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Packers 2021 rookie minicamp roster features only three tryout players
Most surprising are a few absences of holdovers from last year who could have participated this weekend.
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The Green Bay Packers are holding rookie minicamp this weekend, giving the coaching staff its first look at the 2021 draft class. The Packers’ nine draft picks and seven undrafted rookies are at the team’s practice facilities for their first on-field work today, joined by an additional set of players who are eligible as first-year or rookie players.
Green Bay also brought in three players on a tryout basis. The number of tryout players is limited this year due to COVID-19 protocols, and Green Bay elected to bring in a pair of quarterbacks and a linebacker with a close connection to a certain Packers star.
Scouts Discuss Packersâ Seven Undrafted Free Agents
The Packers signed only seven undrafted free agents, down sharply from past years. There s a good reason for that.
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May 10, 2021
GREEN BAY, Wis. – With the NCAA granting an extra year of eligibility for athletes who played through the COVID-impacted 2020 season, this was the weakest NFL Draft class in memory. While the literal draft class itself wasn’t greatly impacted, that reality hit home in undrafted free agency.
“It was a very, very competitive year in terms of the amount of money that was spent just because so many teams needed to get numbers,” one scout said this week. “Now, there’s some good ones. Obviously, there’s some good undrafted players, but the overall numbers were down so much with all the guys going back with COVID. That created a whole different set of obstacles.”
Michigan’s Aidan Hutchinson a first-round pick in early 2022 NFL mock draft
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Michigan defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson (97) tries to get to the Notre Dame backfield in the fourth quarter of their college football game at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, on Saturday, October 26, 2019. Michigan won the game, 45-14. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Just four days removed from the NFL draft, discussion has already started for next year.
And Michigan who just sent Kwity Paye to the Indianapolis Colts is in play to have another first-round pick.
ESPN’s Todd McShay is out with his early NFL mock draft for 2022 (subscription required), and projects Wolverines defensive end Aidan Hutchinson to the New York Giants at No. 9.