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.
NFL Draft 2021: Identifying the perfect Packers draft picks at every spot
Forget the mock draft and pick simulators. Who would Green Bay pick at each spot in an ideal world? We don’t live in such a world, but it’s fun to dream. Staying within reason, we try to identify the perfect pick at every spot who could also reasonably be there.
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The NFL draft might as well be held in Las Vegas every year, because most picks are low-odds gambles. Still, it’s smart to play blackjack with a strategy. So how could the Green Bay Packers look at this draft? Where is it weak and where is it strong? Plus, what does it tell us about where they could be targeting players? Green Bay, in its war room, has an idealized draft lined up, with coaches and personnel evaluators stumping for their guys.
Dylan from Cary, NC Spot and choose is a great alternative to the current OT system. In the very recent past, three MVPs lost in OT during the playoffs the year they won MVP without getting a chance to touch the ball. We all know one, can you name the other two?
Let s give everyone some time to think about it. The answer will be below.
Ryan from Appleton, WI
Should fans expect a mid-April schedule release as usual or will it be different this year due to the pandemic?
There were reports last week the schedule would not be coming out until early May.
Jan 25, 2021
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers signed 12 members of their practice squad to contracts on Monday, a day after their season-ending loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game.
Among them is punter Ryan Winslow, who was signed to the practice squad on Dec. 26.
Winslow, an undrafted free agent out of the University of Pittsburgh in 2018, punted six times in two games for the Arizona Cardinals in 2019 in place of veteran Andy Lee. He had a net average of 44.2 yards on those kicks.
Scott was 28th out of 30 qualifying punters with a 37.0-yard net average this season. While he finished 18th with a 45.5-yard average, just off the franchise record of 45.6 set by Tim Masthay in 2011, he had two punts returned for touchdowns. The lack of improvement from the 2018 fifth-round pick was discouraging for the club. He was 26th with a 38.8-yard net as a rookie and 24th with a 39.9-yard net in 2019.