Notebook: McCarthy Excited About Punting Competition

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While neither one of the punters on Green Bay's roster has any regular-season NFL experience, Head Coach Mike McCarthy likes the talent level of both Tim Masthay and Chris Bryan.

Friday's rookie orientation practice was the first team workout for the tandem this offseason, and both punters got their fair share of kicks off inside The Don Hutson Center.

"They've been working, they've been here working really since Chris was signed on," McCarthy said. "As far as the quantity, I would say that would fall, that was probably a normal workout. Obviously they were hitting the roof the whole time, so we were able to shoot some jugs to the returners to make sure they were getting the work.

"I think that's going to be a very good competition that we'll have to keep a close eye on all the way through training camp."

Masthay was an All-SEC punter at Kentucky and spent time with Indianapolis last year during the preseason, but didn't get any game experience be..

Source: Packers.com