Packers Morning Buzz: Audible rumblings over Aaron Rodgers' take on Matt LaFleur's offense

Welcome to your Morning Buzz, rounding up news and views regarding the Green Bay Packers from around the web and here at PackersNews.com.

We'll start with Michael Silver of NFL.com writing about how Aaron Rodgers is adapting to the new offense being installed by coach Matt LaFleur. One of the major issues concerns Rodgers' ability to change plays by calling audibles, something he did freely under former coach Mike McCarthy but a freedom that isn't as well suited to LaFleur's offense.

Silver writes:

The LaFleur-Rodgers football marriage is still in its honeymoon phase, meaning there are some potentially hard conversations about how much leeway Rodgers will have at the line of scrimmage looming.

"It's a conversation in progress," Rodgers said when we spoke at his locker last Tuesday, punctuating his words with a short chuckle. "I don't think you want to ask me to turn off 11 years (of recognizing defenses). We have a number of check with mes and line-of-scrimmage stuff. It's just the other stuff that really not many people in this league can do.

"That's not like a humblebrag or anything; that's just a fact. There aren't many people that can do at the line of scrimmage what I've done over the years. I mean, obviously, Tommy (Brady) can do it, no doubt. Peyton (Manning) could do it. Drew (Brees) can do it. (Patrick) Mahomes will be able to do it. Ben (Roethlisberger) has called the two-minute for years. There are a few of us who've just done it; it's kind of second nature. And that's just the icing on the cake for what I can do in this offense."

So, to summarize: Rodgers wants to take advantage of his intelligence and experience to attack defenses, and LaFleur wants him to buy into a proven system that, because of its ambitious pre-snap activity and overall philosophy, restricts the quarterback's ability (and, theoretically, his incentive) to do so. This is not a mean-spirited staredown that will necessitate a clear winner emerging as its sole means of resolution. The situation is, however, somewhat tricky, and the way LaFleur and Rodgers navigate the terrain will go a long way toward determining whether the Pack's once-prolific attack gets back on track.

You can read Silver's entire article here:

Silver expounded on the article later Monday on NFL Network:

ICYMI, Tom Silverstein addressed the Rodgers-LaFleur dynamic a day earlier:

Jason Wilde writes about Rodgers' consistent campaigning for receiver Jake Kumerow for the Wisconsin State Journal:

Pro Football Focus puts the Packers' WR corps under the microscope:

Green Bay boosted its tight end depth:

The MMQB's Albert Breer thinks Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander could be a breakout star in 2010.

Breer writes:

Remember I said this (and if I’m wrong, I’m wrong): Packers CB Jaire Alexander has a good shot at being All-Pro, and maybe first-team All-Pro, in his second NFL season. He’s had a sparkling spring and has a coach, in coordinator Mike Pettine, who has a long history of making his corners (Darrelle Revis in New York, Stephon Gilmore in Buffalo, Joe Haden in Cleveland) shine. The cool part for Green Bay is, as GM Brian Gutekunst’s first draft pick, Alexander arrived after the team traded down and back up in the first round 2018, and picked up an extra 1 this year as a result. The Packers wound up using that pick, 30th overall, as part of a package to go up and take safety Darnell Savage with the 21st pick in April.

You can check out Breer's entire column here:

According to the Texans' training camp schedule (the Packers' has yet to be released):

Pepper Burruss, who served for decades as the Packers' head trainer before moving into a different position four years ago, is retiring:

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Cheesehead TV sizes up where the Packers stand entering their summer break:

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