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The year taught him "how to be a pro," and it proved to be an invaluable apprenticeship learning behind veterans Za'Darius Smith and Preston Smith and Kyler Fackrell. Even though he didn't get an on-field offseason nor a full training camp of practices in Year 2, Ramsey knows he's much more NFL-ready now than at any point in 2019.
"I really didn't know anything about pass rush. I was just coming off the ball hard and fast. (Position) coach (Mike) Smith, he basically has the formula. It's like the 'Krabby Patty' formula," Ramsey said, a reference to the secret recipe of the hamburger sold in the fictional restaurant on the TV show "Sponge Bob Square Pants."
"Watching Z and Preston and Kyler just do it like it was second nature, that year gave me a lot of time to process all these moves and just combine it into my own thing."
At this point, Ramsey and rookie seventh-round draft pick Jonathan Garvin are the next two up at outside linebacker for the Packers behind the top three of the Smiths and 2019 first-round pick Rashan Gary.
Ramsey was not cleared for practice Monday (though he was on the field working out off to the side), so his availability for Week 1 at Minnesota is in question. The first official injury report of the week comes out Wednesday.
If he has to wait a while to get his first real NFL action, he's willing to be patient. Back in 2015, his second year at Arkansas, he was academically ineligible and missed the entire season before earning reinstatement and playing three more seasons there.