Playbook won't be new when Packers hit the practice field

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GREEN BAY – By the time the first practice of training camp rolls around in another six days, the Packers probably will be sick of reviewing film in meetings.


But that's sort of the point.


If there's a silver lining to all the limitations and changes regarding how Head Coach Matt LaFleur is preparing his team, it's that the players will mentally be in a better place with their playbooks before the first practice than they've ever been.


After all the virtual meetings in the offseason, followed by walk-throughs on top of meetings through the first two weeks of training camp, LaFleur said the players will have gone through all the playbook installations twice before they take the field.


"We'll have gotten all our installs in, and then when we get to the practice portion, we're going to re-install," LaFleur said Sunday in a media session.


That process begins on the field Saturday, and LaFleur's optimism about the process stems from the positive reviews the players gave regarding the virtual meeting structure in the spring.


The assistant coaches pre-recorded a majority of those playbook installations, which allowed players to review them on their own and make the live sessions with their position groups more productive.


"They could hit the pause button and rewind and take notes and ask great questions when they did get with their coaches," LaFleur said. "So it just really allowed those players, those individuals to learn at their own pace."