MISCELLANEOUS:

Mercifully, that’s it for joint practice No. 2 after two hours and 17 minutes. There will be no encore.  Demovsky

The Packers and the Patriots are up to about 7 fights today. A Patriots player already got thrown out of practice. Someone just tossed a Packers helmet in the air after that last special teams rep, which ended 3 minutes, 30 seconds early. Chaos.  Wood

Packers UDFA rookie Keshawn Banks on today's fight that got Anfernee Jennings tossed: "Matt came up to me and said, 'Did you throw a punch?' and I'm just an honest, truthful person. That's the way I was raised and I said, 'Yes sir.' Sure enough, I left practice shortly after."  Schneidman

Packers starting offense in 11v11: Bak-Jenkins-Myers-Runyan-Tom Watson-Doubs-Dillon-Jones-Musgrave Love.  Bretl  [Interesting that with Bakh playing, Nijman was pushed to the #2 OL and Myers is the starting OC.  TGR]

Packers starting defense:  Defense Clark - Slaton - Wyatt Enagbare - McDuffie - Quay - Smith Rasul - Jaire Owens - Savage.  Herman

The difference in energy by the two sidelines is STRIKING right now. Pats lively. Packers look like they got punched in the mouth hard.  2) It was a frustrating day at the office for the Packers. The Patriots won both of their 2-minute drives, the Packers lost 3/4 of theirs, and needed a bit of luck on the other. There will be days like this for a young team, now how to they bounce back?  Player of the day: New England.  2)  [This is the lucky one:]  4th and 8 complete from Clifford to Heath for a first. 0:56 left. Down 7. Still have both timeouts. On own 30. 1st and 10 now. Next play Heath catches a short pass but tries to get up field rather than getting out of bounds. Timeout. Chrest first down but click ticks. Incomplete to Deguara over the middle. 2nd & 10. Ball on pats 45. 26 seconds. 1 timeout. Down 7. Chrest short catch. Timeout. 21 seconds. 3rd and 7. 0 timeouts left. Dubose with an awesome catch to the 20. Spike. 4 seconds left. Down 7. One play from the 20. Timeout pats. Ball deflected by Pats and CAUGHT BY CODY CHREST FOR A TD!!!!  Herman

INJURIES:

Patriots LB Marte Mapu just cold tackled rookie Tucker Kraft on the sideline. Mapu stood over Kraft after the hit. Kraft was slow getting up, but walked over to the sideline. He still has his helmet on.  [Kraft returned to practice and played without incident.  TGR]  Wood

De’Vondre Campbell (ankle) still not practicing. Kenny Clark (back) is back at practice. Corey Ballentine, Caleb Jones, Innis Gaines, Eric Stokes and Bo Melton rehabbing on the side at practice.  2) ILB Tariq Carpenter (back) also back at practice.  3) RB Tyler Goodson also still not practicing. Not in a sling anymore, though.  Schneidman

De’Vondre Campbell missed his second straight practice with an ankle injury. He wasn’t in locker room during post-practice media availability, but I saw a scooter and walking boot at his locker.  Schneidman/Bretl reposting

Not practicing today: C. Jones Ballentine Gaines Melton Nichols Goodson Campbell Tenuta Stokes Bak, Clark, and Carpenter back.  Bretl

QUARTERBACKS/WIDE RECEIVERS:

Jordan Love took 125 reps over 3 joint practices vs Bengals and Patriots. The breakdown of his numbers: at Cincy: 18-30, 212 yards, 3 TD, INT Day 1, Pats: 16-31, 222 yards, 3 TD Day 2, Pats: 14-30, 98 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Total: 48-91 (52.7%), 532 yards, 7 TD, 3 INT, 82.3 rating.  2)  Jordan Love’s 2-minute drill opened with an interception to Patriots DB Marcus Jones. Love badly underthrew Samori Toure on a corner to the right sideline. Jones undercut the throw, tipped in the air and caught it going to the ground. 3) Jordan Love opened 3-goal period with 12-yard TD to Christian Watson, who smoked Marcus Jones on slant. Ended throwing 3-yard TD to Watson, throwing it up for big WR to go get it in middle of EZ. In between, threw INT to Pats DB Kyle Duggar. Bad ball behind open Luke Musgrave.  Wood

Not sure what changed with the Patriots offense overnight, but this is the best I’ve seen them look since moving here a year ago. They just torched Green Bay’s defense both in a full-field drill and red zone period.  Chad Graff  (The Athletic writer covering the Patriots).

Packers No. 1 offense ran six plays from the 12, 9, 7, 5, 4 and 3 against Patriots D. Jordan Love threw TDs to Christian Watson on first and sixth play. Four incompletions in between, including a pick by Kyle Dugger in the back of the end zone on a pass intended for Musgrave.  Schneidman

Packers #2 defense v. NE in 2 min: Complete over middle. Nowhere to go. Throws ball away. Throw to flat. Nice job by Thomas to limit play. Zappe buys time, finds TE in space sitting on left sideline. Cox on stunt forces pressure. Throwaway. Wilson on the blitz forces throwaway. Good protection but good coverage. Scrambles and tries to fit ball on sidelines. Incomplete. Ford on late blitz, doesn’t get home quick enough, connects over middle. Complete to TE but Thomas right there again. Ball at 23, 0:30 left — incomplete in pass to left side of end zone. Valentine in close coverage. Good pressure. Possible sack. Scrambles and completes pass to the one. Complete to front right pylon for TD.  2) A really nice day for Eric Wilson. Two deflections that resulted in INTs. A pressure off a blitz as well.  2) [Flipped - GB #2 Offense vs. NE] Clifford in 2 min: Complete on out route. Modest gain. False start. Initial read not there. Pressure. Throws incomplete. Throws behind Deguara on crosser. Wilson gets just enough of blitzer. Clifford finds Heath on out. First down on 4th down. 0:56 left- complete to Heath on sideline. Tried to turn upfield instead of going out of bounds. Pass to Chrest on left sideline. Created space with comeback. Incomplete over middle. Throw to Chrest in flat. Defender right there. Finds DuBose on deep crosser. Nice throw and catch. 0:04 left. Ball at 21 down 7. Blitzer comes flying though, Clifford heaves towards end zone, NE defender tries to pick it and it falls into Chest’s hands. TD.  3) Starting defense in red zone: Draw left. Decent gain. Hard run by NE RB. Sack by McDuffie on blitz. Run of a few yards inside the 10 TD run from 5. Draw from shotgun. Defense stops it at LOS.  4) Clifford in red zone: Blitzer may have had sack but finds Wilson over middle for TD. Nice touch pass to Watts in back left corner. PBU by DB. Good play by defense. Throws to DuBose on slant. PBU. Good protection. Finds Allen for TD. McGough at QB: Ball batted at LOS Ball tipped at LOS.  [#3 OL for GB is bad.  McGough running for his life all the time - hard to even compare the QBs.  TGR]  5) Red Zone for Starters.  Love finds Watson in back of end zone on post. Beat his man, no safety around. Pass to Musgrave deflected. Pass to Reed on out route deflected. Love rolls right, tries squeezing ball to Musgrave in front right corner. I compete. Tries to fit pass to Musgrave in tight window in end zone. Possible INT. Couldn’t see. Myers beat, Love buys time. Jump ball to Watson. TD .Bretl

Starting offense back on field: Play-action and pitch right to Jones for good gain. Nickel blitz, goes unpicked up, Love throws away. [No, no, no - at least, that's not what I think happened.  Love threw an out to Doubs, but Doubs ran a vertical.  Doubs didn't see blitz and didn't adjust his route once he became the hot read.  Not a drop since Doubs was 10 yards away, but a drop and not being where you're supposed to be lead to the same thing.  TGR]  Pitch right to Jones, nice block by Wicks. Play-action, good coverage, Love goes through progressions, finds Dillon in flat. Wilson run for few yards up middle.  2) Wicks and Heath continuing to show their blocking abilities.  Bretl

Malik Heath is still balling.  [Heath is going to be a tough cut if he doesn't make the 53.  Ferocious blocker, productive receiver who aggressively plucks the ball out of the air.  imo.  TGR]  2) Really nice grab by DuBose on the left sideline. Continuing to flash.  [Then again, the bottom bubble WRs all look pretty good.  TGR]  Nagler

Fans in the stands in multiple practices have been shouting at Clifford: "Get the ball out.!"  It is practice, but that is one of my concerns.  TGR  

RUNNING BACKS:

I thought on Wednesday, Taylor looked really good. Had 2 nice blitz pickups. Also was the lead blocker for Jones and Dillon on 2 plays. Today, Wilson had one blitz pickup where he got just enough of the defender for Clifford to throw downfield.  Bretl  

TIGHT ENDS:

Because this is practice, Jordan Love got another crack. Love was 6-11 for 41 yards. He got the offense to Patriots’ 18-yard line, but Luke Musgrave dropped potential TD in end zone on last play.  Wood

Started pouring rain so missed some plays in 2 minute but drive sparked by completions over middle to Watson and Wicks. Overall good coverage by NE made moving the ball tough. Love lead Musgrave too far on crosser. Tough catch for Deguara on a deep throw to corner but one you’d like to see him make. Throw to end zone through Musgrave’s hands.  Bretl  [Yours truly also skedaddled when the rain started - mighty cold rain, indeed.  TGR] 

OFFENSIVE LINE:

The Packers starting offensive line — the one you’re probably going to see against Chicago — has held up well against Patriots defensive front. The third OL very much is not. Alex McGough running all over the place.  [I had to laugh: 91, Deatrich Wise, went up against Bakh a couple of times.  As soon as his first move didn't work and Bakh had control, Wise just stopped.  Wise is a 7-year veteran DL who has played 95 games so far.  This is just practice, man.  TGR]   Wood

My observations and takeaways from the second joint practice between the Packers and Patriots. - Patriots win the day. - David Bakhtiari back on the field - Red zone and two-minute drills.  Bretl  [Bakh was out there grinding, and looked untouchable in pass pro.  TGR]

DEFENSIVE LINE:

More from second defense (red zone) Play-action and Wooden was in the backfield almost instantly. Sack. Cox and Mosby force QB to step up. Sack. Good coverage. Finds WR on quick out. Nice hustle by Cox to get downfield. Nice run up middle. Wilson jumps quick slant, batts ball in air. Picked off. 2)  “They’ve provided a spark” said LaFleur about Brooks and Wooden as interior pass rushers.   Bretl

LINEBACKERS:

Sack by Enagbare.  [In 2 minute drill]  2) Starting defense now on field: Tight coverage by McDuffie v. TE downfield but nice pass by Jones. Good push from IDL Clark and Slaton with a lot of push. Jones dumps off for few yards over middle. Coverage sack. 5 yard run to left side of line. Incomplete out route. Savage was close by. Screen. Nice stop by Owens. Enagbare also may have forced the OT to hold. Van Ness on a stunt. Good coverage gives Enagbare time to get home.  [2 sacks for Enagbare - all of the pass rushers looking good against NE.  TGR]  Bretl

Rashan Gary is working on initial pass rush moves against Ladeem Telfort with Jason Rebrovich overseeing. Getting close….  Nagler

SECONDARY:

The Packers secondary has 2 issues to address: 1) A lack of a consistent starting safety next to Darnell Savage. 2) A logjam preventing Carrington Valentine from getting snaps this fall. Putting Rasul Douglas at safety fixes both issues with one move.  2) Patriots QB Mac Jones hit DeVante Parker for a roughly 45-yard TD over Rasul Douglas down the left sideline on their 2-minute drill. Wood

And Bailey Zappe finds Kayshon Boutte for a short TD just inside the right pylon against CB Kiondre Thomas to win two minute for Patriots backup O vs. Packers backup D.  [I had hoped for a jump from Kiondre Thomas this year, but he seems to be fading from contention daily.  TGR]  2) Right after Jaire Alexander (on the field) and Jabril Peppers (on the sideline) finish chirping each other, Mac Jones hits DeVante Parker for a 44-yard TD on a bomb down the left sideline over Rasul Douglas to win two minute.  Schneidman

Tyquan Thornton just made his best play of camp, hauling in a 40-yard pass from Mac Jones with Jaire Alexander in coverage. A better start today for the Pats offense.  Chad Graff

Second unit: SJC on blitz from slot tips pass. Behind WR. WR sits down in zone. Complete for 6-7 yards. Running lane, Moore comes up to make stop by LBs. Few yard run up the middle. Play-action right, screen left. 10 or so yards. WR screen, Moore and Thomas right there Nice break on ball by Wilson, deflected then picked off by Tyrell Ford.  NE WR beats Thomas down right sideline for deep ball. Mosby was close by for sack in real time.  Bretl

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Rudy Ford and Carrington Valentine first team jammers on punt return. That’s one way to get 37 on the field.  2)  If the Packers are really set on Anders Carlson and don't have any plans on competition or making a change, I wonder if they'll consider making the punter/long snapper decision sooner rather than later so at least he can start working with the same snapper and holder every day.  [Fair enough, but how set can GB be with Carlson?  I don't mind as much as some because I think finding talent for the long-term is more important than the final standings this year, but that's just me.  TGR]  Herman

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