Inbox: It's an adjustment the Packers are prepared to make

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Jake from Lake Mills, WI


As a player and coach, there's always a sense of excitement and anxiousness and intensity that surrounds the first day or two of practice, especially when the pads come on. How does it feel for either of you two? Just another day on the job? Or is the energy so palpable you can't help but feel it, too?


There's definitely a palpable energy before the first practice of training camp. It has a first day of school-type feel. This year is even more special, given everything we've all been through over the last five months. I'm just excited to cover football again.


Mary from Billings, MT


Are you as pumped up as I am for the pads to come on?


Yes. But that won't come until next week. Teams need to have two unpadded practices and an off day before the pads can go on.


Mike from Mercer, WI


Gentlemen, which position group do you think has the better chance to be in sync at the start of the season considering they don't have the opportunities to practice them against each other all that much, the offense or the defense? Also, do the special teams have players that play on both kickoff and kick return teams? It seems to me that would be pretty difficult to practice since a player can't be in both places at the same time.


I'd say the defensive front has the best chance of being in sync because of how many key contributors return from last year's unit. I expect the Preston Smith, Za'Darius Smith, Kenny Clark, Dean Lowry and the rest of the group to hit the ground running, especially with how fresh everyone should be after a fully virtual offseason. The Packers invested heavily into the defense over the past two years and need that group to set the tone. And yes, they have several guys who play on both kickoff units – Will Redmond, Ty Summers and Oren Burks just to name a few.


Dean from Leavenworth, IN


Wes, I feel the excitement from 500 miles away. As the players hit the field today will you, Mike, John and Larry be on-hand to witness the first full practice of training camp? Will you have a live blog from the practice field?


Larry, Spoff and I will all be on-hand. They'll be on the sidelines and I'll be in the stands. We won't have a live blog but Spoff and I will be tweeting observations, in addition to our usual stories, videos and analysis later on packers.com.


Al from Green Bay, WI


Like everyone, I'm REALLY looking forward to the first practice Saturday. For best viewing, do you recommend my drone hover over the north or south end of the field?


What a time to be alive.


Dale from Lima, NY


The article about Kevin King revealed nicknames I hadn't known of before: "Sav" (for Darnell Savage) and "Smash" (for Adrian Amos). If you could give any current Packers player a nickname that would stick, (a) What would it be? (b) Who would it be for? And (c) Why?


First, I take full credit for "Big Bob" Tonyan. If you don't believe me, you can go back and look on Twitter. The same goes for my friend, Michael Cohen, who welcomed us to the " Tim Boyle Laser Show" two years ago. The other nickname I like to throw around is calling Tyler Lancaster, "The Juggernaut."