The Green Bay Packers have an off day on Wednesday before they are back on the practice field on Thursday. While there is still a lot to be determined at this point, with the team only two days into padded practices, many of the positional battles taking place this summer are starting to take shape.
For head coach Matt LaFleur, where players are lining up, whether it be with the starters, twos, or threes, or where each player may fall on the depth chart is not something he wants his team focusing on right now, in part, because there is still a lot of rotating that’s taking place.
“First of all,” said LaFleur, “there is nothing set in stone. We’ve had two real practices, no pads, so we are going to be moving guys all over the place. Just because somebody is running with the ones, doesn’t’ mean that’s necessarily the case and vice versa if you’re running with the twos, I don’t want the guys thinking about the depth chart at this point.
“The sole focus each and every time you go out there is to try to get better each and every day in everything they do. In order to do that, you have to give max effort, you got to be deliberate about what you’re doing. Know the ins and outs, the details, the why of everything we are asking these guys to do.”
While, of course, this is all very true, there are some trends that are starting to develop in terms of who is playing where along with some players beginning to separate themselves from others at their position groups.
Based on what I’ve seen up to this point from being at practice, here is a closer look at where I believe things stand.