Training Camp Report: Opportunity Coming Saturday For Brooks

News Bot · Aug 20, 2009

The game situations will dictate exactly how many times the Packers punt against Buffalo, but however many kicks there are, Durant Brooks will be given the majority of those reps on Saturday night.

Special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said the team's plan is for both Brooks and Jeremy Kapinos to punt against the Bills, but the focus will be on Brooks. Brooks had the Packers' lone kick in the preseason opener vs. Cleveland, a 39 -yarder that was returned 3 yards to Cleveland's 14.

"We're going to concentrate on letting Durant have the bulk of the work to see how he manages the entire game," Slocum said. "That was the plan last week but we only got the one punt.

"We had Jeremy in four games last year. We know he can manage the game. We'll approach it that way. Last week we wanted to attempt some long field goals, so that took away some of the opportunities to punt. We'll just see how the game situations go."

Kapinos averaged 39.2 yards on 17 punts ..

Source: Packers.com

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