Ravens to take part in training camp tradition of riding bikes to Lambeau Field with young Packers fans before joint practice on Thursday
Baltimore will travel to Green Bay this week to play their final preseason game, and there will be added competition.
Green Bay had one joint practice with the Broncos in Denver, and the Packers will welcome the Ravens to Lambeau Field this week for a joint practice on Thursday, Aug. 22, before the preseason game between the two teams on Saturday, August 24.
The Ravens will begin practice on Clarke Hinkle Field, on one side of the Don Hutson Center, before joining the Packers on Ray Nitschke Field, on the other side of the Don Hutson Center, for the joint portion of the practice.
Thursday will also mark the final open practice at the 2024 Packers Training Camp. On Monday, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh discussed his approach to the sessions.
Joint practice sessions are usually two-day affairs, but LaFleur said it becomes an “MMA fight” on the second day of joint practices, using last year with New England as an example.
The practice will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The Packers’ official website reports that to ensure the Ravens players experience one of the most storied training camp traditions in the NFL, kids of all fan affiliations in Green Bay will be encouraged to bring their bikes to Lambeau Field to offer rides to the Ravens before practice. If there are enough bikes available, every Ravens player will be riding a bike to practice, so fans and community members are asked to welcome the team in true Green Bay fashion.
During practice, kids can line their bikes up against the Hinkle Field fence to wait for the end of practice, when they can offer their bikes for the Ravens players exiting through the gate to ride back to the locker room.
For Baltimore, it’ll give Lamar Jackson one intense tune-up session against elite competition before the team kicks off the regular season in Kansas City against the Chiefs.
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