GREEN BAY – The Packers’ reserve items dealt with Baltimore’s in a 30-7 victory within the preseason finale Saturday at Lambeau Subject.
Listed below are 5 takeaways because the preseason has wrapped up and roster choices loom on Tuesday:
- There is no clear winner within the kicking competitors.
Each Anders Carlson and Greg Joseph had their ups and downs over the previous month, and each made an enormous kick Saturday from 50-plus yards. Carlson was good from 54, barely clearing the crossbar, and Joseph from 55 with loads to spare.
Joseph additionally hit from 36 yards out, however late within the sport Carlson missed broad proper from the left hash from simply 32, leaving quite a lot of uncertainty as to what route the Packers will go.
“That is not even a query for me,” Head Coach Matt LaFleur mentioned, deferring to Basic Supervisor Brian Gutekunst, although LaFleur didn’t rule out scouring the waiver wire to see who’s on the market. “We have got a very good pattern dimension, after which we’ll see what occurs simply across the league.
“Definitely there have been some good moments … after which there is a poor second there the place we missed a chip shot. Lotta good, some we all know we could be higher at, and we’ll wait and see.”
- Identical goes for backup quarterback.
Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt rotated each two possessions and every threw a TD cross – Clifford to Malik Heath over the center, and Pratt on a pleasant nook fade that Bo Melton leaped as much as snag. Each TDs bode nicely for Heath and Melton as robust finishes.
However Clifford (6-of-14, 53 yards) accomplished lower than half his passes, although he was underneath duress on a number of throws. In the meantime Pratt (8-of-12, 80 yards) threw a nasty interception in scoring territory, drilling a fast throw into the midsection of linebacker Trenton Simpson, after which compounding the error by operating as much as sort out Simpson and getting the wind knocked out of him.
Once more, LaFleur didn’t rule out wanting outdoors for one more quarterback who will get launched by one other crew.
“We’ll see,” LaFleur mentioned. “It is just like the kicking competitors by way of there have been some actually good moments, after which there have been some issues we completely need to do higher, after which we’ll consider all the pieces that is on the market for us.
“I assumed they competed exhausting. There is a couple throws you all the time need to have again.”