Anne-Marie from Naperville, IL

So, I'm writing a document for work and used ATMR (WCBW). Thanks for giving me cover.

We do our best.

Jim from Mundelein, IL

What is your first observation about the GB players you have seen in this offseason?

Watching the 11-on-11 Wednesday, I sensed an aggressive mentality from the defense and a calm focus from the offense. Nothing too surprising. More specifically, I thought edge rushers Lukas Van Ness and Brenton Cox Jr. were really on the attack, but the caveat is the pads don't go on until two months from now.

Dennis from Toledo, OH

Greetings II community, so 16 players couldn't practice on Day 2 of OTA. About five are obvious, can you help me understand how so many guys can up lame on Day 2? This is non-contact drills stuff, right? In my head they've had several months of recuperation and adequate time to prepare for expectations of an NFL camp. Obviously Day 2 in May is nothing but could it be a prelude to something?

Of the 16 who did not practice, nine of them were players I did not expect to see practicing, eight of them due to injuries from last season. As for the other seven, players have been going through five weeks of strength/conditioning and other workouts, so stuff happens. A couple years back, both Tucker Kraft and Zach Tom tore pectoral muscles during offseason workouts and missed all of OTAs. Part of the deal.

David from Riverwoods, IL

As we learned last season, it's not how you start, it's how you finish. I'm fine with the medical staff buying time with our returning injured players to make sure they are good to go for the long haul.

Amen to that.

Jon from Willmar, MN

How soon will we know more on Josh Jacobs?

No idea. The next step is for the DA's office to make a charging decision, and what those charges would be, if any.

David from Janesville, WI

Gents, I'm an Emanuel Wilson fan, but folks in an uproar about the current RB situation should remember he was a waiver wire pickup. If there is a period of time that for whatever reason Jacobs can't go, the Packers have in-house candidates and if necessary running back is perhaps one of the easier positions to find an outside resource to come in and contribute quickly. Plus, it's not even June. If needed I'm betting the next Emanuel Wilson is out there, the organization just needs to find him.

Couldn't agree more.

Nik from Moore, SC

Has anyone even bothered to ask Bo Melton if he can play running back?

He's done it in a gadget role. He's got 16 carries for 110 yards in his career. But I don't think pounding his 5-11/189 frame into the pile 15 times a game would be all that prudent or productive.

Nick from Richmond, VA

To your point about the second half of the Bears game, I want to point out the three wins the Bears have over us the last two years have all been due to special teams failures: punt return TD, dropped onside kick, missed field goals…if not for those issues this renewed rivalry would look very different. Just shows how important all three phases of the game are and I hope the new coordinator can get us back on track.

I don't think you're saying anything folks don't already know, and everyone wants to see Cam Achord's units succeed. But as I said many times last winter, the special teams lapses specifically in the two losses to the Bears last season were not on coaches but on individuals who were put in good positions and simply failed to do their jobs. As for moving forward, those individuals are no longer here.

Chuck from Pensacola, FL

Many moons ago the Packers drafted to stop Randy Moss and of course it wasn't successful. Whether it would have been successful or not I'd have been happy putting the same effort into most recent draft to stop Caleb. He's going to be a big problem for the foreseeable. Is it bad to draft to stop one player or complement one player?

Yes. There are way too many considerations to narrow a draft focus in that fashion. Back in '99, the Randy Moss angle became a convenient narrative after his monster rookie year, but the fact is Ron Wolf was looking at a cornerback room after '98 that had Tyrone Williams and basically nobody else, either due to injuries or aging/unproven players. The overhaul had to happen regardless.

Bill from Fort Worth, TX

Following on to Gene from Winston Salem's comments about RJ Maryland. As an SMU season ticket holder, I saw a large sample size of before and after his injury. He just didn't seem to be the same explosive downfield threat he was prior, but with recoveries varying, I'm hoping that'll come back in time and he can be SMU's next Chris Banjo.

That's a lot to live up to, as Banjo carved out a heck of a career as an undrafted guy. He's one of my favorite "longshots" to come through here and make it. As for Maryland, let's hope being another year removed from his injury helps him get back to his former self.

Damien from Australia

After reading reports from around the internet on the OTAs, it sounds like Warren Brinson was getting a decent chunk of reps. Perhaps flying under the radar for a second-year jump?

We'll see. Brinson, Karl Brooks and Chris McClellan were all taking first-team reps on the interior D-line alongside Javon Hargrave with Devonte Wyatt not practicing yet. It's an important time for all those guys to show something.

Jack from Chicago, IL

The general consensus appears to be that Zaire Franklin will wear the green dot if that responsibility is not taken by Xavier McKinney. Is it possible Edgerrin Cooper takes that role and is the ILB who never leaves the field?

LaFleur confirmed in his comments before Wednesday's practice that Franklin is wearing the green dot.

Ben from Bismarck, ND

Will the NFL reconnoiter the field in Brazil prior to the Ravens vs. Cowboys game this year after the Packers and Eagles debacle?

The Ravens and Cowboys are playing in Rio, not Sao Paulo, so different stadium. Last year, the Chiefs and Chargers played in Arena Corinthians where the Packers and Eagles met, and I don't remember hearing much about the field.

Terry from Green Bay, WI

Good morning II. Wes did a good job yesterday updating us on the new assistant coaches. I've always wondered if it's better to have a long-term coach (James Campen) that everyone loves or to have someone new come in every couple years. Hopefully, the new guy would have some new tips or tricks that would help even the veterans. And to follow up on another issue – the subject of division games being played internationally, would the league schedule both games between those teams internationally?

When it comes to assistant coaches, there are benefits to both stability and change, and no coach can stay the same forever anyway. What matters is whether the coach can reach the players and get their buy-in, and coaches (new or old) who prove to players they can help their careers get that buy-in.

Matt from New Richmond, WI

Players develop upon getting into the league and get stronger, play faster and learn more tools of the trade. I would assume kickers can get more accurate and most add some distance to their range as they develop. What type of range increase do most kickers see between college and the NFL? I am excited to see Trey Smack grow and don the Green and Gold, hopefully for a long time.

I don't know if every kicker adds distance as he develops in the pros, or if there's any specific range for those who do. I think it depends on the kicker, how refined his mechanics are, whether he can learn to swing harder without losing accuracy, that sort of thing. I don't recall Mason Crosby adding a lot of distance over his career, as he hit numerous long kicks in college, and Justin Tucker made a 61-yarder his second year in the NFL. Then again, a soccer player who didn't play football in college like Brandon Aubrey has a seemingly unknown ceiling he's still exploring.

Jacob from Eyota, MN

Hi guys, I read an intentionally bold predictions article somewhere a few months ago that guessed in 10 years the NFL would be playing flag football. I get what the writer was saying and I could see it happening in 15-20 years. Do you think the lack of violence/collisions/physicality would cause it to become less popular? Wouldn't it be a less skilled version of basketball? You don't have to dribble in football, and the goal line is bigger than a hoop. Keep up the great work!

Interesting questions. The violence of the game drove its rising popularity in the '70s and '80s, and the shift to the player safety era hasn't damaged its popularity at all, thanks in part to competitive balance, dramatic finishes and gambling/fantasy. I think somewhere down the road we'll see more flag-football-ish rules to protect quarterbacks – whose injuries dramatically change competitive balance – before the entire game goes to flags, though.

Mike from Vancouver, WA

I wasn't aware that the gametime audio feed with Wayne and Larry is available outside of the Wisconsin market. How does one tap into that? I would much prefer the hometown announcers to the network guys any day of the week.

The audio is available through our website on desktop browsers anywhere in the world. We post a link to it every gameday. If you're on a mobile device, you have to be within 100 miles of Lambeau Field to access it, per NFL restrictions.

Dennis from Ottawa, IL

Don't really have a question, an observation about a topic from "Packers Unscripted." Discussion was about how long you could call your new studio, new. In football someone starting in the league is a "rookie" until they have completed a year of service. So following that your studio could be called "new" for the first year. However you wish to describe it, it is new and looks very nice.

It's a treat for us. Almost makes us feel like we did something to deserve it. Maybe the studio will get a sponsor soon and that'll take care of the intro.

Doug from Roberts, WI

LOL! "Hand me two months of PTO." But seriously, Mike, what does the organizational chart look like between you and BG? Is your relationship a solid line or a dotted line?

Ha. The simplest way to put it is I'm on a different chart.

Dave from Comer, GA

Hey Mike, when you cast your lot this weekend, is that a slow retrieve, a jigging motion, or a topwater kind of thing?

Slow retrieve, the same way a crappie takes the bobber down. The lake awaits, see you next week. Happy Friday.

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