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<\/p>\nThe Green Bay Packers\u2019 offseason program concluded with an abbreviated final practice on Thursday. Here are the highlights, including a clutch kick and red-zone touchdowns.<\/p>\n
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Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur talks to defensive players, including safety Evan Williams, at minicamp. \/ Benny Sieu-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 Thursday wasn\u2019t only the last practice of Green Bay Packers minicamp. It was the last practice as team president and CEO for Mark Murphy.<\/p>\n After Brandon McManus made a 58-yard field goal to eliminate a final 40-minute period, coach Matt LaFleur invited Murphy into the post-practice huddle. Murphy\u2019s breakdown: \u201cOne, two, three, Super Bowl!\u201d<\/p>\n LaFleur likes his team and the potential of competing for the Super Bowl. And for good reason following back-to-back playoff appearances. He\u2019s happy with the work put in during the offseason program, which concluded with two weeks of organized team activities and this week\u2019s three-day minicamp.<\/p>\n The six weeks between now and the first practice of training camp on July 23 will be just as important.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody feels good this time of the year,\u201d LaFleur said. What was \u201cmost positive,\u201d he said, was the attendance, with the \u201cmajority of our guys here for the duration\u201d of the offseason program.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you\u2019ve got to continue to work. Just because we\u2019re done now, it goes on to the next phase, and now we have 40 days roughly before the start of training camp. You can\u2019t take your foot off the gas for one second in this league, because if you do, people are going to bypass you.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to keep pushing. These guys, they shoulder most of that responsibility in regards to how they go about training and taking care of their bodies and doing the things that they need to do to get ready to go when we get back here for the start of camp.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Murphy, the players signed a helmet to give him as a parting gift to mark the end of his 18-year run atop the organization. His replacement, Ed Policy, also was at practice.<\/p>\n \u201cI think I can speak for everybody within our football space just how appreciative we are of Mark, the kind of leader that he is,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI think as great of a leader he is, he\u2019s an even better man.<\/p>\n \u201cJust appreciative of the opportunity to be a part of this great organization. It\u2019s certainly changed my life, my family\u2019s life. I also love the way he leads. He\u2019s going to let you do your job, but he\u2019s also there and he\u2019s very supportive all along the way, through the good times and the not-so-good times. He\u2019s very special to all of us here.\u201d<\/p>\n Cornerback Nate Hobbs, who did not practice on Wednesday, was back on the field for the final practice.<\/p>\n However, three additional players were out for the final day of the offseason, with receiver Jayden Reed, cornerback Kamal Hadden and safety Omar Brown joining the rehab group on the sideline. They joined a group of 10 players who missed the entire minicamp: linebacker Quay Walker, receiver Christian Watson, cornerback Micah Robinson, cornerback Kalen King, safety Zayne Anderson, defensive end Collin Oliver, offensive linemen Aaron Banks, John Williams and Elgton Jenkins, and receiver Julian Hicks.<\/p>\n Asked if there was any concern that Quay Walker, Rasheed Walker, Reed or Banks could miss the start of training camp, LaFleur said: \u201cI would say hopefully not.\u201d<\/p>\n Jenkins, who is being moved to center, skipped the voluntary part of the offseason and didn\u2019t practice during the minicamp. During a field-goal period, he and general manager Brian Gutekunst talked for several minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cI talked to Elgton about this,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI think since he\u2019s been back here, the communication\u2019s been great between him and I. I expect him to be ready to go when we come back. He\u2019s a guy that I really respect how he works. The product, obviously, that he\u2019s put out there from an individual standpoint has been pretty impressive. He\u2019s fought through some adversity, but he\u2019s going to be a big part of this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Second-year lineman Travis Glover, as was the case all week, did offensive line drills with a trainer rather than with the coaches.<\/p>\n The seven-on-seven drill is as competitive as it gets for spring football. The receivers are running routes at full speed. The defensive backs are going full speed to keep up.<\/p>\n With the ball just inside the 20-yard line on the second play of a seven-on-seven red-zone period, Jordan Love went deep to receiver Matthew Golden. Nate Hobbs, who missed practice on Wednesday, made a leaping breakup in the end zone.<\/p>\n \u201cBringing a guy like Nate Hobbs in, who\u2019s got experience, as well, we\u2019ll see what he ends up doing, whether it\u2019s nickel or corner, but he looks good so far,\u201d Love said this week. \u201cHe\u2019s a very physical corner, nickel, whatever they put him at. The more we get around him, the more we keep seeing him, the first start I\u2019ve seen he looks pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n – Throughout OTAs and the first two days of minicamp, practice ended with competitive 2-minute drills. Not on Thursday. After a half-speed 11-on-11 period, 40 minutes was put on the scoreboard for what appeared to be a special teams period.<\/p>\n However, LaFleur announced to the team, if kicker Brandon McManus could make a 58-yard field goal, that period would be canceled. The snap and hold were good, and McManus\u2019 kick split the uprights with plenty of distance to spare. The team began to celebrate with the ball in midair.<\/p>\n – Including that kick, it appeared McManus made all nine field-goal attempts on a blustery Thursday. His two sets of four kicks ended with boots of 47 and 51 yards.<\/p>\n \u201cI was obviously upset about my performance in that game,\u201d McManus said on Wednesday, referencing his missed field goal in the playoff game at Philadelphia. \u201cYou kind of get away. I spent time with my wife and kids and then get right back into things here. I\u2019m excited to be around the team and around everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n – During his second set of seven-on-seven snaps in the red zone, Jordan Love started with touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft against Xavier McKinney, Romeo Doubs against Kitan Oladapo and Matthew Golden.<\/p>\n The touchdowns to Kraft and Golden had wildly different velocities, with Love throwing a 100 mph fastball to Kraft and then using touch to get it over the defense and to Golden in the back of the end zone. On the touchdown to Doubs, Love looked to the left flat, which perhaps created an opening in the back of the end zone for Doubs.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Jordan\u2019s been more vocal, and we need him to be, quite honestly,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cHe\u2019s got to take that upon himself. I just don\u2019t know many quarterbacks in this league who aren\u2019t the voice of not only the offense but their team. All the great ones do it.\u201d<\/p>\n – The final three competitive plays of the summer were passes to Cornelius Johnson. After a productive 2-minute drill on Wednesday, the first-year player from Michigan caught touchdown passes from Sean Clifford and Taylor Elgersma. The pass by Elgersma was the most impressive of the offseason by the Canadian import, a rocket of a pass thrown with confidence and accuracy.<\/p>\n – After two days with Jordan Morgan at left guard and Donovan Jennings at left guard, the Packers rolled with Morgan at left tackle and Kadeem Telfort at left guard. Jennings worked with the backups, where he got some work at center.<\/p>\n – Bo Melton once again was a two-way player. More of his focus on Thursday was receiver. The first snap of the day had him with receivers Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks, tight end Tucker Kraft and running back Josh Jacobs.<\/p>\n – The first snap on defense: Rashan Gary and Lukas Van Ness as the defensive ends, Kenny Clark and Devonte Wyatt as the defensive tackles, Edgerrin Cooper and Isaiah McDuffie as the linebackers, Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine as the corners, Nate Hobbs in the slot, and Xavier McKinney and Evan Williams as the safeties.<\/p>\n – Cornerback Gregory Junior, who was signed only a few weeks ago, got a little first-team action at corner.<\/p>\n The first practice of training camp will be held on Wednesday, July 23. Most of the team will report a day earlier.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the guys will be coming in a few days early,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have the quarterbacks, the rookies and some of our injured players. It\u2019s a pretty long list, so we\u2019ll have half the team back here a little bit early.\u201d<\/p>\n What is the team capable of? Here\u2019s what Devonte Wyatt said:<\/p>\n \u201cThe sky\u2019s the limit. That\u2019s all there is to say. Super Bowl. If we all just come together and do what you just said, the sky\u2019s the limit for us. We\u2019re all still young. I don\u2019t know what everybody\u2019s contract looks like but, for this year, for us to have what we have, we can make that happen, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 Thursday wasn\u2019t only the last practice of Green Bay Packers minicamp. It was the last practice as team president and CEO for Mark Murphy. 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<\/p>\nMinicamp Attendance<\/h3>\n
Play of the Day<\/h3>\n
Extra Points<\/h3>\n
Lineup Notes<\/h3>\n
What\u2019s Next: Packers Training Camp<\/h3>\n
Quote of the Day?<\/h3>\n