess just pulled up lame on the sideline after a catch. He grabbed at his left hamstring. Walking it off on Packers sideline with training staff now. - Now carted inside.
Jets edge Carl Lawson causing some problems. Pressure forced a rushed throw from Rodgers in red zone, then just had a “sack” on Rodgers during half-field team.
Benkert to Begelton for an 8-yard pickup.
Beautiful series of cuts by Patrick Taylor who reversed fields & picked up 15+ on a run. Gorgeous run. Finished the run with a vicious stiff arm against Jets CB Zane Lewis. And now Jets defensive staff imploring players not to take that.
Benkert to Sternberger over the middle. Another big collision and the ball pops loose. Definitely more contact today than we’ve seen.
Dennis Kelly down. Helped up by trainers, walked off on his own power with a limp. Headed inside.
Full team 2 min drill to end practice.
Jon Runyan Jr and rookie Royce Newman have consistently been starting LG and RG, respectively, today.
Rodgers to Cobb but it’s incomplete. Michael Carter II with the coverage.
Aaron to Kylin Hill for a short gain in the flat.
Aaron to Robert Tonyan over the middle Marcus Maye in coverage.
Bryce Huff with the sack but Aaron runs up the middle and they let the play continue. Home field advantage. Beat Turner as the third down rusher. Good coverage, too
Aaron throws a bomb to Adams but Bryce Hall had excellent coverage. Squeezed him to the sidelines there was no place for the ball to land.
Rodgers with a bullet to MVS in the seam for 15 in two minute. Clocks it with 19 left at NYJ 33.
Bryce hall again. Aaron throws it to MVS but Hall locked him down.
Coverage breakdown and Rodgers lofts a ball to MVS for a 33 yard TD. Wide open down the middle of the field no defender near. Maye was sorta in area, but threw his hands up.
Second OL: Nijman-Braden-Patrick-Hanson-Van Lanen.
Benkert hits Dexter Williams in the right flat for a big gain.
Goes deep down the right sideline to EQ, who draws a DPI from Echols.
Benkert evades pressure in pocket and lobs one to EQ in the back of the end zone. 3 yard td and good pocket presence by Benkert.
Benkert with one scare on near INT. 6 of 7 for 75 and the TD.

[smuggler]

Continuing on to D/ST...

Defense:

Rashan Gary and Dean Lowry are back.
Newly acquired CB Isaac Yiadom is practicing today.
Wilson over the middle to Chris Herndon incomplete.
Wilson hands off to Coleman but Preston Smith blows that up.
Carter up the middle for a short gain. No much push.
Perine up the middle for a 5 yard gain.
Ty Johnson with a good run left.
Eric Stokes is taking the one CB reps in team opposite Alexander. King still limited.
Coleman for a short gain.
Michael Carter outside left for a first down. Chris Herndon had a great block to spring him.
Perine left but Oren Burns gets him in the backfield.
Really pretty pass from Wilson to Herndon for 11-yard gain. Dropped it right in his hands. Touch throw. Preston Smith had pressure on him. Preston Smith having a good day in the defense side of the field vs Becton.
Wilson to Corey Davis over the middle but it fell incomplete. Pressure from Willington Previlon.
Wilson checks down to Ty Johnson.
Wilson throws it away. The interior gets WORKED and forces the throw away.
Preston Smith got around Becton. Really close to a sack, but play continues. Wilson gets it to Crowder.
Stokes comes around on corner blitz for sack on Wilson. Becton got sucked inside and never saw him coming.
Wilson throws to Corey Davis on a hitch left but Davis drops it.
Wilson throws to Davis on a curl with Alexander in coverage
Wilson drops back and Jonathan Garvin beats Becton and sacks Wilson.
Wilson throws to Davis, it was behind him. Pressure around Wilson
Wilson doesn’t see anybody as he steps up. Runs for a short gain.
Another sack given up by the Jest OL. Fant beat. Play continues. Then Feeney beat.
Jack Heflin bats down James Morgan’s pass at LOS
Quick tally shows defense won 10 of 16 on third down. Keke also had a sack that wasn't mentioned above.
Big hole opened on right side of line (Fant, GVR) in red zone drill. Perine ran through for what might have been a 12-yard TD.
Another sack. Preston Smith beat Becton inside.
Adrian Amos narrowly misses a pick. He jumps an out route vs. Jets TE Chris Herndon in the end zone during red-zone drills, and Zach Wilson’s pass smacks him in the hands.
Two third-and-goal passes at Alexander. Two breakups.
Wilson screen throw to Davis . Short gain.
Wilson’s pass is batted down.
Wilson hands off to Coleman who has a very good run for a first down.
Coleman gets the next carry. No push from the OL. Zero yards gained.
Wilson gets a coverage sack. OL did fine. Wilson was targeting Cole but Jaire had him locked down.
Kingsley Keke sacks Wilson.
Michael Carter has had some good runs today.
Second team Jets offense scores a TD. White to Malone. Malone having a good day. Three long catches
Full team 2 min drill to end practice.
Wilson first pass incomplete.
Wilson to crowder for a first. but Preston Smith gets pressure.
Wilson attacks Stokes down field to Keelan Cole. Stokes was step for step but didn’t get his head around. Cole had a chance at it but it falls incomplete.
Keke would’ve had a sack just now in dime, two minute.
Wilson throws it deep to Corey Davis. It was a okay throw but Davis was locked by Jaire.
Wilson comes right back to Davis and fires a DART over the middle with Jaire in coverage for a 1st on 3rd down.
Wilson to Davis over the middle again. Jaire again in coverage.
Wilson throws it in the dirt. Preston with pressure.
Wilson to Herndon over the middle for first down.
Wilson throws it Johnson in the flat but it flies out of bounds. Packers D wins the drill.
Zach Wilson today was 12 of 23. He was sacked 7 times. Receivers dropped two easy passes.

Special Teams:

Packers/Jets doing special teams drills practicing blocking and gunning for punt returns. Best reps so far were by Ento, Dafney, Stokes, and Tipa.
Dafney is killing it in special teams drills. Absolutely awesome rep from Dominique Martin too.
Mentioned Previlon in my roster projection this morning. Just smoked some guy in special teams period. Ento and Begelton doing well too among others.
Mason Crosby right down the middle 54 and 56. 7 of 9 in period, I think he missed from 41 and 51

[texaspackerbacker]

Thanks, smuggler. Great to read all this.

[texaspackerbacker]

Apparently the Jets lost two players including Karl Lawson, an expensive free agent, they just signed with season ending injuries on Thursday. Damn good thing it wasn't us having that.

[smuggler]

Rough start to the season for the Jersey Flyers. They're certainly going to be competing for a top-10 pick in next year's draft, so this aligns with that trend line.

[call_me_ishmael]

To this day, I don't understand why the Packers released Jon Ryan and later Tim Masthay. Both were very good, no? Especially Masthay IIRC.

[HarveyWallbangers]

To this day, I don't understand why the Packers released Jon Ryan and later Tim Masthay. Both were very good, no? Especially Masthay IIRC.

When Ryan was here, he was very inconsistent--much like Scott. Plus, he wasn't good at punts inside the 20. He became better when he got to Seattle. On top of that, he had two punts blocked his second and final year here. Masthay was okay. He never punted again. Did he just retire at 28 or did he fail to make another team?

[call_me_ishmael]

When Ryan was here, he was very inconsistent--much like Scott. Plus, he wasn't good at punts inside the 20. He became better when he got to Seattle. On top of that, he had two punts blocked his second and final year here. Masthay was okay. He never punted again. Did he just retire at 28 or did he fail to make another team?

My perception of Masthay was he was _very_ good at downing the ball inside the 20. I was pretty surprised to see he never punted again.

[smuggler]

Masthay just didn't have a booming leg. Solid player, though, but he was not special. Go watch the 2010 NFC Championship game again sometime. It's ugly, but he balled out... He saved our nuts in that game. He got a few firsts on trick plays and threw a TD pass to Tom Crabtree. Good times.

Jon Ryan lost his job in a game against the Bears. Two blocked punts. One fumbled snap that resulted in a TO on downs. And a punt for 19 yards or something. Just absolutely brutal and cost us that game.