Packers News: Rookie wide receiver trio, early 2019 mock draft

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 01: Equanimeous St. Brown #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish carries the ball in for his second touchdown of the first quarter against the Syracuse Orange at MetLife Stadium on October 1, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 01: Equanimeous St. Brown #6 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish carries the ball in for his second touchdown of the first quarter against the Syracuse Orange at MetLife Stadium on October 1, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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Analysis of the Green Bay Packers’ rookie wide receiver trio, an early 2019 mock draft, and more in the Packers News Report.

Good morning and welcome to the Packers News Report for Friday, June 1. Happy June to you all. That means we’re a month closer to the start of the regular season.

The Green Bay Packers are preparing for the new season, and their OTAs continue this week. They practice again today before taking the weekend off. They will finish up OTAs next week, from June 4-7 before mandatory minicamp begins on June 12.

Here’s an update from OTAs from Ryan Wood of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Now, there’s a difference between intercepting Aaron Rodgers in practice and doing it in a real game. But it’s an encouraging early sign nonetheless.

Here’s a roundup of the latest Green Bay Packers articles from around the internet.

Packers news and notes from around FanSided

New WR trio has intriguing potential (With the First Pick – Maxwell Ogden)

Green Bay needed more depth at wide receiver. General manager Brian Gutekunst agreed, using three final day draft picks at the position. Maxwell Ogden of With the First Pick wrote about the potential the three new receivers have in Green Bay’s offense.

2019 NFL Mock Draft: Oakland Raiders put AFC on notice (NFL Mocks – Erik Lambert)

It’s never too early for a mock draft. Erik Lambert of NFL Mocks has made his latest projections for the 2019 NFL Draft. Interestingly, he has the Packers picking at No. 21. And it comes as no surprise that he uses the pick to address the pass rush.

More news and notes from around the internet

Veteran additions will pay dividends for Packers (Cheesehead TV – Chris Peterson)

Oren Burks out to show he’s versatile on, off the field (ESPN – Rob Demovsky)

Jimmy Graham has ‘really connected’ with Aaron Rodgers (PackersWire – Zach Kruse)

Packers 2017 Running Game, Part 3: Breaking plays through individual effort (Acme Packing Company – Bob Fitch)

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