Packers Practice Roundup, Family Night
Romeo Doubs had a stand-out performance.

Family Night was finally blessed with nice weather, and the practice drew its usual big crowd - 60,887 per Ryan Wood.
INJURY:
DEs Enagbare and KeShawn Banks, CBs Vallentine and Callis, ILB Edgerrin Cooper, DL Deslin Alexandre, TE Tucker Kraft, OL donovan Jennings, were out. RB Josh Jacobs warmed up but did not otherwise participate during the practice.
Matt LaFleur says the plan is for Zach Tom to resume team work on Tuesday. Also sounds like Tucker Kraft is returning to practice next week, too. Schneidman
SCHEME:
Starters: Love Dillon Doubs Reed Watson Musgrave Walker Jenkins Myers Morgan Dillard
Smith - Clark - Slaton - Gary McDuffie - Quay - Stokes - Nixon - Jaire Bullard - McKinney [Per Justis Mosqueda, Clark got 22, Slato 15, Wyatt 12, Brooks 3 snaps with the first team defense. Check out his first team snap count article here. TGR]
Caleb Jones getting some run with the 1's at RT. Herman
Jordan Morgan at LT for the backups' 2-minute (period). Huber
Love to Sims in the seam, had it, slightly high but a play Sims needs to make. Falls incomplete. Great block by Morgan on the play. [Sims a bit up and down today. TGR] Herman
OFFENSE:
Love all day to throw off play action, finds Doubs on the deep crosser. Morgan nice job on Clark. [See below under defense where Slaton beat Morgan to tackle Dillon for no gain. TGR] Herman
Jordan Love drops a dime to Christian Watson for a TD over Jaire Alexander in 1-on-1s. Schneidman
Love 2-minute Drill: 2:00 drill. Down by 3. 1 timeout left. 2:00 exactly on the clock. 1st & 10 at their own 25. 1's up first. Love to Dillon incomplete, basically a throw away. McDuffie in coverage. Clark bats down a Love pass at the LOS. Love to Doubs, but Jaire with perfect coverage. 4th & 10 upcoming. Love checks down to Musgrave. Bullard all over it. Play went backwards, defense wins easy. Herman
Clifford 2 minute drill: Penalty on first down Batted pass. Clifford to J. Wilson for 9, clock ticks. Clifford to Toure, complete but short of the 1st down. 4th and 1 upcoming. Clock ticks. Lloyd picks up a yard and a first down. Clock ticks. Some confusion on the playcall and a bunch of time ticks off. Incomplete from Clifford to Heath. 49 seconds left. 2nd and 10 at their own 36. Rochell drops a game sealing INT, Clifford threw it right to him, never saw him falling off his receiver. Clifford drops one in the bucket to Hicks but Hicks can't hang on, Green in coverage. Drop from 81. 4th and 10 upcoming. 37 seconds left. Clifford nice seam throw to J. Wilson to the opposing 39. Timeout. 29 seconds left. 1st & 10. No timeouts remaining. Clifford to Joel Wilson down to the 28. Cock ticks. Spike by Clifford. 2nd and 10 upcoming. 22 seconds left. No timeouts. Ball on 28. Clifford to Heath for 2 yards and out of bounds. Clifford scrambles and gets out of bounds. 13 seconds left. 4th and 1. Gets his kicker a chance for a game tying FG. Herman
Excellent blitz pickup by Emanuel Wilson to pick off Eric Wilson, giving Clifford enough time to hit Toure for a deep completion. Hodkiewicz
Nice job by Ballentine to get outside to cut off Lloyd, but Lloyd's ability to change direction is so impressive. Bretl
11 x 11: Red zone period 11x11's: Wyatt all over a Dillon run. Looked like Dillon could have cut right a bit sooner. [Slaton getting a lot more snaps with the first team than Wyatt - again. TGR] Would be sack for Gary vs. Telfort. Play continues but Love just throws it away. Bullard jumped a route, looked like it was going to go the other way vs. Love but Love's bullet caught Bullard off guard and it ends up as a pass deflection. Nice little run by Lloyd to the left. LaFleur with some coaching tips for Love after that throw to Bullard. Herman
We're a mile away from 1-on-1 DL/OL but looked like Luke Tenuta had a good showing at RG - blocked Wooden, Brooks and Brooks again - good competition. Caleb Jones won his rep vs LVN at LT and then blocked Cox Jr. Hodkiewicz
1 x 1s: 1x1 in red zone Jaire blankets Doubs Reed gets open in back of end zone vs. Nixon for td. Good coverage though. McKinney pbu vs. Musgrave Watson great catch on a fade vs. Stokes for a td Jaire blankets Wicks, pbu Bullard solid coverage on Sims, poor throw though Toure beats King easy on a slant Melton can't haul it in against Rochell, overthrown Poor throw to DuBose, Green in coverage Stanley td vs King on slant Wilson can't catch the leaping td against Williams Heath catches vs. Jaire, but Jaire forces him out of end zone. Hicks wins easy vs. Ballentine, nice route. He's a fun player. Zayne Anderson pbu vs. Swinson King awesome coverage vs. Melton, near pick Green pbu vs. Wayne. Herman
Notable One on One battles:
- Lukas Van Ness beats Caleb Jones
- Karl Brooks beats Royce Newman
- Jayden Reed with a catch vs. Kalen King
- Kadeem Telfort beats Van Ness
- Javon Bullard with a PBU vs. Dimitri Stanley
- Jacob Monk beats Jonathan Ford
- Xavier McKinney PBU vs. Luke Musgrave Bretl
Reed wins deep vs. King for a sweet catch and td vs. King. Musgrave beats Coyle. Watson with a fantastic TD vs. Jaire, Jaire had awesome coverage too. Beautiful throw by 10. LJ Davis pbu Sapp good coverage on Sims. Toure beats Bullard. Melton easy win vs. Rochell for a td deep. Green wins vs. DuBose. Bullard pbu vs. Stanley. may have had some jersey Williams good coverage on Sims. Wicks with an absolute sick route vs. Stokes for an easy completion and TD. Herman
Michael Pratt throwing some darts during live tackling period. He has two completions of more than 20 yards. Schneidman
Pratt with another dart down field, this time to Hicks. 2) Eason to Joel Wilson for about 10. Eason misses Stanley on 3rd down. Eason had Stanley for a 1st on 4th down but throws wide. Nice overall drive from the offense, but defense holds strong at the end. 3) Clifford with back to back nice throws, one to Toure, one to DuBose. Great protection by the #2 line on the second throw. 4) Clifford off play action to Melton in stride. Nice throw and good acceleration after the catch by 80 for a good pickup. Ballentine in coverage. 5) Love hits Reed in stride for a big first down on 3rd down in team. Love tried to hit Watson up the seam on the next 3rd down but despite the good throw, it was a hospital ball and Williams and Watson collide. Watson stays down for a moment but appears ok. Incomplete. [Perhaps Love made that throw because he knew no tackling was allowed, but that's a ball that get receivers injured in a real game. TGR] Herman
DEFENSE:
Jonathan Ford with a big time TFL on a busted play. Howard and Eason not on the same page on a hand off. [It looked to me like Monk immediately dove at Ford's knees. TGR] 2) Eason to Wayne, incomplete, Jonathan Ford in the backfield on the play. [Ford has had a nice camp. TGR] 3) Morgan couldn't get any movement on Slaton and Slaton helps get a stop on Dillon right around the LOS. 3) Brooks and Cox all over a Lloyd run. TFL. [The Packers had some issues running inside. TGR] Herman
Van Ness gets home for a "sack" to end No. 2 red zone. [Van Ness continues to terrorize while playing with the number twos. TGR] Hodkiewicz
Cox misses a tackle in the backfield. Merriweather picks up a first. 2) Odumegwu with a nice TFL on Howard. 3) Hopper with a tackle near the goaline on 4th down. Defense holds the offense despite the offense getting 4 extra downs. 4) Gary gets into the backfield immediately for a would be 5-yard loss on a toss to Lloyd. 5) Gary his second "sack" of practice. Love tried to roll right, Gary wasn't having it. 6) McDuffie all over a Dillon run. He's been a run stopping machine in camp. Herman
Really nice play from rookie LB Ty'Ron Hopper. In trail coverage on thrid-and-8, Jordan Love dropped a pass in the bucket to Christian Watson. Might've been Love's best throw of the night. Would've been a big gain, but Hopper stuck his hand in and forced incompletion. Wood
Ty'Ron Hopper stops Howard a yard short of end zone in live-tackling. Hodkiewicz
Clifford checkdown to Toure, Bullard with the immediate stop. King there as well. Herman
Rochell all over a Stanley reverse for about a 6 yard loss. 2) King nice pbu on a fade to Hicks. King just fights for everything. 3) Mosby would be sack, PBU by King to end the team period. Field goals up next. 4) Lloyd tries to bounce a run outside but Ballentine is all over it behind the los. 4) Stokes comes back with a nice PBU a couple players later against Doubs. Risky throw from 10. Herman
SPECIAL TEAMS:
1st punt team for the Packers: Wilson, Van Ness, Orzech, McDuffie, Welch on the LOS. Zayne Anderson as a personal protector with Davis and Dillon in the backfield too. Ballentine and Rochell as the gunners. 2) 1st FG team was Sims, Walker, Myers, Newman, Orzech, Rhyan, Slaton, Morgan and Davis on the line. Can expect to see that lineup unless Jenkins/Tom/Kraft are going to be involved in it. Mosqueda
Joseph drills a 55 yarder. They say timeout before the play, but still counting it. Joseph drills it again. 2/2. Now 37/40. Carlson makes his. No timeout before the play, so he goes 1/1 and is now 33/39. Herman
Punt play...first two players down by the returner - Isaiah McDuffie & Eric Wilson. Football players. Hodkiewicz
MISCELLANEOUS:
Standout of Family Night was probably....who else? Romeo Doubs. Beat Stokes for TD on slant in red zone Beat Nixon for TD on fade in red zone Made tough contested catch vs. Jaire Ran an absolutely sick route to get wide open for big gainer in 11-on-11. Kruse
Rookie Kalen King had a wild period. He gave up touchdowns to Samori Toure and Dimitri Stanley, but also had great coverage to win his rep against Bo Melton. Moments later, he gave up a long touchdown to Jayden Reed. Huber
I really like the way Jordan Morgan is blocking tonight. He looks good. 2) Dontayvion Wicks is really hitting his stride. Another completion. Just feels like he’s always open. [wicks looked good even though he only got 6 snaps with the ones, per Justis Mosqueda. TGR] Herman
Larry McCarren is very high on first-round pick Jordan Morgan. Said he'll dominate people once he gets the technique down but he's still getting it done in 11-on-11 and 1-on-1s because he's so good and athletic. "Doesn't look the part of a rookie...a lot of God given ability." 2) Packers really need Zach Tom back at right tackle. 3) Bo Melton had a good night. Kruse
Gary would have demolished Love there. 52 continues to be a problem for Telfort. Nagler
Photo courtesy of Tork Mason, USA Today Network
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Comments (15)
Thegreatreynoldo
August 04, 2024 at 06:43 am
Well, I did not notice all things the media observers noted in their tweets, but that might have been the incessant commercials. Nah, it is probably me.
So, Doubs, Wicks and Melton had nice nights. The Love to Watson deep connection seems to be well established. TE Ben Sims was decidedly up and down. He dropped an easy long pass and defenders often had him well-covered. Sims is on the ST field goal unit. Lloyd can make a cut. I didn't notice Dillon's new burst. Wilson was good in blitz pick up and has had some solid practices. Still have to think Dillon over Wilson, as I doubt they keep 4 RBs. Lotta camp and games left. Some problems with runs up the middle. None of the right tackles look like they could take starting reps except in a dire emergency. Morgan was okay though he had a few losses. I didn't notice him at LT with the twos. I wonder if the Packers will try dillard, Tenuta, Telford and Jones at OG when Tom returns fully?
I am surprised King did not see more snaps in the slot. I am pretty happy with the defense. Looks like they have enough cornerbacks. McKinney looks like the real deal. Competition for the other safety spot is fierce, with Bullard Williams having a lot of good moments. DL and DEs look fine, though I would like to see more from Preston and I would like to see LVN against the ones more. LBs look okay if not interchangeable.
LLCHESTY
August 04, 2024 at 01:37 pm
It will be very interesting to see how the safety situation plays out once the regular season starts. LaFleur has said a couple times if they all continue to play well they will likely see snaps on defense no matter who is named the starter. I think Bullard is the starter but AJJ was good in coverage last year so maybe there are times where they want McKinney up. Williams is good at diagnosing plays and attacking the LOS and could also see a few snaps when Bullard occasionally plays nickel.
Guam
August 04, 2024 at 07:24 am
I spent much of the practice watching the O-line and particularly Morgan and Monk, the two rookies. Morgan's run blocking looked good - he got some movement on various DL and was able to slide up and reach second level blocks pretty effectively. I was just okay with his pass protection. He has quick feet, but doesn't seem to anchor well and got pushed straight back into the QB's on a couple of occasions.
Monk had a rough night. He flat out whiffed on a cut block against Slaton, allowing Slaton a free shot up the middle for a TFL against Dillon. Some of his other run blocking wasn't much better as he got little movement against the DT's and created no holes inside. His pass pro was better than his run blocking.
The defense looked much better. The DL was aggressive against both the run and pass. The Packers got very little running the ball inside and not much more outside. The pass rush was pretty consistent all night (1's and 2's) and the QB's had to get the ball out fairly quickly. Bullard looked particularly good at safety. Walker made several plays breaking up passes as he dropped back into coverage. CB's were up and down, Rochell made some plays.
Odds and ends - I thought Melton looked good as a gunner on special teams. Carlson made a 57 yarder, but had to re-kick due to a time out and missed the second one; Joseph missed one from 57 yards. Both kickers looked good from shorter yardages. Whelan was good all night with his punts.
Packers introduced a new uniform for their "white out" night in late October (October 20th?). All white with a white helmet! I am a traditionalist, but the white helmet looked good - white with two green stripes, supposedly some gold flecks in the white part but I couldn't see any on the TV. Same white uni they have used in the past. Good look!
Thanks TGR for the overview - lots I missed while watching the O-line.
Post Script: Forgot to talk about my favorite part of the night. Packers have a punt catching competition where you had to see how many punts in a row you could catch while still holding all of the balls from the prior catches. Alexander caught two and muffed the third (while holding two balls). Reed then steps up and catches six balls! he was holding four in his arms and one between his legs while catching the sixth ball! Then about a ten year old kid from Waupon gets in there and catches and holds three balls, beating every Packer except Reed. The Packer team mobbed the kid when he caught the third punt! A lifetime memory for the youngster!
LeotisHarris
August 04, 2024 at 10:53 am
I'm with you on the "Whiteout" helmet, Guam. When I first heard about it, I expected an abomination, but once I saw it I had to admit it was pretty sharp. It's okay as a one-off as long as we remember that today's NFL is 85% fashion, 50% sports betting, and 12% beverage sales.
NickPerry
August 04, 2024 at 11:20 am
Thank you Guam! I appreciate your input...
pantz_bURp
August 04, 2024 at 08:07 am
This offense is gonna be hotter than two rats making out in a wool sock up in the attic in August...just sayin'.
the Burp has spoken so soon it will be so.
>^••^<
Bitternotsour
August 04, 2024 at 09:22 am
That isn't how we said it in New York.
pantz_bURp
August 04, 2024 at 11:45 am
Wanted to keep it PG-13, Bitter. 😁
LLCHESTY
August 04, 2024 at 01:30 pm
That's because in NY you don't have to be in an attic to watch two rats "making out."
Bitternotsour
August 04, 2024 at 04:46 pm
yeah. we didn't say attic or wool for that matter either
dobber
August 04, 2024 at 10:21 am
It's still early in camp, and the middle and bottom of the depth chart is still getting its feet under it.
Still, the key result for a team with rising expectations: no major injuries! <<Knock on wood>>
We've seen Family Night rob the Packers of important players in the past...stay healthy!
GregC
August 04, 2024 at 11:14 am
Thanks TGR, there are lots of observations in here that I missed. I hadn't watched Family Night in a few years (due to lack of availability), and I found it harder to follow than it used to be. It seemed like it was less organized, and the same group of players did not stay on the field for many plays in a row except when they did those two-minute drills. The TV coverage used to include lots of interviews by sideline reporters while action was occurring on the field. This year it was Wayne Larivee and Larry McCarren talking and interviewing people (Aaron Kampman, Randall Cobb, Mark Murphy) while the action was occurring on the field, which wasn't any better. It's hard to watch something when the audio portion of the broadcast is completely unrelated to the video. They did start paying more attention to the action toward the end, though.
I don't have much to add except that I found it pretty much impossible to draw any conclusions about the running backs due to the lack of tackling.
RedRight49
August 04, 2024 at 05:14 pm
The TV coverage and the talking heads on the screen, all good people, seldom identified players coming in and out of the practice, identify playmakers and essentially chatted on and on about things other than what was occurring on the field. The constant on screen images of the announcers took up what, 25 - 33 % of the screen. I prefer McCarren and Kuhn talking about " the game - the players - the practice " than their extraneous topics at the expense of the reason we tune - to see and hear about the Packers on the field. Thank you TGR and CHTV - got a better summary from you than from the announcers.
NickPerry
August 04, 2024 at 11:20 am
Thank you TGR...Great as usual.
NFLfan
August 04, 2024 at 01:59 pm
Doubs is my guy-I thought he was too meek to rise to the top, though. I want him to be talked about on national TV