Do you have an overarching philosophy for special teams?
Rodgers: “I don’t know that it’s any different from what most guys would say. You’re trying to figure out what the players do best and put them in those positions as often as possible. Individually, we’re trying to scheme things for them to play fast. I’ve said this to our players and I’ve said it in the past: We acquire players who may run 4.4 at The Combine. I don’t want them playing at 4.7, 4.8 because they are thinking too much. We’re trying to make it as simple as possible for them to react and we’re trying to train them in practice for how we’d like them to react. As many guys as we get on the same page, the better.”
How is that process coming along?
Rodgers: “There’s 10 practices and we’re on practice nine right now. It’s not like we spent 10 practices working on one phase. You get two or three days on each phase. Day 1 is usually a little bit rusty because the guys are trying to figure out exactly what we’re teaching. Day 2 is a little bit better and by Day 3 we’re doing something else. We’re trying to give them a feel for what we’d like them to do, how we’re going to train them and then when we get into training camp, being able to accelerate and grow from there.”
