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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 160327" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>Training Camp Day 10</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://packers.scout.com/2/665540.html" target="_blank">http://packers.scout.com/2/665540.html</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Jones, Barbre step in for injured starters; Martin shows deep route ability</strong> </p><p></p><p>Green Bay’s co-offensive rookie of the years from 2006 both missed practice today, opening the door for players from this year’s rookie class to get additional reps. Receiver Greg Jennings (hip flexor) and guard Daryn Colledge (mid-back sprain) were sidelined, allowing James Jones and Allen Barbre to see extensive time with the first team offense. Mike McCarthy noted that Jennings’ hip has been sore the past week and that Colledge should be back on the field for Tuesday's practices. A larger role in Monday’s practice didn’t faze Jones, who has seen plenty of snaps this summer. “There are a lot of reps every day,” Jones said. “They run us every day. But it feels good to get more reps because it is more opportunities to show the coaches what you can do. So, I just try to take advantage of them and show that I’m a guy who can make plays.” The extra time on the field with quarterback Brett Favre has helped translate concepts learned in the classroom, Jones said. “We meet with the quarterbacks and do all those kinds of things,” he said. “We know where Brett [Favre] and [Aaron] Rodgers want us on certain routes.”</p><p></p><p>Barbre was known for a nasty streak at Missouri Southern State. Accompany that with 90-degree heat and what do you get? The first scrum of training camp. Barbre and linebacker Nick Barnett engaged in a brief wrestling match during today’s practice. Barnett was eventually pulled away by cornerback Charles Woodson. Testiness didn’t end there, either. In 7-on-7 passing drills, contact is typically vanilla. Emphasis is put on timing, location, and body movement between the quarterback and receivers. Safety Marviel Underwood, however, unleashed on a vulnerable DeShawn Wynn after the rookie caught a pass near the right sideline. The hit sent Wynn flying, as he nearly crashed into the sideline water cooler. All Wynn could do what shake his head, while Frank Walker screamed, ‘Man down!’ One scrum is enough.</p><p></p><p>Here are some other notes on today’s afternoon practice:</p><p></p><p><strong>Offensive Play of the Day</strong></p><p></p><p>At the end of last season Ruvell Martin showed reliable hands on third down - the epitome of a possession receiver. But Martin showed again today that he has some deep ball potential, too. Favre took a five-step drop and heaved a bullet of a deep post to Martin, who got separation on cornerback Patrick Dendy and hauled in the 40-yard touchdown. It was just a similar to when Favre and Javon Walker torched defenses with in 2003 and '04. It was just a deep post route,” Martin said. Does Martin see himself developing into the deep threat the Packers certainly need? “My philosophy is the same as always,” he said. “I do whatever to help the team. If they call on me to go deep [more often] than great. If it’s as a third down or possession receiver than that’s fine too.”</p><p></p><p><strong>Defensive Play of the Day</strong></p><p></p><p>Cornerback Will Blackmon and linebacker Spencer Havner teamed up for a play the Packers pulled off five times last year - six points the other way. Tight end Zac Alcorn caught a pass on a quick out and had it stripped out of his grip by Blackmon. The ball flew up into the air, Havner gobbled it up and strolled up the right sideline for a sure six points. Havner spent 13 weeks on the Packers’ practice squad last year after spending training camp with the Washington Redskins last summer. The 6-foot-3, 244 lbs. Havner was a four-year starter at UCLA, where he finished as the school’s third all-time leading tackler with 402.</p><p></p><p><strong>Stock is Rising</strong></p><p></p><p>His best shot at making the team is probably on the practice squad, but tight end Joe Werner has made huge strides in a matter of days. Just last week, he could be seen blocking downfield on passing plays. Today Werner caught a deep seam laser from Favre for a touchdown in red zone work. “Joe just needs to hang on to every word and take full advantage of every opportunity he is given,” McCarthy said. “I think Joe is doing that. He has a great attitude and approach. He’s very raw. I think that’s evident to everybody. I’m happy he’s here. He has a lot in front of him.” Werner played semi-pro football this summer with the Winona/La Crosse Rough Riders and a little bit as a student at McDonell Central School. The 6-foot-6, 252-pound Werner played basketball at Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he averaged 16.7 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game. Werner was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year. With Bubba Franks, Donald Lee, Zac Alcorn, and Clark Harris ahead of him on the depth chart, Werner is a long shot to make the roster. However, he has shown vast improvement and could have football in his future somewhere.</p><p></p><p><strong>Stock is Falling</strong></p><p></p><p>The race for the No. 3 cornerback job behind starters Al Harris and Charles Woodson could become the most heated at camp with five strong candidates. Jarrett Bush, Will Blackmon, Patrick Dendy, Frank Walker, and Tramon Williams have all had their moments in practices. But Walker’s opportunities have been the scarcest. The Packers’ lone off-season free agent pickup may have signed a one-year, $1.24 million contract, but there’s a decent chance he won’t make the team, mainly because of the play by others. Bush and Blackmon were exceptional on Family Night, with the latter picking off two passes (although one was nullified due to a penalty). Dendy has seen the most action as the team’s nickel corner and Tramon Williams has been one of the most intriguing players because of his big play potential. That leaves Walker out of the loop for now. He will need a strong preseason to solidify a roster spot.</p><p>______________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070494/1989" target="_blank">http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070494/1989</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Packers insider</strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>Thumbs up</strong></p><p></p><p>Ask the Packers' coaches and scouts which position is their strongest and deepest, and most would say the defensive line. If that's so, then the display put on by the offensive linemen during the one-on-one pass rushing/pass blocking drill on Monday was all the more impressive. There were 20 reps to the drill, and the offense won 16 of them. Only Larry Birdine, Cullen Jenkins and Johnny Jolly (who won two reps) managed any significant success for the defensive line, and none of the three beat a starting offensive lineman. Jolly got by rookie guard Allen Barbre and first-year pro C.J. Blomvall, who has almost no chance to make the team. Jenkins got by another long shot, guard Adam Stenovich. Birdine beat career-backup Junius Coston. Perhaps that rate of success shouldn't have come as a big surprise given the Packers allowed only 24 sacks last season. </p><p></p><p><strong>Thumbs down</strong></p><p></p><p>It appeared last week that Patrick Dendy's days as the No. 3 cornerback might have been numbered, but there he was on Monday working as the third cornerback in the nickel defense. <strong>The results were more of the same</strong>. The third-year pro, who played the last 12 games of 2006 in that role, had perhaps his worst practice so far of training camp. During a team (11-on-11) blitz period, Dendy gave up back-to-back completions to backup receivers Chris Francies and Ruvell Martin, neither of whom are locks to make the roster. Francies beat Dendy on a straight go route down the right sideline and easily caught a bomb from Brett Favre. Later in practice, during another team period, Martin ran by Dendy on a deep route down the middle of the field and caught a 60-yard touchdown pass from Favre. Martin is hardly a speed guy — he has a chance to make the team largely because he's 6-foot-4 — so it's alarming to see Dendy give up a deep play to him. </p><p></p><p><strong>Did you notice?</strong></p><p></p><p>Rookie Mason Crosby again had a slight edge over incumbent Dave Rayner during kicking drills. Crosby made 10 of 11 kicks during team drills, while Rayner was 9 of 11. Rayner missed wide left from 28 and 48 yards but made all three of his kicks from 50 yards or more (50, 51 and 53 yards). Kicking from the same distances, Crosby's only miss was wide right from 50 yards. For the entire camp, Crosby holds a slight edge. He has made 47 of 55 kicks (85.5 percent). Rayner has made 49 of 58 (84.5 percent). Rayner started camp by making 29 of his first 30 kicks, and the only miss was a block. Newly signed punter Ryan Dougherty doesn't look like serious competition for Jon Ryan. Dougherty's delivery appears slower than Ryan's, meaning he's more susceptible to blocked punts. In head-to-head punting on Monday, Ryan held a significant advantage. In nine punts, Ryan averaged 52.3 yards and 4.51 seconds of hang time, while Dougherty averaged 43.8 yards and 4.37 seconds of hang time. </p><p></p><p>Jolly took most of the reps at defensive tackle alongside Ryan Pickett with the No. 1 defense. </p><p></p><p>Barbre got all the work at left guard with the No. 1 offense in place of Daryn Colledge, who was out due to a mid-back sprain. Barbre was involved in the first fight of training camp when he got into it with linebacker Nick Barnett. </p><p>______________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070496/1989" target="_blank">http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070496/1989</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Notebook: Halfback Pope has surgery on knee</strong> </p><p></p><p>Backup halfback P.J. Pope will miss at least two preseason games and perhaps more after having arthroscopic surgery on a knee Monday morning. Pope, who is in the thick of the battle for the No. 3 or perhaps No. 4 halfback spot if the Packers keep four halfbacks, injured the knee in Saturday night's intrasquad scrimmage. Coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't say exactly what the injury was but said Pope will be out at least "a couple of weeks." With potential starting halfback Vernand Morency also sidelined for at least a couple more weeks because of a knee injury,<strong> the Packers are down to four healthy halfbacks for at least their first two preseason games: Brandon Jackson, Noah Herron, DeShawn Wynn and fullback-halfback Corey White.</strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>Franks returns</strong></p><p></p><p>Tight end Bubba Franks returned to practice after missing two days of practice plus the Family Night scrimmage because of a scratched cornea. Franks sustained the injury in the Packers' Tuesday night practice last week at City Stadium. Doctors finally cleared him for practice Monday and he wore a protective plastic visor on his helmet. He doesn't know how long he will have to use the visor but suggested it could be for a while. Franks said the eye doesn't hurt, but if he's poked in the eye again, he's at risk of sustaining permanent damage. "It's still a little bleary," Franks said. "I was cleared to practice. It felt pretty good out there. The truth will come when it's night time and there's lots of lights. There was enough sun out there you couldn't really tell the difference." </p><p></p><p><strong>Tackle look</strong></p><p></p><p>One of the Packers' deepest positions is defensive tackle, and they used Monday's practice to take a hard look at second-year pro Johnny Jolly by playing him regularly with the No. 1 defense. Colin Cole, Corey Williams and Ryan Pickett generally had shared the early snaps at the two defensive-tackle spots in each team drill with the No. 1 defense so far in camp, but Jolly and Pickett lined up with the starters for the first play or two of each team drill Monday. Besides Pickett, Williams, Cole and Jolly, the Packers also have first-round pick Justin Harrell and undrafted rookie Daniel Muir in camp at defensive tackle. <strong>The Packers probably will keep only four or five defensive tackles on their final roster, so that means one or two defensive tackles will get cut.</strong> "The most important thing you're looking for, particularly from the younger guys, is consistency," McCarthy said, "and I think you're seeing that in Johnny Jolly and a number of the younger guys. At defensive end, I think (Jason) Hunter, you're seeing the maturity of him, too. It gives you the flexibility to roll those guys in and play smart, situational football."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 160327, member: 781"] [b]Training Camp Day 10[/b] [url]http://packers.scout.com/2/665540.html[/url] [b]Jones, Barbre step in for injured starters; Martin shows deep route ability[/b] Green Bay’s co-offensive rookie of the years from 2006 both missed practice today, opening the door for players from this year’s rookie class to get additional reps. Receiver Greg Jennings (hip flexor) and guard Daryn Colledge (mid-back sprain) were sidelined, allowing James Jones and Allen Barbre to see extensive time with the first team offense. Mike McCarthy noted that Jennings’ hip has been sore the past week and that Colledge should be back on the field for Tuesday's practices. A larger role in Monday’s practice didn’t faze Jones, who has seen plenty of snaps this summer. “There are a lot of reps every day,” Jones said. “They run us every day. But it feels good to get more reps because it is more opportunities to show the coaches what you can do. So, I just try to take advantage of them and show that I’m a guy who can make plays.” The extra time on the field with quarterback Brett Favre has helped translate concepts learned in the classroom, Jones said. “We meet with the quarterbacks and do all those kinds of things,” he said. “We know where Brett [Favre] and [Aaron] Rodgers want us on certain routes.” Barbre was known for a nasty streak at Missouri Southern State. Accompany that with 90-degree heat and what do you get? The first scrum of training camp. Barbre and linebacker Nick Barnett engaged in a brief wrestling match during today’s practice. Barnett was eventually pulled away by cornerback Charles Woodson. Testiness didn’t end there, either. In 7-on-7 passing drills, contact is typically vanilla. Emphasis is put on timing, location, and body movement between the quarterback and receivers. Safety Marviel Underwood, however, unleashed on a vulnerable DeShawn Wynn after the rookie caught a pass near the right sideline. The hit sent Wynn flying, as he nearly crashed into the sideline water cooler. All Wynn could do what shake his head, while Frank Walker screamed, ‘Man down!’ One scrum is enough. Here are some other notes on today’s afternoon practice: [b]Offensive Play of the Day[/b] At the end of last season Ruvell Martin showed reliable hands on third down - the epitome of a possession receiver. But Martin showed again today that he has some deep ball potential, too. Favre took a five-step drop and heaved a bullet of a deep post to Martin, who got separation on cornerback Patrick Dendy and hauled in the 40-yard touchdown. It was just a similar to when Favre and Javon Walker torched defenses with in 2003 and '04. It was just a deep post route,” Martin said. Does Martin see himself developing into the deep threat the Packers certainly need? “My philosophy is the same as always,” he said. “I do whatever to help the team. If they call on me to go deep [more often] than great. If it’s as a third down or possession receiver than that’s fine too.” [b]Defensive Play of the Day[/b] Cornerback Will Blackmon and linebacker Spencer Havner teamed up for a play the Packers pulled off five times last year - six points the other way. Tight end Zac Alcorn caught a pass on a quick out and had it stripped out of his grip by Blackmon. The ball flew up into the air, Havner gobbled it up and strolled up the right sideline for a sure six points. Havner spent 13 weeks on the Packers’ practice squad last year after spending training camp with the Washington Redskins last summer. The 6-foot-3, 244 lbs. Havner was a four-year starter at UCLA, where he finished as the school’s third all-time leading tackler with 402. [b]Stock is Rising[/b] His best shot at making the team is probably on the practice squad, but tight end Joe Werner has made huge strides in a matter of days. Just last week, he could be seen blocking downfield on passing plays. Today Werner caught a deep seam laser from Favre for a touchdown in red zone work. “Joe just needs to hang on to every word and take full advantage of every opportunity he is given,” McCarthy said. “I think Joe is doing that. He has a great attitude and approach. He’s very raw. I think that’s evident to everybody. I’m happy he’s here. He has a lot in front of him.” Werner played semi-pro football this summer with the Winona/La Crosse Rough Riders and a little bit as a student at McDonell Central School. The 6-foot-6, 252-pound Werner played basketball at Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he averaged 16.7 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game. Werner was named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year. With Bubba Franks, Donald Lee, Zac Alcorn, and Clark Harris ahead of him on the depth chart, Werner is a long shot to make the roster. However, he has shown vast improvement and could have football in his future somewhere. [b]Stock is Falling[/b] The race for the No. 3 cornerback job behind starters Al Harris and Charles Woodson could become the most heated at camp with five strong candidates. Jarrett Bush, Will Blackmon, Patrick Dendy, Frank Walker, and Tramon Williams have all had their moments in practices. But Walker’s opportunities have been the scarcest. The Packers’ lone off-season free agent pickup may have signed a one-year, $1.24 million contract, but there’s a decent chance he won’t make the team, mainly because of the play by others. Bush and Blackmon were exceptional on Family Night, with the latter picking off two passes (although one was nullified due to a penalty). Dendy has seen the most action as the team’s nickel corner and Tramon Williams has been one of the most intriguing players because of his big play potential. That leaves Walker out of the loop for now. He will need a strong preseason to solidify a roster spot. ______________________________________________________________ [url]http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070494/1989[/url] [b]Packers insider[/b] [b]Thumbs up[/b] Ask the Packers' coaches and scouts which position is their strongest and deepest, and most would say the defensive line. If that's so, then the display put on by the offensive linemen during the one-on-one pass rushing/pass blocking drill on Monday was all the more impressive. There were 20 reps to the drill, and the offense won 16 of them. Only Larry Birdine, Cullen Jenkins and Johnny Jolly (who won two reps) managed any significant success for the defensive line, and none of the three beat a starting offensive lineman. Jolly got by rookie guard Allen Barbre and first-year pro C.J. Blomvall, who has almost no chance to make the team. Jenkins got by another long shot, guard Adam Stenovich. Birdine beat career-backup Junius Coston. Perhaps that rate of success shouldn't have come as a big surprise given the Packers allowed only 24 sacks last season. [b]Thumbs down[/b] It appeared last week that Patrick Dendy's days as the No. 3 cornerback might have been numbered, but there he was on Monday working as the third cornerback in the nickel defense. [b]The results were more of the same[/b]. The third-year pro, who played the last 12 games of 2006 in that role, had perhaps his worst practice so far of training camp. During a team (11-on-11) blitz period, Dendy gave up back-to-back completions to backup receivers Chris Francies and Ruvell Martin, neither of whom are locks to make the roster. Francies beat Dendy on a straight go route down the right sideline and easily caught a bomb from Brett Favre. Later in practice, during another team period, Martin ran by Dendy on a deep route down the middle of the field and caught a 60-yard touchdown pass from Favre. Martin is hardly a speed guy — he has a chance to make the team largely because he's 6-foot-4 — so it's alarming to see Dendy give up a deep play to him. [b]Did you notice?[/b] Rookie Mason Crosby again had a slight edge over incumbent Dave Rayner during kicking drills. Crosby made 10 of 11 kicks during team drills, while Rayner was 9 of 11. Rayner missed wide left from 28 and 48 yards but made all three of his kicks from 50 yards or more (50, 51 and 53 yards). Kicking from the same distances, Crosby's only miss was wide right from 50 yards. For the entire camp, Crosby holds a slight edge. He has made 47 of 55 kicks (85.5 percent). Rayner has made 49 of 58 (84.5 percent). Rayner started camp by making 29 of his first 30 kicks, and the only miss was a block. Newly signed punter Ryan Dougherty doesn't look like serious competition for Jon Ryan. Dougherty's delivery appears slower than Ryan's, meaning he's more susceptible to blocked punts. In head-to-head punting on Monday, Ryan held a significant advantage. In nine punts, Ryan averaged 52.3 yards and 4.51 seconds of hang time, while Dougherty averaged 43.8 yards and 4.37 seconds of hang time. Jolly took most of the reps at defensive tackle alongside Ryan Pickett with the No. 1 defense. Barbre got all the work at left guard with the No. 1 offense in place of Daryn Colledge, who was out due to a mid-back sprain. Barbre was involved in the first fight of training camp when he got into it with linebacker Nick Barnett. ______________________________________________________________ [url]http://www.packersnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/PKR01/708070496/1989[/url] [b]Notebook: Halfback Pope has surgery on knee[/b] Backup halfback P.J. Pope will miss at least two preseason games and perhaps more after having arthroscopic surgery on a knee Monday morning. Pope, who is in the thick of the battle for the No. 3 or perhaps No. 4 halfback spot if the Packers keep four halfbacks, injured the knee in Saturday night's intrasquad scrimmage. Coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't say exactly what the injury was but said Pope will be out at least "a couple of weeks." With potential starting halfback Vernand Morency also sidelined for at least a couple more weeks because of a knee injury,[b] the Packers are down to four healthy halfbacks for at least their first two preseason games: Brandon Jackson, Noah Herron, DeShawn Wynn and fullback-halfback Corey White.[/b] [b]Franks returns[/b] Tight end Bubba Franks returned to practice after missing two days of practice plus the Family Night scrimmage because of a scratched cornea. Franks sustained the injury in the Packers' Tuesday night practice last week at City Stadium. Doctors finally cleared him for practice Monday and he wore a protective plastic visor on his helmet. He doesn't know how long he will have to use the visor but suggested it could be for a while. Franks said the eye doesn't hurt, but if he's poked in the eye again, he's at risk of sustaining permanent damage. "It's still a little bleary," Franks said. "I was cleared to practice. It felt pretty good out there. The truth will come when it's night time and there's lots of lights. There was enough sun out there you couldn't really tell the difference." [b]Tackle look[/b] One of the Packers' deepest positions is defensive tackle, and they used Monday's practice to take a hard look at second-year pro Johnny Jolly by playing him regularly with the No. 1 defense. Colin Cole, Corey Williams and Ryan Pickett generally had shared the early snaps at the two defensive-tackle spots in each team drill with the No. 1 defense so far in camp, but Jolly and Pickett lined up with the starters for the first play or two of each team drill Monday. Besides Pickett, Williams, Cole and Jolly, the Packers also have first-round pick Justin Harrell and undrafted rookie Daniel Muir in camp at defensive tackle. [b]The Packers probably will keep only four or five defensive tackles on their final roster, so that means one or two defensive tackles will get cut.[/b] "The most important thing you're looking for, particularly from the younger guys, is consistency," McCarthy said, "and I think you're seeing that in Johnny Jolly and a number of the younger guys. At defensive end, I think (Jason) Hunter, you're seeing the maturity of him, too. It gives you the flexibility to roll those guys in and play smart, situational football." [/QUOTE]
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