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Training Camp Observations 8-4, Full Pads

Brady by Brady
August 4, 2011
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Jordy Nelson
Jordy has picked up where he left off.

With the way these bleacher seats wreck my posterior, am I supposed to take them out to dinner?

The offense steps up
After a few sluggish days to start camp, the offensive unit really picked things up Thursday night. It looked like the Packers tried to get the offense on track by having a lot of seven-on-seven drills, which basically let the receivers run around until they got open. The effect of developing a rhythm in those drills carried over to the full team drills where the offense had much better success. You know it’s a good night when Graham Harrell hits Chastin West in stride with a 50-yard bomb.

Burnett to start?
The Packers may just want to rotate Morgan Burnett in with the first-team defense or it could be a move to start him for good. Tonight the Packers put Burnett in with the first team in just about every drill and in every full-team defense. How did Burnett respond? He played tight coverage on every play I recall and was able to step up in run support. In fact, he was in man coverage with Jermichael Finley for one play and shut him down, knocking the pass away before Finley had a chance to make the catch. There was another play where Burnett came from centerfield and almost made a play on an Aaron Rodgers throw to Donald Driver on the sideline.

Stars looking like stars
I haven’t mentioned some of our big-name guys like Greg Jennings and Tramon Williams yet, but rest assured, they are playing like the stars we expect them to be. Jennings runs some of the best routes in the league and seems indefensible coming out of the slot.  Williams is hardly noticed at camp because he’s been locking down every receiver he’s been against and hasn’t been thrown at much since grabbing two interceptions on Sunday. Even though Woodson creates more turnovers, Williams is clearly the Packers best cover corner. Jordy Nelson also looks primed to carry on the success he had in the Super Bowl. He’s been catching just about everything thrown his way.

Odds and ends
The star of the night might have been undrafted rookie wide receiver Diondre Borel. He made a bunch of big-time catches, including a beautiful one-hander. Shaky Smithson also made a case for himself by snagging a couple long balls and making a diving catch. Before practice, Shaky showed off his skills by catching punts from the jugs machine and keeping the first four balls. He failed to hold onto the fifth ball. It reminded me a bit of the famous picture of Don Hutson holding onto seven or eight balls at once. Mike Neal saw more action in full team drills, but was handled easily by Pro Bowler Chad Clifton. The Packers free agents were back in action, though Spencer Havner and Brett Swain were used more than James Jones and John Kuhn. The starting outside linebacker tonight was Erik Walden. D.J. Smith put a huge hit on Alex Green in a goal-line situation. James Starks seemed to be featured much more than Ryan Grant and had a huge play running right through Nick Collins. To finish I’ll give my obligatory impression of Randall Cobb — he was still amazing.

I’m loving all of the feedback from you guys. The next practice I’m able to attend will be Monday night. I could give my impressions of the Packers’ Family Night scrimmage if you were interested or unable to watch.

Tags: Green Bay PackersGreg JenningsJordy NelsonMorgan Burnetttraining camp 2011Tramon Williams
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Comments 8

  1. Avatar for LiquidJakeFace LiquidJakeFace says:
    12 years ago

    I think the bleacher seats are supposed to take you out to dinner.

  2. Avatar for aussiepacker aussiepacker says:
    12 years ago

    Dude i would love to hear your family night thoughts as it is not broadcast in Australia. Or do you know were i could download it?Thanks man keep up the good work.

  3. Avatar for Packerforlife Packerforlife says:
    12 years ago

    I realllllly hope cobb turns out to be what your saying brady.

    Do you think he will be the answer to the punt/ kickreturn problems green bay has had in the past??? we would all love for that to happen!

  4. Avatar for Madcity Packer Fan Madcity Packer Fan says:
    12 years ago

    Great report Brady! Keep em coming.

  5. Avatar for tkhelland tkhelland says:
    12 years ago

    I’m heading to family night. I’ll send monty some pics, considering we have pretty good seats and a badass camera I’m sure we will get some good ones. I’ll also throw in some comments on the family night post. I’m going to watching for anything spectacular out of Cobb and House.

    • Avatar for Brady Brady says:
      12 years ago

      Excellent! The more eyes the better.

  6. Avatar for Matt Matt says:
    12 years ago

    Brady, how many QB’s do you foresee the Packers hanging onto? Do you think Graham would make it to the practice squad if he doesn’t make our roster?

    • Avatar for Brady Brady says:
      12 years ago

      I think we will end up keeping 3 QB’s. Harrell has shown the same type of improvement that Flynn has shown over the past couple years. Also, Harrell actually has a better arm than Flynn although I don’t know if he is the gamer that Flynn is. Flynn will be a free agent after this season so Harrell could be good insurance in case we lose Flynn or trade him.

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