While plenty of fans are more interested in seeing Aaron Rodgers throwing to Randall Cobb, I personally am more interested in Brett Hundley throwing to Ty Montgomery.  Rookies represent the true strength of the Packers and it's important in the Ted Thompson draft and develop philosophy that rookies contribute as quickly as possible.  Obviously 1st and 2nd round picks are expected to contribute faster than lower round rookies but every once in a while there will be a rookie who starts right out of the gate (like Corey Linsley last year).  With that being said overall, the 2015 rookie class played pretty much to be expected, it would have been nice to see Damarious Randall out there but Randall was ruled inactived with a groin injury so he'll have to wait until next week to make his professional debut.

Round 1: Damarious Randall (Grade: N/A) - Randall was ruled out before the game with a groin injury

Round 2: Quinten Rollins: (Grade: A) - While plenty of fans will be drawn to the fact that Rollins was step for step defending his receiver what I took as an even better sign was the fact that early in the second quarter quarterback Jimmy Garapolo did not look towards Rollins side once.  As the game went on, Rollins was tested more and more but he aquited himself with honor, probably should have intercepted two passes and made it clear that he can lay the wood.  Rollins also showed surprising awareness considering he's only played the game one year in college, correctly diagnosing the play, peeling off his responsibility and making the tackle in the flat for a minimal gain.  One interesting point is that Rollins likes to employ the "bailout" stance where he's facing the quarterback before the ball is snapped, obviously there's no chance of jamming a reciever in this stance so faster recievers will like blow past him at some point.  Whether he has enough experience to play bump and run will be something to look out for in the couple preseason games.  Finally, Rollins played almost exclusively outside corner, which might mean the Packers want to keep Hayward in the slot if at all possible. 

Round 3; Ty Montgomery: (Grade: B-) - Montgomery's biggest contribution should be as a returner and to be honest it's hard to make much of an assessment since he was way too conservative with his fair catches.  Hopefully that will change in time but at least he didn't muff any returns, which has been an issue in past seasons.  As for his ability as a wide receiver, Montgomery doesn't appear to have full command of the route tree just yet, with mostly go, fade and out routes making up the majority of his patterns.  His breaks were decent but nothing compared to Davante Adam's crispness during last year's preseason.  Montgomery did show to be a very good blocker, which is a requirement for Packers wide receiver and even managed to block 3 guys out on the Alonso touchdown run.  Montgomery did make some nice plays down the middle and operated solely out of the slot; with his imposing size (which really stands out against defensive backs) and the #88 on his back, he does look like Jermichael Finley sometimes. 

Round 4: Jake Ryan (Grade: C) - Ryan's first appearance came with the 2nd team defense alongside Carl Bradford.  While Ryan did some nice things, mainly in rushing the passer, he was only average against the run and looks a little confused at times, losing track of the ball and was acceptable in run support.  One thing that did standout was Ryan's ability to push the pocket and rush the passer, which likely comes from his time as a defensive end/outside linebacker in college.  The Packers have really been lacking a pass rushing threat on the inside since the loss of Desmond Bishop (exluding Clay Matthews whose not always a inside linebacker).  If Ryan can clean up his pass coverage (he's plenty fast enough), he would make a great 3rd down linebacker who can defend the pass as well as rush the passer.

Round 5: Brett Hundley (Grade: B) - While his offensive line didn't help him a whole lot (especially Don Barclay), Hundley was the third quarterback out and surprisingly was ahead of Matt Blanchard.  The thing that perhaps struck me as the most promising was that he acted like a pocket passer instead of a read option quarterback, by that I mean even when he was flushed out of the pocket he kept his head up and his eyes down the field.  Considering he played almost exclusively in the shotgun it's surpising that he looked natural and in sync in his 3, 5, and 7 step drops.  However when pressured, Hundley seems to shorten his release which leads to his accuracy dropping.  On the plus side, even when his passes were off target, notably his touchdown pass, it is good so see that he's at least throwing it to the right guy.  I think in time when the game slows down and he really understands the play book, the Packers could have a great quarterback to groom.  

Round 6: Aaron Ripkowski (Grade: D) - For those who thought John Kuhn's days were numbered might be showing him out the door prematurely.  While Ripkowski did make some splash plays on special teams, he was almost non-existant on offense.  Kuhn saw snaps all the way into the 4th quarter, which likely means the Packers are seeing how much left in the tank he has.  Most notably for Ripkowski, Kuhn was given a lot more plays and even an ill-fated fullback dive.  It's pretty apparent that Ripkowski has no value on passing plays; as far as I can remember Ripkowski was never in on offense for consecutive plays and when he was in it was always a running play.  At this point I'm betting the coaching staff doesn't have confidence in his ability to pass block (which is a huge deal with Aaron Rodgers behind center) and probably doesn't have much receiving ability either.  One other thing I noticed was the Ripkowski and the running back more times than not picked different holes to run through, by this I mean Ripkowski would run to block a defender only to have the running back bounce to another gap, I don't know if its Ripkowski or the running back reading the play wrong or if Ripkowski is supposed to block the backside defender, but often times Ripkowski would open a hole and the running back would be on the ground somewhere else.  Finally, While Ripkowki does lower the boom, he did whiff on a couple of blocks where just blocking teh guy rather than driving him out of the screen would have been a better play.  Overall, I don't think Ripkowski can supplant Kuhn unless he shows a lot more in the passing game.  

Round 6: Christian Ringo (Grade: B-) - Perhaps the pleasant surprise of the class, Ringo looked much better out of the gate than Khyri Thornton did a year ago.  While Ringo really only has one move, the straight bull rush, he was able to get great penetration and often times managed to slip his blocker and disrupt the passer; he came close to getting the sack a couple of times.  With the Patriots mostly passing near the end of the game, it's hard to really judge how well he would hold up setting the edge or defending the run.  Ringo is surprisingly fast for a man of his size, he gave a pretty good chase to running backs running away from him and even managed to stay on screen (he's no Sam Shields though).  

Round 6: Kennard Backman (Grade: C) - Backman was the 4th tight end up after Rodgers/Quarless and subbing for Justin Perillo after he got injured.  Overall, Backman showed good seperation in the short and intermediate route tree and functioned as a good safety value for his quarterback but didn't show much on the longer routes.  He showed some nice suddeness in his breaks for a man of his size and often lined up in the slot much like Jermichael Finley once did.  For blocking Backman was decent albeit not spectacular.  Overall, he probably has the same ceiling as Brandon Bostick but likely shows up on the field more often.  

Overall, the rookie of the game is naturally Quinten Rollins while Aaron Ripkowski has a lot to show to have a chance at making the 53 man roster.  But overall, this rookie class performed about as expected, the higher round players played well while lower round draft picks have some more work to do.