Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside the one and only
Speaker 1: West Hodkowitz. Were coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field West. A couple more training camp practices
Speaker 1: in the books. At the time we are taping this,
Speaker 1: there are six down and family Knight is right around
Speaker 1: the corner here for the Green Bay Packers. I want
Speaker 1: to start the discussion today talking about young players, and
Speaker 1: what I mean is not necessarily the rookies, but the
Speaker 1: young guys. We always hear about the year to the
Speaker 1: year three jump, that kind of thing. Training camp is
Speaker 1: a time that you start to see the seeds being planted,
Speaker 1: so to speak, for maybe those jumps to happen in
Speaker 1: the game action somewhere down the line. So is there
Speaker 1: a guy one of these younger players that do you
Speaker 1: sort of see with that arrow pointing up already here
Speaker 1: in camp. I'm glad you gave us a pre production
Speaker 1: rundown on MS because my natural tendency would have been
Speaker 1: just to say Rare Shawn Gary again. Uh, but since
Speaker 1: I've played that card a number of times. Now, Yes,
Speaker 1: let's look at the second and third year players and
Speaker 1: how they're looking now in this next camp. One of
Speaker 1: the guys I featured in a story I wrote for
Speaker 1: Packers dot Com this week was Marquez Valdes Scantling. For
Speaker 1: a number of reasons. One, he ended up catching the
Speaker 1: thirty or four yard touchdown at the end of the
Speaker 1: two minute period the first two minute period of training
Speaker 1: camp from Aaron Rodgers. A little physicality involved on that play.
Speaker 1: There's some joking the locker room afterwards whether or not
Speaker 1: the challenge flag would have been thrown for past interference.
Speaker 1: But be that as it may, it was a nice
Speaker 1: catch in a nice play that he made, and in
Speaker 1: something I think Vala Scantling has been looking to showcase
Speaker 1: with his skill set. The second thing was actually going
Speaker 1: back to his off season uh and he once again
Speaker 1: worked out with Randy Moss Uh, the infamous Vikings receiver
Speaker 1: but also a Pro foot Hall of Famer. They worked
Speaker 1: out together last year down in Tampa, but it was
Speaker 1: only for a week. This year, Valdes Scantling he really
Speaker 1: enjoyed that. He felt like he got a lot from it,
Speaker 1: so he decided to go back down there, spent a
Speaker 1: whole month with Moss going over everything from route adjustments
Speaker 1: to hand placement you know when you're you're at the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, to just overall what it's like to
Speaker 1: be in the NFL and to to use that skill set.
Speaker 1: The thing that's impressive to me, though, is you look
Speaker 1: at him six ft four two six pounds four three
Speaker 1: seven forty. He doesn't he's not looking to become Randy Moss.
Speaker 1: He wants to be MVS. But if you're looking at
Speaker 1: a guy that used very similar skills to the fullest,
Speaker 1: I mean, you really can't find anybody better than Randy Moss. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The thing that the thing that is interesting to me
Speaker 1: about MVS is the extra steps that he has taken
Speaker 1: already in the young stages of his career. We talked
Speaker 1: a lot last year as a rookie about how he
Speaker 1: had this process us of writing and rewriting the plays
Speaker 1: and his routes and his assignments and everything on paper.
Speaker 1: It was the way to cement it in his memory.
Speaker 1: He would just do it over and over and over again,
Speaker 1: and a lot of diligence, a lot of effort in
Speaker 1: doing that. But he wasn't a guy who made assignment mistakes.
Speaker 1: When it came to the system out in the field
Speaker 1: as a rookie. Now heading into his second year, he's
Speaker 1: learning a new system again. So he's doing that process,
Speaker 1: the whole writing stuff down on paper. But now he's
Speaker 1: going out as well. And as you said, taking an
Speaker 1: entire month to work with a Pro football Hall of Famer,
Speaker 1: and I can only imagine what those conversations are like
Speaker 1: because a guy like Randy Moss seen it all and
Speaker 1: done it all. You know, when you talk about, say,
Speaker 1: just as an example, the hand fighting at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage when a guy is trying to jam you, well,
Speaker 1: guys tried to jam Randy Moss every which way but
Speaker 1: Sunday over the course of his Hall of Fame career.
Speaker 1: So if there's a way to get to to counter
Speaker 1: a certain move, Randy Moss knows what it is. And
Speaker 1: in terms of that similar body type, the frame, he
Speaker 1: knows exactly how a guy like Valdes Scantling can use
Speaker 1: his type of frame to make that move and make
Speaker 1: it work. It's it's an interesting it's an interesting approach
Speaker 1: by MVS and I'm really curious to see just how
Speaker 1: it shows up here in his second season. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: then the MVS said too. I mean, it isn't just
Speaker 1: about those big home run threats. The reason why Randy
Speaker 1: Moss is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame is
Speaker 1: not because he just was a great go route receiver
Speaker 1: and could you know, take the top off the defense,
Speaker 1: but which he could, but yes, but it was because
Speaker 1: he had he could run the full route trip. He
Speaker 1: was an all round player. That's where MVS is trying
Speaker 1: to get right now, Let's face him, like, this is
Speaker 1: a wide open competition. We've seen every receiver practically on
Speaker 1: this receiving corps make a play here. For the first
Speaker 1: week of training camp and getting reps with Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of rotation going on, big rotation there.
Speaker 1: So as much as you know this year, you know
Speaker 1: it's about a young man trying to come in solidify
Speaker 1: not only a spot on the roster. He wants to
Speaker 1: show that he can be an every down player in
Speaker 1: this offense. One of the first things that Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: said when we came back from the off season program
Speaker 1: was saying that he believes that MVS has that kind
Speaker 1: of potential and it's those type of relationships, that type
Speaker 1: of investment that he made this offseason that's gonna help
Speaker 1: him get him there. He also mentioned no vacations in
Speaker 1: that trip. He was just going down there. It was
Speaker 1: all business, no trips to some exotic places. He just
Speaker 1: wanted to become a better receiver. Yeah. Well, I'm definitely
Speaker 1: interested to see just how that translates when we get
Speaker 1: to the real games, because I certainly think that MVS
Speaker 1: is going to be getting his share of snaps in
Speaker 1: this Matt Lafleur offense. Another guy to talk about, young
Speaker 1: player Arrow pointing up, as I prefaced before, we heard
Speaker 1: from the Packers coordinators on Monday. If I can keep
Speaker 1: my days straight here in training camp, it's kind of
Speaker 1: groundhog Day, like all these days, you know, over the
Speaker 1: same thing over and over again. But we heard from
Speaker 1: Mike Petton, the defensive coordinator. And if there's a if
Speaker 1: there's ever been a straight shoot of an assistant coach
Speaker 1: at that podium, it's Mike Petton. Right. He doesn't doesn't
Speaker 1: throw out throw around a lot of platitudes. He uh,
Speaker 1: he tells it like it is. And to hear him
Speaker 1: say that, if he were to pick one guy that
Speaker 1: he's seen now in heading into his second year as
Speaker 1: coordinator of the Packers defense that he would label the
Speaker 1: most improved defensive player. It's Montrevius Adams, the third round
Speaker 1: pick in ten out of Auburn. Kind of a lost
Speaker 1: rookie season due to injury, had a foot injury very
Speaker 1: early in training camp and never really got going as
Speaker 1: a rookie, but then didn't make the best impression on
Speaker 1: Mike Patton in his second year, Patton's first year in
Speaker 1: with the defense. But that's changing, isn't it. It is
Speaker 1: into Adam's credit. It started to change at the end
Speaker 1: of last season. Petton said in the spring, the first
Speaker 1: time he met him, he said, my opinion of him
Speaker 1: wasn't that high. And he knew that. And it was
Speaker 1: funny because talking about Trevis in the locker room this week,
Speaker 1: he did know at for a fact. Mike Petton isn't
Speaker 1: just brutally honest with reporters, He's brutally honest with his players.
Speaker 1: Was very upfront with Adams about this stance. But to
Speaker 1: Adams credit, if you think about that, any walk of life,
Speaker 1: someone does that, it can be demoralizing. It can affect
Speaker 1: your confidence, but it can also affect your productivity. If
Speaker 1: you take it the wrong way. Adams didn't do that.
Speaker 1: Adams took it the right way. He adjusted, He made
Speaker 1: the mental changes he needed to make, and this year
Speaker 1: the biggest change he's made was really with his dieting.
Speaker 1: He said he got up to about three fifteen last season.
Speaker 1: He's listed at three or four. This year. He turned
Speaker 1: back to camp under three pounds. The main reason he
Speaker 1: did that is he felt like he still had the
Speaker 1: necessary power to play that position, but he wanted to
Speaker 1: be faster. He wanted to be quicker. He wanted to
Speaker 1: be able to, you know, beat guys off the line more.
Speaker 1: And the Packers have been really pleasantly pleased with what
Speaker 1: they've seen from him through this first week of camp.
Speaker 1: But before all these as you mentioned, these platitudes, these
Speaker 1: different statements were made. You go back to the off season.
Speaker 1: I can't tell you how many offer in defensive lineman.
Speaker 1: We're kind of muttering about how Adams had made a
Speaker 1: big jump. And as much as Patton's words got a
Speaker 1: lot of headlines this week, it wasn't something that we
Speaker 1: haven't already heard. And when the Packers made the move
Speaker 1: to move on from Mike Daniels, you have to have
Speaker 1: some more guys ready to take that spot. They feel
Speaker 1: like Adams, after taking a full offseason, now working with
Speaker 1: Dean Lowry and Kenny Clark in the base defense, is
Speaker 1: really ready to take off. Yeah. Well, I'll be honest
Speaker 1: with you, We certainly did hear it during the spring.
Speaker 1: But as we've talked about, and I've been around this
Speaker 1: long enough that anything I hear in the spring, I
Speaker 1: take it with a little bit of a grain of salt.
Speaker 1: When you start to hear the same kinds of things
Speaker 1: after the pads go on in camp, when the contact
Speaker 1: ratchets up, when the intensity of practice ratchets up, and
Speaker 1: then you're still hearing the same things about those young
Speaker 1: players and the growth pattern that they're on, then you know,
Speaker 1: it really starts to mean something, at least to me
Speaker 1: as as an observer as a reporter covering the team.
Speaker 1: So that definitely goes a long way. And let's face it, West,
Speaker 1: there is no question it's not the only factor, but
Speaker 1: Montravius adams progress and what they saw from him at
Speaker 1: the end of last season through the off season this
Speaker 1: year was a factor in them being comfortable moving on
Speaker 1: from Mike Daniels and and saying all right, number ninety.
Speaker 1: This third year pro aut Auburn that we drafted in
Speaker 1: the third round a couple of years back. He's going
Speaker 1: to get more opportunity, more responsibility, and they're counting on
Speaker 1: to come through. Yeah, and Tyler Lancaster. That whole rotation, Kingsley,
Speaker 1: kiki uh. That defensive line is more than two or
Speaker 1: three players. You have to be deep. I think last
Speaker 1: season proved sometimes you have to be at that spot.
Speaker 1: So I think this is a move. I likened it
Speaker 1: in one of our conversations. I think on Unscripted already too.
Speaker 1: They had to go, you know, Josh Sitton was released,
Speaker 1: Lane Taylor had to step up, and now Adams is
Speaker 1: going to be in a similar spot. The other thing
Speaker 1: I like about Adams too, and I asked him about
Speaker 1: this in the locker room. You know, he's a father
Speaker 1: of two. Now we all know that story about the
Speaker 1: night that he got drafted. You know, his fiance was
Speaker 1: in labor, and that is in the back of his mind.
Speaker 1: He doesn't want to just be a one and done
Speaker 1: type player. He wants to play in this league for
Speaker 1: eight nine years, you know, beyond that, and instead his
Speaker 1: family and his children up for the future. That's his
Speaker 1: extra boost, he said, and it's something that's pushing on
Speaker 1: this camp. Yeah. Well, before we move on, I just
Speaker 1: have to throw out another Mike Petton quote that I
Speaker 1: thought was a classic the other day when he said
Speaker 1: he likes having a noisy defense and what he means
Speaker 1: by that is listening to the guys hollering back and
Speaker 1: forth and talking and communicating. He says, if your defense
Speaker 1: out there is quiet, that's a problem. And uh. And
Speaker 1: his his response was in a question too, Okay, what
Speaker 1: is different about your defense now at this stage in
Speaker 1: year two compared to where you were in year one?
Speaker 1: The short answer being, the guys are talking a lot more.
Speaker 1: There's a there's a lot of communication, a lot of
Speaker 1: hollering going on, and he likes that. He likes hearing
Speaker 1: all the noise in the back end from his players. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And as much as it is that Darius Smith and
Speaker 1: Preston Smith and Adrian Amos and all the guys, they
Speaker 1: added a lot of this too, is the guys like
Speaker 1: the Montrevius Adams and in the Orn Burkes and the
Speaker 1: players the Packers are expecting to step up from those
Speaker 1: drafts that they've had the last few years. On the
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball. I think the really fun
Speaker 1: thing for Green Bay right now is they have a
Speaker 1: lot of those personalities. They aren't afraid to speak their mind,
Speaker 1: the Jyr Alexander's of the world, and and I think
Speaker 1: he's that's why they're hitting the right decibel level that
Speaker 1: Petton has been searching for. There we go, all right, well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you on the spot here quickly. Six
Speaker 1: practices in what's your play of training camp so far?
Speaker 1: You know, for me, there's so many that you can
Speaker 1: pick from here. I still really liked that past that
Speaker 1: Deshaun Kaiser through to Econymius st. Brown. Believe it was
Speaker 1: in last Saturday's practice, um, just because he missed on
Speaker 1: it the day before. And you can have all the
Speaker 1: armed talent in the world, Mike, but if you can't
Speaker 1: put it where it needs to be, it's kind of negated.
Speaker 1: And I feel, you know, Kaiser is still young quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: still only twenty three. There's still room for growth. But
Speaker 1: I like the deep ball accuracy improvements that I've seen
Speaker 1: from him in this camp. And I also like the
Speaker 1: fact that St. Brown got rewarded for a play that
Speaker 1: he got open on the day before was able to
Speaker 1: get above the defense on the second one and bring
Speaker 1: it in. But man, there there, I don't want to
Speaker 1: stealing from you, But I mean, there's so many catches,
Speaker 1: the Jake Cumero sideline grab. Um, there's been some really
Speaker 1: special plays I felt so far through this camp. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: you had mentioned a big one earlier, the the MVS
Speaker 1: play to conclude the two minute drill where he's one
Speaker 1: on one going down the sideline with Jayra Alexander deep
Speaker 1: ball from Aaron Rodgers makes a great adjustment, kind of cutting,
Speaker 1: swimming inside of Alexander to then make a diving catch
Speaker 1: in the end zone. Now, there was some controversy. The
Speaker 1: defensive players thought, maybe that's going to be offensive past interference.
Speaker 1: So because of the controversial nature of that one, I
Speaker 1: won't pick it. But I want to go back to um.
Speaker 1: The other day there was a blitz drill and eleven
Speaker 1: on eleven where Mike Petton is showing all kinds of
Speaker 1: crazy defensive fronts. The offense has got to figure out
Speaker 1: who's coming and whatnot. Now, the offense was a little
Speaker 1: slow in that period and getting the play in, getting
Speaker 1: out of the huddle, getting up to the line, of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: They were very deliberate about some things, and that part
Speaker 1: definitely needs to smooth out. But there were back to
Speaker 1: back plays in that sequence, one where Rogers hit a
Speaker 1: hot read to Jimmy Graham on a slant to be
Speaker 1: two blitz, and then another one where he took the
Speaker 1: the either three or five step drop and uh and through.
Speaker 1: I guess you'd call it like a slot fade in
Speaker 1: a sense because Geronimo Allison is running down the scene
Speaker 1: from the slot, but Rogers just threw it up there
Speaker 1: as like a fifty fifty ball type of thing, and
Speaker 1: Allison just makes a great move reaching over top of
Speaker 1: the defender to pluck the ball out of the air.
Speaker 1: Those are the kinds of things whatever you've got with
Speaker 1: new scheme, new offense and all the things these guys
Speaker 1: have to learn when it comes to a defense putting
Speaker 1: pressure and bringing the blitz on a third down and whatnot.
Speaker 1: That's where Aaron Rodgers and veteran players who have aid
Speaker 1: with them are going to make a difference here. And
Speaker 1: to see those back to back plays to Graham and Allison,
Speaker 1: I thought was a really good sign for this offense,
Speaker 1: especially since it's gonna be two guys I think the
Speaker 1: Packers are gonna be relying on this season. They need
Speaker 1: Jim Graham to be a difference maker, and certainly Alison
Speaker 1: looks like he's the front runner to be that slot
Speaker 1: receiver in those packages where they go there. You need
Speaker 1: to be able to feed those guys. If there's one
Speaker 1: other thing I can mention, and it's not a particular play,
Speaker 1: but it's going to the one on one pass restrils.
Speaker 1: Unlike my days of the press because that I no
Speaker 1: longer just keep like a Excel spreadsheet of who I
Speaker 1: consider one and lost. But for my money, this is
Speaker 1: the most impressive the outside linebackers have been in at
Speaker 1: least four or five years, probably going back to the
Speaker 1: year that jero and Elliott started to open some eyes.
Speaker 1: I think his rookie year, Zadarius Smith and Rashawn Gary
Speaker 1: were made for that drill. It's incredible, not that one
Speaker 1: for what they're doing off the edge, but also inside.
Speaker 1: Reggie Gilbert had a really nice move in yesterday's practice
Speaker 1: to get to what I would consider to be a win.
Speaker 1: How the fact or led back to back wins that
Speaker 1: group right now is it stands Mike, I'm not saying
Speaker 1: they're gonna surpass how many sacks they had last year.
Speaker 1: You don't need that. It's about pressures, it's about consistency,
Speaker 1: and it's about holding up your edge and you're being accountable.
Speaker 1: But for all the investments the packers have made on
Speaker 1: that side of the ball, you could be underwhelmed going
Speaker 1: into a camp if they don't do anything. So to say,
Speaker 1: if you're overwhelmed to a certain extent, I think there's
Speaker 1: a credit that goes to them for that. Now it
Speaker 1: has to translate. You have to be able to put
Speaker 1: it on the field during games and when the clock
Speaker 1: is actually running. But those uh, those outside backers, for
Speaker 1: the investments the packers made there, I think they're seeing
Speaker 1: some intriguing returns right now on that. Yeah, I would
Speaker 1: agree with you, family, And it's right around the corner west,
Speaker 1: the big practice under the light set lambeau Field coming
Speaker 1: up on Friday night. Anything in particular you're looking forward to,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have your eye on, so to speak, as
Speaker 1: we head into that practice. I mean, i'd be remiss
Speaker 1: to not mention that I said pizza when I answered
Speaker 1: that inset er inbox. I've always enjoyed family night for
Speaker 1: two reasons. One, it's cliche, but it is cool seeing
Speaker 1: that environment come back together because you gotta remember, it's
Speaker 1: been at that point eight months since we've had been
Speaker 1: involved in a crowd that that's that big, since that
Speaker 1: finale against the Lions. So it's always cool to kind
Speaker 1: of get that first little taste of it before you
Speaker 1: get into the preseason. But the second thing I always
Speaker 1: liked to is that it's not a preseason game. They
Speaker 1: aren't scrimmaging anymore. But it is always something noteworthy to
Speaker 1: see how young guys respond to that environment because you've
Speaker 1: seen some that have completely melted under it, and you've
Speaker 1: seen some guys you know that look good early on
Speaker 1: really galvanized their position with solid performances in that in
Speaker 1: that climate, So, um, you know, Sam Ficking will probably
Speaker 1: end up kicking some field goals out. Imagine if Mason
Speaker 1: Crosby isn't there. So there's a lot of different variables
Speaker 1: there that the first time in front of seventy thousand people, Um,
Speaker 1: it's just a different environment then when you're in front
Speaker 1: of Niche. Yeah. Well, if I were to pick out
Speaker 1: two guys that I'm definitely going to have my eye
Speaker 1: on specifically Friday Night, one on each side of the ball.
Speaker 1: The first one is Jamon Moore, the second year wide receiver.
Speaker 1: We talked a lot about mvs earlier in the show,
Speaker 1: but I said this an insider inbox the other day.
Speaker 1: If I were to pick who Deshaun Kayser's favorite target
Speaker 1: is when he's been running the number two offense and
Speaker 1: practice in the eleven on eleven, I think it's been
Speaker 1: Jamon More Number eighty two has made his share of
Speaker 1: plays with Deshaun Kaiser, and he did make one the
Speaker 1: other day also when he got a rep with the
Speaker 1: ones and made a play and made a catch for
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers as well. This is a young guy. We
Speaker 1: all know his rookie season did not go as hoped,
Speaker 1: but he's showing some signs of the improvement that he's
Speaker 1: putting that behind him, that that there's progress there and
Speaker 1: he just has to keep climbing. He just has to
Speaker 1: keep climbing that hill and uh and keep that arrow
Speaker 1: pointed in the right direction. Another guy that I'm definitely
Speaker 1: gonna be watching for, and this is one of the rookies.
Speaker 1: Sixth round draft pick out of Toledo, the cornerback Kadar Holman,
Speaker 1: and I bring him up because I wrote about him
Speaker 1: on the website the other day when they went to
Speaker 1: the two minute drill in practice for the first time
Speaker 1: in training camp. They went to two minute. Kevin King,
Speaker 1: who has been obviously taking all the snaps at cornerback
Speaker 1: with the number one defense, they sat him out and
Speaker 1: rested him. They're monitoring his reps a little bit, given
Speaker 1: his health history and everything like that. Kadar Holman, the
Speaker 1: rookie sixth round pick, was the guy they put in
Speaker 1: at cornerback with the number one defense. Now Josh Jackson
Speaker 1: has not practiced yet, still dealing with a foot injury,
Speaker 1: so that was certainly a factor there as well. But
Speaker 1: number twenty nine, this uh, this young man from Toledo West,
Speaker 1: he's uh, he's catching some eyeballs, he is, and it's
Speaker 1: not worthy. Even though as you mentioned, you had the
Speaker 1: injuries there. There's about forty eight defensive backs on this
Speaker 1: offseason roster. It almost seems like to be able to
Speaker 1: sort of stay above the pack in front of the
Speaker 1: fray a little bit. I think speaks well to Holman,
Speaker 1: especially as sort of I don't want to call him
Speaker 1: a flyer would be disrespectful to say that, but he
Speaker 1: didn't come from a Power five conference school. He he was,
Speaker 1: you know, a guy that kind of came on late.
Speaker 1: We've that's well documented at Toledo, didn't have the most
Speaker 1: interceptions of the world. But the thing that impressed me,
Speaker 1: going even back to the off season program is how
Speaker 1: it just seemed like assignment sound. He is being able
Speaker 1: to stay on his receiver, not a grabby type cornerback.
Speaker 1: It seems like he's able to rely on his natural athleticism.
Speaker 1: He ran a great forty time and it seems like
Speaker 1: it translates in that regard. And let's be honest, Mike,
Speaker 1: the Packers at some point in time this season are
Speaker 1: going to have to rely on the number five, number
Speaker 1: six cornerback. So for Holman to get those reps now
Speaker 1: very valuable. I also want to mention just getting back
Speaker 1: to Jamon more very quickly. He's making the plays he
Speaker 1: needs to make. I haven't had a chance to interview
Speaker 1: Jamon yet at this point, but for my money and
Speaker 1: what I'm seeing on the field, he just looks like
Speaker 1: he's playing football again. One of the things last summer
Speaker 1: was just he was double you know, double clutching balls
Speaker 1: and you know, just has you know there'll be something
Speaker 1: that would go off his hands. There was one fumble
Speaker 1: on an end around that he had early in camp,
Speaker 1: but beyond that, he's been pretty consistent. So if he
Speaker 1: as you mentioned, he needs to continue to build. But
Speaker 1: there's a reason why he was the first of those
Speaker 1: three receivers taken. There's a lot of ability there. There
Speaker 1: was a lot of production at Miszoo, so that these
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks you are gonna be huge for
Speaker 1: him to show really in these game settings how far
Speaker 1: he's come. Yeah, and I'd be remiss heading into family
Speaker 1: Night if I didn't mention the first round draft picked
Speaker 1: Darnell Savage. He returned to practice on Tuesday, been out
Speaker 1: with having a wisdom tooth extracted, kind of a surprise
Speaker 1: emergency type procedure right before training camp. He's going to
Speaker 1: be getting his workload increased little by little here. So
Speaker 1: we'll see come Friday night under the lights at lambeau
Speaker 1: Field if he's going to be thrown into either some
Speaker 1: seven on seven or perhaps some eleven on eleven and
Speaker 1: see what happens there. Because he was working as the
Speaker 1: number one or I should say with the number one
Speaker 1: defense alongside Adrian nam Us at safety all throughout the
Speaker 1: offseason program since he arrived. Yeah, and if there's one spot,
Speaker 1: not to say, you know, you don't need to be
Speaker 1: on the field for every single play, but safety is
Speaker 1: the one that seems to be as long as you're
Speaker 1: in the classroom, as long as you're out there taking
Speaker 1: the mental reps, he's gonna get what he needs out
Speaker 1: of that. And I'll also point out if he needs
Speaker 1: any tips on how to work through wisdom teeth. You know,
Speaker 1: our our intern over here, Ali Pinter, she was very
Speaker 1: diligent and and staying accountable and pushed through her own
Speaker 1: recent surgery there, so credit to Ali al right, hats
Speaker 1: off to her. Well, with that, we gotta go because
Speaker 1: practice coming up here pretty soon. We've got to get
Speaker 1: out in the field. So with that, we will sign
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