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<blockquote data-quote="TOPHAT" data-source="post: 155350" data-attributes="member: 781"><p><strong>OTA Notebook: Special teams improvement</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://packers.scout.com/2/651837.html" target="_blank">http://packers.scout.com/2/651837.html</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Packers OTA notebook </strong> <strong>...Special teams a priority</strong></p><p></p><p>...The Packers seem determined to improve their special teams units this season. Green Bay has ranked near the bottom of the league in various categories over the last couple of seasons. The Packers spent about 10 to 15 minutes on kickoff returns in practice today, and have paid more attention to the punt and kickoff units throughout this off-season. “I treat it just like I do offense and defense,” said McCarthy. “I make sure Mike has his 30 minutes every day to meet and he has his three periods during practice. You can't balance it with offense and defense, but we make sure he has the appropriate time to get everything taught, has the fundamentals, time for fundamentals, to get that taught, in situations. Everything I do from a practice environment the focus is on fundamentals and situations. That's prominent in everything we do, and I make sure Mike has the time to get that done.”</p><p></p><p>McCarthy feels that the Packers have the type of players that will help special teams get better. “I think we have the size, the combination of size, speed and athletic ability you're looking for, and that's something you're always striving for as far as personnel matchups,” said McCarthy. “So I think we've definitely improved in that area. The understanding schematically, we're very much-improved there. I thought we started the season very slow, tentative to a point. We've talked about the youth of our football team, I thought it was highlighted in our special teams, the inexperience specifically in some of the areas. So from that part of it, I think we've had a lot of improvement, so I'm excited about that. “And once again, special teams is a big part of it, just part of our game period, is mindset, attitude, approach, and that's something I think we'll see taken to the next level when we get to preseason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TOPHAT, post: 155350, member: 781"] [b]OTA Notebook: Special teams improvement[/b] [url]http://packers.scout.com/2/651837.html[/url] [b]Packers OTA notebook [/b] [b]...Special teams a priority[/b] ...The Packers seem determined to improve their special teams units this season. Green Bay has ranked near the bottom of the league in various categories over the last couple of seasons. The Packers spent about 10 to 15 minutes on kickoff returns in practice today, and have paid more attention to the punt and kickoff units throughout this off-season. “I treat it just like I do offense and defense,” said McCarthy. “I make sure Mike has his 30 minutes every day to meet and he has his three periods during practice. You can't balance it with offense and defense, but we make sure he has the appropriate time to get everything taught, has the fundamentals, time for fundamentals, to get that taught, in situations. Everything I do from a practice environment the focus is on fundamentals and situations. That's prominent in everything we do, and I make sure Mike has the time to get that done.” McCarthy feels that the Packers have the type of players that will help special teams get better. “I think we have the size, the combination of size, speed and athletic ability you're looking for, and that's something you're always striving for as far as personnel matchups,” said McCarthy. “So I think we've definitely improved in that area. The understanding schematically, we're very much-improved there. I thought we started the season very slow, tentative to a point. We've talked about the youth of our football team, I thought it was highlighted in our special teams, the inexperience specifically in some of the areas. So from that part of it, I think we've had a lot of improvement, so I'm excited about that. “And once again, special teams is a big part of it, just part of our game period, is mindset, attitude, approach, and that's something I think we'll see taken to the next level when we get to preseason. [/QUOTE]
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