For most members of the Green Bay Packers’ roster, it’s summer break time. The Packers wrapped up minicamp on Thursday with a third and final practice for the week, after which veterans were released for the summer. Rookies will stick around for one more week of OTAs, but for most players, the time off begins now.
It’s a well-earned rest for many of these players, who have been hard at work for the past two months or so since arriving back at the Lambeau Field facilities for the spring workout program. This early dismissal gives them just under seven weeks off before they will need to report for training camp on July 28th.
With the break upcoming, let’s take a look back at this week’s minicamp and really all of OTAs to see what takeaways we can glean from the various practices that have taken place in the past few weeks. From Lukas Van Ness terrorizing the Packers’ offense to MarShawn Lloyd staying in one piece (knock on wood) to Trey Smack’s up-and-down first few weeks, it has been an eventful spring, so let’s get some final impressions before we head into the NFL’s dead zone.