Pettine: 'If guys are quiet, it's a problem'

[Cheesehead]

(on Montravius Adams)


"If I had to vote somebody or say who’s most improved from a year ago, I’d say Montravius. There’s a couple other guys in the discussion. But when I first got here and met him in the spring, my opinion wasn’t real high, and he knows that. We challenged him and I think Jerry Montgomery has done an outstanding job with ‘Mon.’ ‘Mon’ has taken the challenge, lost a bunch of weight. At the end of last year he was playing quality minutes and making some plays, and I would not have predicted that. The confidence at the end of last season he got, getting out there and playing – Hey, I can do this – really propelled him into the offseason to show up in April ready to go and he’s been impressive since he came back."


(on Tramon Williams)


"The elite nickels, slot corners in the league are the guys that have a high football intellect, they have some savvy there. There’s a lot more thinking involved in nickel than playing outside, and this is a guy who’s seen it all. He understands how to play with leverage, he understands how to disguise. He just has that wealth of experience. Even though you don’t see him as the most physically imposing guy, he can play the run, he can blitz. We hope he doesn’t have to go outside and play corner, but he can. We hope he doesn’t have to play safety, but he can. Those guys with versatility are always key to your depth."


Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett


(on excitement with Aaron Rodgers over a successful run play in Sunday’s practice)


"One thing we talk about a lot in the run game is it takes all 11. Their boot fake can help it especially when you have Aaron out there. When he runs out hard, he can fool a lot of guys. It was a good-looking play and Aaron did his job. You have to get excited about everything, even the little things."


(on the young receiving corps behind Davante Adams)


"That group, it’s a younger group. It think they’re all coming along. The good thing is it’s a lot of review from the offseason stuff and they’re all grasping it more every day. The big step early in camp is learning the system even better than you did before. You don’t want to have to go up to the line and think. All the guys have done a nice job of understanding the system."