This week, DeShone Kizer took necessary steps towards proving he can be a viable backup quarterback option for the Green Bay Packers. All offseason, Kizer has battled fourth-year backup quarterback Brett Hundley for the position as Aaron Rodgers’ second in command. However, with Kizer’s impressive second-half performance — 7 of 12, 149 yards, two TDs and a passer rating of 142 — he helped make the case that he’s Green Bay’s No. 2 option under center.
The former Cleveland Brown is a work in progress but he has shown flashes of quality play, at one point slinging an impressive pass to former UW-Whitewater WR Jake Kumerow which ended in an 82-yard TD.