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Packers News Report: Predicting Packers WR stats; worst offseason moves

By Freddie Boston

DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 31: Randall Cobb #18 of the Green Bay Packers runs for a touchdown against the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter at Ford Field on December 31, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - DECEMBER 31: Randall Cobb #18 of the Green Bay Packers runs for a touchdown against the Detroit Lions during the fourth quarter at Ford Field on December 31, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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Predicting the stats for the Green Bay Packers’ wide receivers this year, the team’s worst offseason moves, and more in the Packers News Report.

Good morning and welcome to the Packers News Report for Monday, June 11.

Bored waiting for the regular season to start? Here’s some good news: the Green Bay Packers will hold their three-day mandatory minicamp this week, starting on Tuesday.

The World Cup also begins this week, on Thursday. By the time the tournament finishes in July, it’ll almost be time for the Packers to begin training camp.

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

Packers news and notes from around FanSided

Predicting stats for Green Bay’s wide receivers in 2018 (Lombardi Ave)

How many receiving yards and touchdowns will each of Green Bay’s top receivers have this season? Nile McNair makes his predictions for Davante Adams, Randall Cobb, J’Mon Moore, Geronimo Allison and Equanimeous St. Brown ahead of the new season.

Green Bay’s three worst offseason moves of 2018 (Dairyland Express – Gage Bridgford)

New general manager Brian Gutekunst made a number of good moves this offseason, but not every one will turn out to be the right call. Gage Bridgford lists the worst three moves Green Bay has made this offseason.

Josh Jones can flourish limited to one position (NFL Spin Zone – Hunter Noll)

Josh Jones was asked to do a lot throughout his rookie year. As a result, Jones didn’t have the kind of season head coach Mike McCarthy was hoping for. As Hunter Noll of NFL Spin Zone writes, playing Jones primarily at safety this season makes sense, and could result in a big second-year jump from the talented defensive back.

More news and notes from around the internet

Former Packers RB catches Johnny Manziel’s first CFL touchdown pass (PackersWire – Zach Kruse)

Packers’ troubles with early round CBs have been matched by Lions’ misses at RB (Acme Packing Company – Shawn Wagner)

Eight things we discovered about Green Bay Packers during OTAs (247Sports – Brian Jones)

Corey Linsley doesn’t shy away from expectations (Packers.com – Wes Hodkiewicz)

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We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Packers News Report.

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