Packers look to create 'game-like' experience Sunday inside Lambeau Field

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GREEN BAY – To hear Head Coach Matt LaFleur tell it, Sunday's practice inside Lambeau Field will be the closest the Packers get to a "game-like experience" before their regular-season opener against the Minnesota Vikings.


To prepare his team for what lies ahead in two weeks, LaFleur will have players in full uniform for the third team practice inside the stadium bowl this summer. Some elements will be the same as a typical practice, with the usual walk-through, stretch period, individual drills and one-on-one work.


However, there also will be quite a few differences. Some members of the coaching staff will be on headsets from the press box, and there will be officials on-hand for the first time to help simulate game-day procedures.


It'll all culminate in a live scrimmage, the first inside the Lambeau Field stadium bowl since Family Night in 2013.


"It's going to be all unscripted," LaFleur said. "And hopefully we can get into some situational ball that happens naturally throughout the course of a game.


"I'm really excited to see how these guys respond to that situation, to hear the call, so they can go out there and play fast."


In the absence of the preseason, LaFleur has run a few live-tackling periods with young players to reinforce technique and gauge where everyone is at with what's being asked of them.