-- Two minicamp practices are in the books, and at this point, there still isn't much room to make any judgment calls on who's going to be what in 2018 -- save that for training camp.
With 16 veterans excused from the Green Bay Packers' three-day stretch of mandatory minicamp this week, that also leaves more reps on the field for players with five or fewer years of experience under their belts.
Among those veterans was quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who will be entering his 14th NFL season, and his 11th as a starter. That's good news for his backups trying to not only win position battles, but in the undrafted Tim Boyle's case, a roster spot.