More Traditional Schedule On Tap For Camp

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Last year, Head Coach Mike McCarthy often made reference to a "disjointed" training camp schedule that was mostly the result of having the first preseason game slated for national television on Monday Night Football.

That's not something McCarthy has to deal with this year, and he seems to appreciate it for a handful of reasons.

"We'll have more padded work this year than we did last year," McCarthy said during his season-opening press conference on Friday from Lambeau Field. "We had a very different training camp schedule last year with just the way our preseason games fell and so forth. Our snaps, our reps, this year will be the highest of my four years here."

Because the collective bargaining agreement with the players' union states that players cannot be required to report for training camp more than 15 days prior to the first preseason contest, the Packers' schedule was off-kilter from the start because the preseason opener against Cincinnati wa..

Source: Packers.com
 

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