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HKPackFan wrote:
Tramon Williams heir apparent:
Not a great start for Casey Hayward. He's got a foot injury and is on the sideline. Damnit Casey. I hope this is not a sign the damn injury bug that has followed Casey around. Shows a ton of talent but unreliable coz of his health, he's been out all offseason. Im pretty sure this is a contract year for Casey. On top of that Randall still has a gimpy ankle so only did individual work.

So we had Goodson on 1st team reps, and Rollins on the 2nd team reps.

Coach Mike McCarthy doesn’t see any injuries nagging anyone on the roster long term right now, but cornerback Casey Hayward is dealing with a foot injury. The Packers cornerback doesn’t expect to return until training camp.

“I’ll probably take it easy into camp right now,” Hayward said. “I have a minor foot thing right now. We’ll probably take it easy into camp.”

He said the foot “flared up” on him early in the off-season and they’re merely staying cautious through OTA’s and minicamp.

The 5-foot-11, 192-pound Hayward managed to stay healthy the entire 2014 season, finishing with 42 tackles, seven break-ups and three interceptions. The year prior, he missed all but 87 snaps with a recurring hamstring issue. Into this contract year, he's expecting to start opposite Sam Shields at cornerback in Green Bay's defense. For now, he must wait.

Second-year cornerback Demetri Goodson lined up with the No. 1 defense with Hayward out.

“He’s gotten better,” cornerbacks coach Joe Whitt Jr. said of Goodson. “As a group, we have a long way to go. He’s gotten better. I need to see more. But I’m happy with what he’s done. He works hard. He challenges routes.”

Elsewhere, outside linebackers Julius Peppers (illness), Nick Perry and Mike Neal all didn’t practice, in addition to defensive lineman Josh Boyd. The team doesn’t need to disclose injuries through OTA's, but Perry (shoulder) and Boyd (knee) did battle through injuries last season.

Boyd wouldn’t say exactly what he’s dealing with but hopes to be cleared by training camp.

“It’s just a little minor thing,” Boyd said. “We’re going through some rehab right now to make sure I’m ready to go. Right now, I'm doing what they tell me."

Wide receiver Jordy Nelson stretched with teammates before heading into the Don Hutson Center. Afterward, he downplayed his off-season hip surgery.

The three players who tore their ACL’s last year — wide receiver Jared Abbrederis, tackle Don Barclay and outside linebacker Andy Mulumba — all participated in individual drills, while sitting out 11-on-11 work. Meanwhile, rookies Ty Montgomery and Brett Hundley are in Los Angeles for the NFLPA rookie premiere.

eagle13 wrote:Still feel Guion to join Daniels as starting DE and backup NT behind Raji in 3-4

With that DL and Matthews and Barrington at ILB and Perry and Peppers at OLB on run downs - our run defense should be mega better.

Newz wrote:

HKPackFan wrote:
Tramon Williams heir apparent:
Not a great start for Casey Hayward. He's got a foot injury and is on the sideline. Damnit Casey. I hope this is not a sign the damn injury bug that has followed Casey around. Shows a ton of talent but unreliable coz of his health, he's been out all offseason. Im pretty sure this is a contract year for Casey. On top of that Randall still has a gimpy ankle so only did individual work.

So we had Goodson on 1st team reps, and Rollins on the 2nd team reps.

This could end up being bad.

On Damarious Randall getting back... Didn't really study him but it's good to get him into the team stuff and past the individual. This is the same it is every year, the installation part. But it's great to have all those guys out there. Get everybody exposed to everything they need for training camp.

On getting Montgomery up to speed... Just sticking to the format in place. We'll have a plan when he gets back here. Stanford on the quarter schedule.

On Janis' development... Jeff Janis has definitely been moving forward. I thought he definitely came on last year. Still some things fundamentally he needs to work on but any time you get reps with the 1's and Aaron Rodgers, it definitely boosts your confidence.

On gauging rookies' progress... The mental, the cohesiveness they're able to perform with their teammates. By position, by group. On a personal level, you're teaching them their job responsibility and things they need to do every day. We've had four practices and they're doing a good job. It usually takes a week or two for your team to learn how to practice. This is a CBA practice, not real football yet.

On B.J. Raji... I think B.J. is in a great place. Last year was his best training camp and he's in great shape. Very bright, very in tune. B.J. looks great.

On watching Lacy's reps now... We're not really pounding this time of year. As far as Eddie's situation, you get as much work as you can. Fine-tune the details. There are changes to the running back position -- technique, footwork -- making sure he's up to speed with that.

On Tolzien's strides... Great strides. Made big changes to his fundamentals, you can see it in his footwork and now he can apply it all to his knowledge. I think Scott's off to an excellent start. It's no surprise. He's definitely done a great job taking to the coaching, techniques and applied to his throwing motion.

On strides Demetri Goodson has made... He jumps out at me on special teams. At corner, he's still learning more on the identification and what the guy on the other side of the line of scrimmage is doing. He's making progress; he's definitely moving forward.

On Peppers... He put a lot of time into this last year. He's a student of the game. He's a true professional in every aspect of our program, whether it's the weight room or classroom.

On Shields speaking up more... Leadership is a huge part of your locker room culture. You can't assign leadership. You emphasize, educate anything you can to help locker room improve. Sam has stepped up and been comfortable taking the initiative to do so.

LUKE23 wrote:I think Adams blows up this year. Our offense is going to be crazy.

Ron Swanson wrote:While it's good to see Abby and Montgomery getting talked up as future contributors, I'm still pretty high on Jeff Janis. I think he settles in as the #4 in the pecking order. Montgomery is still a year away and will contribute mostly on special teams.

I love me some Jared, but unfortunately, I think he's on the outside looking in. The injury really screwed him out of some valuable reps and development time.

books wrote:

Ron Swanson wrote:While it's good to see Abby and Montgomery getting talked up as future contributors, I'm still pretty high on Jeff Janis. I think he settles in as the #4 in the pecking order. Montgomery is still a year away and will contribute mostly on special teams.

I love me some Jared, but unfortunately, I think he's on the outside looking in. The injury really screwed him out of some valuable reps and development time.

Agree with all this. I think Montgomery has a chance to be consistently on the gameday 46-man roster even as the #5 receiver though, because he's a prime candidate to do kickoff returns and maybe punt returns. Though I do like Hyde on punt returns.

Ron Swanson wrote:While it's good to see Abby and Montgomery getting talked up as future contributors, I'm still pretty high on Jeff Janis. I think he settles in as the #4 in the pecking order. Montgomery is still a year away and will contribute mostly on special teams.

I love me some Jared, but unfortunately, I think he's on the outside looking in. The injury really screwed him out of some valuable reps and development time.

PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:

LUKE23 wrote:I think Adams blows up this year. Our offense is going to be crazy.

+1 to Adams part. He'll be our #1 in a year or two imo.

RRyder823 wrote:

PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:

LUKE23 wrote:I think Adams blows up this year. Our offense is going to be crazy.

+1 to Adams part. He'll be our #1 in a year or two imo.

Yeah no. I'm as starch a Adams supporter there is but making that claim says you think he's going to leap frog not one but two pro bowl level recievers.... Going to have to respectfully disagree on that one

PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:

RRyder823 wrote:

PkrsBcksGphsMqt wrote:+1 to Adams part. He'll be our #1 in a year or two imo.

Yeah no. I'm as starch a Adams supporter there is but making that claim says you think he's going to leap frog not one but two pro bowl level recievers.... Going to have to respectfully disagree on that one

In 2 years, Davante will have been in the league for three years, the third of which is typically a "break out" year for WRs. Jordy will also be 32. I don't think it's all that crazy to consider.