Bricks. Lots of bricks.
During practices in 2016 and 2017, the Green Bay Packers’ wide receivers could be spotted catching bricks on the sidelines. That is not a metaphor for bad throws from the team’s quarterbacks; it means the players were literally catching bricks during slow practice periods, in an effort to improve their grip strength.
The man behind that drill was Luke Getsy, who served as the team’s wide receivers coach in those two seasons after spending two years as a quality control assistant. Getsy left Green Bay prior to 2018, taking a job as offensive coordinator at Mississippi State University.