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One of the first passes thrown by Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay Packers camp was as noteworthy for who was competing for the ball as much as the play's result.
Cornerback Kevin King Corey Grant Jersey , locked in coverage deep against receiver Randall Cobb, appeared to wrestle away an interception, though the ever-competitive quarterback disputed that call.
Coach Mike McCarthy took a diplomatic approach.
"Yeah, I'm a head coach so I thought it was an excellent play by both guys," McCarthy said Friday, drawing laughs. "I like the way Randall finished with the ball but I like the position that Kevin was in."
Outcome aside, the most important takeaway might be that two players who could be pivotal to Green Bay's success are healthy again.
Cobb revealed Friday that he had ankle surgery after offseason workouts. He was spotted at an airport with a walking boot on his right foot last month.
Doctors "went in and pretty much just removed a piece of cartilage that was giving me some problems," Cobb said . "Obviously not that big of a deal. But feeling a lot better than I did before."
Enough so that the senior member of the Packers receiving corps is a full go in camp .
"I think the first call, the first play ... where the ball goes deep to Randall, I think that tells you the kind of shape (Cobb is in)," McCarthy said.
Cobb's health is important for a receiving corps that lost Jordy Nelson after the respected veteran was cut in the offseason in a money-saving move. It left Cobb and Davante Adams as the Packers' top wideouts, plus a bevy of young players competing for targets that once went to Nelson.
"At this point Miles Killebrew Jersey , it's just getting my conditioning back. I was here the entire offseason working with our strength and conditioning staff trying to get back and get right," Cobb said.
King had left shoulder surgery after his injury-shortened rookie year. The shoulder maligned him for much of last season, and King was limited to individual workouts in the offseason as he recovered.
But King is a full go now, and his interception against Cobb in practice Thursday offered a glimpse of King's full potential when healthy. He is talented enough to be the Packers' top cornerback.
King wasn't done. On the next play, he broke up a throw for receiver Geronimo Allison and ended up hitting the ground.
"I could have done that last year," King said in the locker room.
Maybe, but he might have been in pain.
The shoulder no longer hurts, King said. The injury during his rookie season also sharpened his mental game.
"Mentally, it elevated me. It's been positive for me," King added.
A healthy King could do wonders at a cornerback position beleaguered by injuries the last couple of years. The 6-foot-3 King has the length to play effective press coverage for new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
Now King just needs to stay on the field after making 31 tackles in nine games last season, including five starts.
"There's no question about Kevin's ability and his level of talent and the ability to play," McCarthy said. "Yes Luke Kuechly Jersey , he made two competitive plays on the ball. ... The biggest thing I'm happy about is Kevin's healthy and he's come back from the shoulder surgery and is off to a good start."
NOTES: OLB Nick Perry, who is starting camp on the physically-unable-to-perform list, said he had no concerns about being ready for the opener on Sept. 9 against Chicago. Perry, who had offseason ankle surgery, and Clay Matthews are the veteran leaders at a position otherwise short on experience and production. "We're still going to take it one day at a time just to make sure that everything goes smoothly and I'm here for the long haul," Perry said. ... Rodgers and TE Jimmy Graham showed rapport in connecting for some tough pass plays during team drills. Graham was signed in the offseason as a free agent. ... A pass from Rodgers over the middle during a two-minute drill was picked off at the goal line by ILB Blake Martinez. ... Two backups, QB DeShone Kizer and TE Robert Tonyan, connected on a 15-yard scoring pass in coverage for the offense's only score in two-minute drill work.
Next seasonâs defending champion Washington Capitals will look a lot like the group that won the Stanley Cup last month.
They re-signed defensemen John Carlson and Michal Kempny and forward Devante Smith-Pelly and have so far only lost fourth-line center Jay Beagle and backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer from their title-winning roster.
Yet the few changes could be substantial for the Capitals, most notably new coach Todd Reirden taking over for Barry Trotz with a roster that is so similar that the expectation will be another deep playoff run.
âThereâs going to be many things that stay the same, but thereâs gonna be some things that I think I have to be cognizant of,â Reirden said as he was introduced Tuesday. âI want to create an environment where players are going to continue to be challenged with new ideas and new ways to improve their games.â
Based on the continuity of promoting a four-year assistant, general manager Brian MacLellan and Reirden expect this to be a âseamless transition.â Set aside the awkward circumstances of Trotzâs departure and the Capitals had been grooming Reirden for a head coaching job somewhere in the NHL for some time now.
Reirden was the finalist for Calgaryâs job two years ago and in retrospect is glad that didnât work out. His first NHL head coaching job happens to be this one Tyler Kroft Jersey , as just the fourth coach in the past 30 years to assume control of a Cup champion.
With the vast majority of the roster back, Alex Ovechkin coming off a playoff MVP performance and almost the entire defense he helped develop back to try to repeat, the pressure is on.
âToddâs at that point in his career where heâs earned a head coaching job,â MacLellan said. âHeâs put in all the work. Heâs got all the experience. Itâs just a matter of seeing him take control. I have all the faith in the world that he can accomplish it. Heâs just ready to do it right now.â
Beagle signed a four-year, $12 million contract with the Canucks, and the Capitals traded Grubauer and defenseman Brooks Orpik to the Avalanche to clear the cap space they needed to ink Carlson to a $64 million, eight-year deal. Orpik could still return after Colorado bought him out and made him a free agent, which could mean 18 of 19 players who skated in the Cup-winning Game 5 against Vegas are on the roster to begin next season.
âItâs one of those offseasons where youâre not trying to make a change because you like what you have culturally,â MacLellan said. âThis group really seems to like playing together and thereâs a good chemistry there, so I think it was our decision to try to (keep) as much as we could.â
That did not extend to Trotz, who wanted to be paid closer to market value for a Cup-winning coach than the automatic extension that kicked in with a small raise from his previous salary. MacLellan believes Reirden can build on what Trotz started, and the 47-year-old new Capitals coach is confident in his abilities because of how much responsibility he had the past two seasons as associate coach.
âWe all had input in it in what our decisions were made Russell Bodine Jersey ,â Reirden said. âI feel strongly about the direction of our team and the style that we played during the year that it wasnât necessarily just one personâs idea, but it was our whole staff that had large input into how our team was going to play.â
The Capitals will need one assistant coach to replace Trotz choice Lane Lambert, but will keep the rest of the staff intact. Theyâll look to Travis Boyd or recently signed Nic Dowd to replace Beagle. And if they canât bring back Orpik, theyâll likely find a veteran defenseman to play on the third pair.
Thatâs about all thatâs different when the Stanley Cup banner is raised to the rafters Oct. 3, which is no accident.
âWeâre always looking to improve certain areas,â MacLellan said. âWe always look at, `Weâve got a hole here. We need to fix that.â Or, `This is a way we can get to that next level.â Weâve always had that type of attitude. This year, itâs trying to maintain what we had.â
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