The Packers held a long, 2 hour and 8 minute practice in the heat on Tuesday.   Wednesday’s practice will be the last practice prior to Saturday’s Family Night.

INJURY:

DL Keshawn Banks and DL Deslin Alexandre remain out.  Tucker Kraft is the last player still on the NFI list.  New injury to Carrington Valentine (hamstring).  Donovan Jennings still out with a knee injury after previously being out with a hamstring injury.    Edgerrin Cooper left practice and did not return, missing the majority of practice.   

SCHEME:

Newman getting some looks with the ones at LG.  Herman

Starters in team 

Love, Jacobs, Wicks - Reed - Watson, Musgrave 

Walker - EJ - Myers - Morgan - Telfort

Gary - Slaton - Clark - Smith 

McDuffie - Quay

Jaire - Nixon - Stokes 

AJJ - McKinney  Herman  [Always Slaton over Wyatt.  TGR]

With right tackle Zach Tom still working his way back, the No. 1 line was Rasheed Walker, Elgton Jenkins, Josh Myers, Morgan and Kadeem Telfort. Andre Dillard got some first-team reps at right tackle, as well.  Huber

Should Nixon play outside corner, or just play in the slot?  There are some grumbles about Nixon outside but the team is going to determine if he is viable outside.  TGR

OFFENSE:

Jordan Morgan certainly looks the part in 1v1. Beat Devonte Wyatt in 2 of 3 reps. Also won his only rep against TJ Slaton. Morgan’s ability to adapt and mirror is uncanny. Comes from good feet, the book on him when the :Packers drafted him in the first round.  Wood

High snap from Monk to Clifford who can’t handle it. 2) Nice blocking by Morgan/Dillard on the right side to get Jacobs a nice pickup.   Herman

Tyler Davis with a great block to get Love time. He throws deep downfield but Stokes all over it and breaks it up.  Herman  [Almost every practice Tyler Davis throws a notable block, though previously they mostly were on running plays.  TGR]

Two really nice blocking reps by Tyler Davis. One creates space for Jacobs on the edge and the other is picking up Clark who burst through the line.  Bretl

Grant DuBose with maybe catch of camp so far. Sean Clifford threw deep down right side up for grabs, and DuBose skied over safeties Evan Williams and Zayne Anderson for a 50-50 catch.  The Packers already have an embarrassment of riches at receiver. Might need to add DuBose.  [And Hicks is making a strong bid for the PS, anyway.  TGR]  2)  Grant DuBose got a first-team rep…and dropped a pass from Jordan Love. Got open on a stop route against Eric Stokes, but football slipped through his hands.  Wood

Next play Clifford throws a perfect ball on a deep corner route to Toure. Williams in coverage. 

Wilson stops Dillon in the backfield for a 2 yard loss. Nice play by 45. Clifford to Toure for about 4. Clifford misses DuBose on 3rd down. 4th and 7ish coming up. Clifford almost gets picked by Rochell. Broken up either way and turnover on downs.  Herman  [Not so good by Clifford.  Toure and Dubose continue to contribute with the twos.  TGR]   2)  Clifford with an unreal throw to a diving DuBose who made an even better catch. Great play by those two.   3)  Nice throws from Easton to Wayne on an out route. Wayne’s made some really nice plays in practice. [Another WR who is a PS candidate!  TGR]  4) Jacobs nice job getting around the edge but the defense is begging for a holding call. Walker great block on Van Ness. Love has Musgrave open downfield but overthrows him. Dillon inside for a few. His feet look so much quicker this year. 

False start OL. Play continues and Clifford throws a strike to Melton for about 11.   Herman

Rookie RB MarShawn Lloyd, taking his first team reps of camp, got an introduction to an NFL practice. Stumbled in backfield and ran into a wall. Lloyd turned to head back to huddle, but he didn’t “finish” the run.  RB coach Ben Sirmans nudged the rookie downfield. [Lloyd had a bobble on a hadoff from Eason.  TGR]  Wood

Dillon with a real nice run on a stretch play. Want to know how much different Dillon looks? He beat Cooper around the corner!  Herman  [I have omitted a couple of tweets about Dillon but should mention that he has had some nice runs in this practice and is having a good camp.  TGR]

During one-on-ones, running back Emanuel Wilson had an excellent day. He took five reps against the touted rookie Cooper – two as a receiver and three as a pass protector. In protection, he had two excellent reps to end the drill.  Huber

Down seven with 1:40 left and no timeouts on their own 35, starting offense marches down for a TD and successful two-point conversion. Love to Wicks on both. Favorable fourth-down call earlier in drive when McDuffie might’ve stuffed Jacobs, but offense stayed on and capitalized. 2) Love hits Watson for 40+ yards on a go ball down the left sideline past Nixon. Watson’s momentum took him to the ground as he caught it. Wasn’t the tightest of spirals, but Love put it on the money. 3) Plenty more 1-on-1 notes coming in today’s story, but Romeo Doubs beat Jaire Alexander twice again today and the first time was CLEAN. Jayden Reed also looked good against Keisean Nixon. Love hit him for a deep TD down the left side after Reed got good separation.  Schneidman

Xavier McKinney undercuts Jordan Love pass to Bo Melton on crosser for INT. Badly underthrown over middle.  But here’s where Melton’s scrappiness is special…Melton gets up and chases McKinney down, forcing fumble from behind. Lot of WRs quit on that practice rep. Not Melton. [Same play as under the defense caption, but a different angle.  TGR] Wood

DEFENSE:

Kingsley Enagbare had a flashy win in 1 on 1s but also a few nice pressures too in team.   Hodkiewicz

Quay Walker shows off his ridiculous speed on a screen to the outside to Jacobs. Quay all over it for no gain. Now a swing to Jacobs outside and Bullard is all over it for a loss. This defense flies. Love deep down the field for about 40 to Watson. Hits him in stride. Nixon was the outside CB in coverage.  [Two nice plays by the ILB and safety, but the bomb negates them.   TGR]  2)  Jacobs shows some burst up field but they only give him 4 on the run. AJJ all over a WR screen to Watson. Loss on the play. Love to Doubs for 8 and a first down. No Jaire right now. Nixon and Stokes outside with Bullard in the slot. Love buys time but can’t find anything and throws away over the head of Musgrave. Quay all over a run to Jacobs. Not much on the gain. Jaire now in for Stokes. Nixon still outside. Love hits Musgrave but only a couple. 4th and 4 ish coming up.  Which they decide against. New series.  [Nixon and the defense hold up.  Another win for the defense.  TGR]  Herman

To be fair, I thought Rashan Gary had a sack on the third-and-10 scramble. But it’s practice, so coaches let the play extend. And you can’t give Love extra chances at this point, he’ll burn you.  2)  Jordan Love comes back on the next third down to drop a dime to open Dontayvion Wicks on a deep corner for about 40 yards, but Wicks drops it. Off his finger tips.    Wood

1:40 left down 7 no timeouts. Ball on 35. 1st and 10. 2’s up first. LVN & Enagbare combine for a sack of Clifford. Incomplete pass to Heath. False start by Telfort but the play continues and Clifford throws a ball right to a dropping Colby Wooden but he can’t pull the Raji. He drops it. Re-do of third down for some reason.  Complete to Melton for a handful. Clock ticks. 4th down. Checkdown to Lloyd but Rochell is all over it. Defense wins easy.  Herman

Jordan Love throws it right to Xavier McKinney over the middle during move the ball period and McKinney holds onto the INT a day after dropping an easy one.  Looked like McKinney fumbled as he got up and the offense recovered, though.  Schneidman

Karl Brooks jumps offsides on a love hard count. Love throws outside to Melton but Ballentine with great coverage incomplete.   2)  McDuffie has been a run stopping machine. All over a Dillon run.  Herman

The other rookie linebacker, third-rounder Ty’Ron Hopper, had a tremendous coverage rep against running back Ellis Merriweather, with Hopper deflecting a deep pass.  2)  In one-on-one pass rushing/protection, Rashan Gary beat right tackle Telfort with a wicked spin move and rookie lineman Jacob Monk leveled defensive lineman Spencer Waege.  Huber

One on Ones:

Reed beats Nixon. 

Leaping attempt from Sims vs Bullard but incomplete. 

Short completion to Watson vs Stokes. 

Wicks beats rochell on a slant. 

McKinney perfect coverage on Musgrave. 

King phenomenal coverage on Toure. 

Doubs with an absolutely sick route vs Jaire for the win. 

Balentine punches out the ball on Melton. 

Reed toasts Nixon down the sideline for a big gain. 

Sims with a great move that left Bullard way behind. 

Hicks not on same page with QB

J. Wilson with a step on Williams but couldn’t make a diving catch. 

Ballentine perfect coverage on Stanley. 

Heath toasts Callis for a deep td. 

Jaire unreal coverage and Doubs still wins with a beautiful catch. 

Overthrow to Toure vs King. Solid coverage. 

Watson slant win vs Stokes

Sims wins easy vs Bullard again

Reed nice little in n out route for a completion vs Nixon. 

Wayne toasts Callis for a td. 

Melton beats King on an out route.

Herman
 

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Bo Melton downs a perfect punt at the 5 yard line.   2)  Nixon and Rochell first up as gunners on punt team. Stokes tried jamming Rochell but 22 flew right by him. Whelan murdered the ball. It’s dead. RIP ball.   Herman

MISCELLANEOUS:

Love completed a handful of swing passes/screens to Josh Jacobs. Combined, they probably gained 0 yards. Later, safety Anthony Johnson blew up a receiver screen to Watson. Clearly, the Packers need to work on their perimeter blocking.  Huber

Matt LaFleur on Devonte Wyatt: "He's come in in probably the best shape he's ever been in. His effort running between the whistles has been as good as anybody. So I do expect him to take a leap this year. I think what we do is beneficial to his skillset, and I'm excited for him."  Wood  [As Justis Mosqueda noted, Slaton has been getting the reps with the ones, and yesterday Wooden got #1 reps leaving Wyatt without #1 reps.  I think it could be motivation to light a fire under Wyatt, or perhaps it could just be an acknowledgment that Slaton is going to play a good deal to help with the run.  TGR]

Eric Wilson seems to be distancing himself in the battle with second-round pick Edgerrin Cooper to be one of the three linebackers in the base defense. Speaking of linebackers, third-round pick Ty’Ron Hopper replaced Quay Walker for a snap at middle linebacker.  Huber  [Not that Cooper doesn’t show flashes.  TGR]

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