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The blitz: OTAs Week 2
The Packers worked extensively on their hurry-up and red-zone offenses today, but neither offensive unit finished the 2-minute drill as coaches wanted.
The first team ran nine plays to get to the 12-yard line. But after a short completion from Brett Favre to Vernand Morency on third-and-inches, there was confusion as the offense looked to spike the ball before the field-goal unit ran onto the field.
Coach Mike McCarthy booted the ball out of the holder's hands and yelled at the sideline, and the offense came back onto the field. Running another play from the 8, Favre scrambled and overthrew tight end Donald Lee.
McCarthy blamed a clock malfunction. The scoreboard turned off several times and had no time on it during the final plays.
"The people on the field were on the same page, but the people on the sideline weren't," McCarthy said.
The second-team offense started at its own 35 and stalled at the plus-37. Ingle Martin, running the unit in Aaron Rodgers' absence, overthrew David Clowney with a deep ball on third down and then threw into double coverage on fourth.
In other news ...
-- Second-year pro Tony Moll filled in for the absent Mark Tauscher (death in family) at right tackle with the first-team offense. Moll knocked down Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila during the 2-minute period, and Gbaja-Biamila left the field rubbing his lower back.
-- When Chad Clifton departed with an apparent elbow injury, first-year man Orrin Thompson took over at left tackle.
-- Lee continued to take the first snap in each series at tight end. Working with the second team during 7-on-7, he dropped a throw that was a little high from Martin, whose next pass went off the hands of Ruvell Martin.
-- Brandon Miree took the first rep in each team period when the offense played its base set.
-- Cornerback Patrick Dendy worked opposite Al Harris with the first-team defense. When the nickel defense took the field for the 2-minute periods, the line consisted of Gbaja-Biamila, Michael Montgomery, Colin Cole and Cullen Jenkins.
-- Offensive highlights were tough to come by, but Favre threw a perfect touch pass to tight end Zac Alcorn in the 7-on-7 period, splitting Patrick Dendy and Nick Collins near the end zone. Minutes later, Martin threaded a pretty ball to a diving Carlyle Holiday at the goal line.
-- Rookie linebacker Desmond Bishop, a sixth-round pick out of California, slapped a sure completion out of Calvin Russell's hands during 7-on-7.
-- Ingle Martin took the accidental hit of the day when Devarick Scandrett couldn't slow down fast enough to avoid contact in the first team period.
-- With Charles Woodson absent and Will Blackmon and Greg Jennings hurt, first-year cornerback Tramon Williams worked alongside Shaun Bodiford and rookie James Jones on punt returns. Bodiford took the first reps.
-- After moving practice indoors because of wind and the threat of rain, the Packers allowed about 30 fans to watch a half-hour of practice inside the Don Hutson Center.
-- There was one brief scrum early in practice. Scandrett knocked off guard Tyson Walter's helmet before teammates separated them.
-- The offense closed the final team period with three consecutive fades into the end zone. None were complete, and each defended well by Frank Walker, Dendy and Jarrett Bush, respectively.
-- Practice ended with Favre completing a pair of touchdown strikes to Clowney and Bodiford.
-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com
posted by PackersNews.com at 2:24 PM | 0 Comments
The Packers worked extensively on their hurry-up and red-zone offenses today, but neither offensive unit finished the 2-minute drill as coaches wanted.
The first team ran nine plays to get to the 12-yard line. But after a short completion from Brett Favre to Vernand Morency on third-and-inches, there was confusion as the offense looked to spike the ball before the field-goal unit ran onto the field.
Coach Mike McCarthy booted the ball out of the holder's hands and yelled at the sideline, and the offense came back onto the field. Running another play from the 8, Favre scrambled and overthrew tight end Donald Lee.
McCarthy blamed a clock malfunction. The scoreboard turned off several times and had no time on it during the final plays.
"The people on the field were on the same page, but the people on the sideline weren't," McCarthy said.
The second-team offense started at its own 35 and stalled at the plus-37. Ingle Martin, running the unit in Aaron Rodgers' absence, overthrew David Clowney with a deep ball on third down and then threw into double coverage on fourth.
In other news ...
-- Second-year pro Tony Moll filled in for the absent Mark Tauscher (death in family) at right tackle with the first-team offense. Moll knocked down Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila during the 2-minute period, and Gbaja-Biamila left the field rubbing his lower back.
-- When Chad Clifton departed with an apparent elbow injury, first-year man Orrin Thompson took over at left tackle.
-- Lee continued to take the first snap in each series at tight end. Working with the second team during 7-on-7, he dropped a throw that was a little high from Martin, whose next pass went off the hands of Ruvell Martin.
-- Brandon Miree took the first rep in each team period when the offense played its base set.
-- Cornerback Patrick Dendy worked opposite Al Harris with the first-team defense. When the nickel defense took the field for the 2-minute periods, the line consisted of Gbaja-Biamila, Michael Montgomery, Colin Cole and Cullen Jenkins.
-- Offensive highlights were tough to come by, but Favre threw a perfect touch pass to tight end Zac Alcorn in the 7-on-7 period, splitting Patrick Dendy and Nick Collins near the end zone. Minutes later, Martin threaded a pretty ball to a diving Carlyle Holiday at the goal line.
-- Rookie linebacker Desmond Bishop, a sixth-round pick out of California, slapped a sure completion out of Calvin Russell's hands during 7-on-7.
-- Ingle Martin took the accidental hit of the day when Devarick Scandrett couldn't slow down fast enough to avoid contact in the first team period.
-- With Charles Woodson absent and Will Blackmon and Greg Jennings hurt, first-year cornerback Tramon Williams worked alongside Shaun Bodiford and rookie James Jones on punt returns. Bodiford took the first reps.
-- After moving practice indoors because of wind and the threat of rain, the Packers allowed about 30 fans to watch a half-hour of practice inside the Don Hutson Center.
-- There was one brief scrum early in practice. Scandrett knocked off guard Tyson Walter's helmet before teammates separated them.
-- The offense closed the final team period with three consecutive fades into the end zone. None were complete, and each defended well by Frank Walker, Dendy and Jarrett Bush, respectively.
-- Practice ended with Favre completing a pair of touchdown strikes to Clowney and Bodiford.
-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com
posted by PackersNews.com at 2:24 PM | 0 Comments
... It was a tough read 
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