2020 Practice Round Up: Day 1 - August 15
PERSONNEL/GENERAL:
Kenny Clark's $25M signing bonus is the most ever given to a non-QB by the Packers. Silverstein [This might deserve an asterisk because Clark already had $7.69M guaranteed in base pay for 2020. Matthews got $20.5M and ZaDarius got $20M. TGR]
No split practice. No pads.
TE Sternberger, LS Bradley, DT Treyvon Hester, attended practice but did not participate. Probably close to being called up.
OLB Roberts was not at practice: he is listed on the Covid Reserve List.
ILB Kirksey on Dillons' legs: "As a linebacker ... you wanna say if you're in the hole and hit you up top, but then you see how big he is and you want to go low. But then he has those tree-trunks for legs." Hodkiewicz
Kenny Clark said Pettine is going to move him around more this year. Kruse
Deguara shows broad shoulders and it looks like Tonyan filled out his frame. Hodkiewicz
Deguara: After rotating with tight ends in position drills, he slides over to fullback in routes on air. Then he gets a fullback rep in team drills. Ryan Wood
After 1 hours and 45 minutes, the vets leave practice. The young players get 9 plays to show what they can do, with Love getting 6 reps. Silverstein
AJ Dillon is a large person with huge legs and calves. Everybody
OFFENSIVE LINE:
Lane Taylor took some initial snaps at RG and Billy Turner at RT. Wagner replaced Turner at RT with Turner moving inside. Madison.com Sports
LaFleur said the right side would be a daily competition between Turner, Wagner and Taylor. Hodkiewicz
QUARTERBACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS:
Boyle rainbows a perfect long pass to Valdes-Scantling. Josh Jackson in coverage. Matt Schneidman
Excellent extending by Love, better extension by Samuel to break up the deep pass to Shepherd. Bill Huber
Begelton catches a slant from Love. Hodkiewicz
Love throws a TD pass to Kumerow. Schneidman [Against Ento, per Ryan Woods]
Another nice rep from Jake Kumerow, working back to the sideline when Aaron Rodgers flushes to the right, following the scramble rules for a completion on a broken play. Ryan Wood
Tyler Ervin getting some reps at slot WR. Kruse
Begelton looks quick and looks to have good hands. Intruguing WR prospect. Schneidman
Lazard caught a pass over the middle from AR while Begelton snagged a post from Boyle, and Fulgham catches a pass underneath from Love. Hodkiewicz
Boyle had some well-placed passes for big gains. Silverstein
Boyle isn't losing QB2 anytime soon. Schneidman
LINEBACKERS:
Raven Greene had a PBU of an AR pass in the end zone. Hodkiewicz
Oren Burks is the second ILB to get reps (after Kiksey). Schneidman
OLB Randy Ramsey can run - he had a nice pass break up. Huber
OLB Randy Ramsey can move: he would have gotten to the QB a few times. Jim Owczarski [No pads though.]
DEFENSIVE BACKS:
Chandon Sullivan lines up as the nickel back as expected, replacing Tramon Williams. Mike Spofford
Kevin King noted that he is the only DB left on the roster from his rookie year. Everyone else is new. Schneidman
SPECIAL TEAMS:
John Leglue serves as the long snapper with Bradley on Covid Reserve. The snaps weren't bad. Hodkiewicz
Crosby goes 8 for 9 on field goals with no rush. Bill Huber
Crosby missed from 45 yards from the right hashmark. Missed right. Ryan Wood
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Comments (7)
Thegreatreynoldo
August 16, 2020 at 05:58 am
I chose Boyle for the photo because he seems to have had the best day actually doing football things, followed closely by Kumerow. Josh Jackson got beat on one pass apparently and also was in coverage on another completed pass but he had excellent coverage: it was one of those "Wow" passes from AR.
The most important development (save Clark's extension) is the competition at RG and RT. It looks like there will be daily competition for starting jobs over the next few weeks per LaFleur. Pads aren't scheduled for a while though.
Clark was disruptive and Keke flashed, but I couldn't find the tweet again and they weren't in pads anyway.
AJ Dillon is a large man. Everyone said so, including the media guys and multiple players. Dillon looked smooth, apparently.
LaFleur did note that Love has things to clean up and mentioned footwork.
Handsback
August 16, 2020 at 07:59 am
Thanks for the update. Boyle could be worth some trade capital if his improvement continuous and also nice to see a backup LS.
Dzehren
August 16, 2020 at 08:54 am
Agree. I think a lot of teams are going to carry 3 QB’s this year.
PatrickGB
August 16, 2020 at 10:37 am
It’s early but I expect that the team keeps three QB’s on the roster.
Qoojo
August 16, 2020 at 11:39 am
Why would you trade away the QB with with "improvement continuous" as you put it and the best chance of winning some games if AR gets injured? The only trade scenario is if Love out performs or is equal to Boyle. Then there is the covid-19 random factor where a team can lose a QB for 2 weeks.
Thegreatreynoldo
August 16, 2020 at 04:31 pm
Yes, I agree with Patrick above: GB is almost certain to keep three QBs on the roster, in my opinion.
dobber
August 16, 2020 at 09:51 pm
"Then there is the covid-19 random factor where a team can lose a QB for 2 weeks."
Or a whole season. Who's to say? It's starting to look like Gute is a bit of a gambler, and they might decide--given the roster losses sure to happen this coming off-season--that roster spot is more important beyond 2020 spent somewhere else.