While the Rodgers’ circus hung over Green Bay’s mandatory mini-camp this week, there were exciting developments that didn’t involve the perturbed quarterback.
“Yeah, I definitely feel it was a good day for me and for everybody else as well,” Love said after practice.
If the Packers eventually trade Rodgers for a bevy of picks and players, they’ll almost certainly take a step — or three — back in 2021.
“You’ve got to treat every day as its own entity and you can’t rest on what you did the day before whether it’s good or bad,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said.
Dillon — a second round pick in 2020 — could be an upgrade from Jamaal Williams, who departed in free agency.
“I think we can be the best running back tandem in the NFL,” Dillon said.
“For me, like I said, I’m going to have my days, stack my days, have that turn to weeks, weeks to months, months to years.
Green Bay ranked ninth in total defense last season, the first time it cracked the top-10 since 2010.
“I feel like both coaches are great coaches,” Packers outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith said when asked to compare Barry and Pettine.
LaFleur will have to live with the extremely questionable decision of kicking a field goal late in last year’s NFC Championship Game with his team trailing, 31-23.
I have covered the Green Bay Packers for several media outlets since 2001, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s “Packer Plus” and currently Conley Media.