Post by packermania on Jun 3, 2009 15:34:21 GMT -5
I was at the OTAs briefly today and thus have a few observations:
*Driver and Woodson both in town today. Driver was laughing away with James Jones among others frequently throughout the day.
*With Pickett out, Raji took over the Nose Tackle spot with Jolly and Harrell.
*Matthews is still out, so he was basically Kevin Greene's assistant and clipboard holder.
*In the meantime, Kampman was the LOLB and Jeremy Thompson was the ROLB, which is old news, of course.
*In the individual OLB drills, Greene was animated as the OLBs worked tracking a running back to the sideline. He was excited with the work of Thompson multiple times. Poppinga was the next most impressive, followed closely by Kampman, who actually didn't struggle with "tackling" in space.
*In the 1s vs. 1s, the Packers revealed just how creative they could be with blitzes. On one occasion, the Packers faked blitzes amongst Harris, Kampman and Chillar (who was starting in Barnett's spot). Harris was lined up in man-to-man on the play. Harris was the only one that ended up blitzing, Rodgers had to drop it down to Grant, where Kampman had stood pat waiting to stand him up.
*In the same set of drills, Thompson made a nice swim move and had a clear shot at Rodgers. May be more of a testament to how sorely we need Clifton back instead of Moll, but the fact still stands that Thompson is looking good at ROLB.
*Driver and Woodson both in town today. Driver was laughing away with James Jones among others frequently throughout the day.
*With Pickett out, Raji took over the Nose Tackle spot with Jolly and Harrell.
*Matthews is still out, so he was basically Kevin Greene's assistant and clipboard holder.
*In the meantime, Kampman was the LOLB and Jeremy Thompson was the ROLB, which is old news, of course.
*In the individual OLB drills, Greene was animated as the OLBs worked tracking a running back to the sideline. He was excited with the work of Thompson multiple times. Poppinga was the next most impressive, followed closely by Kampman, who actually didn't struggle with "tackling" in space.
*In the 1s vs. 1s, the Packers revealed just how creative they could be with blitzes. On one occasion, the Packers faked blitzes amongst Harris, Kampman and Chillar (who was starting in Barnett's spot). Harris was lined up in man-to-man on the play. Harris was the only one that ended up blitzing, Rodgers had to drop it down to Grant, where Kampman had stood pat waiting to stand him up.
*In the same set of drills, Thompson made a nice swim move and had a clear shot at Rodgers. May be more of a testament to how sorely we need Clifton back instead of Moll, but the fact still stands that Thompson is looking good at ROLB.
