GREEN BAY, Wis. – When the Green Bay Packers drafted Jaire Alexander in the first round in 2018, they got him ready by giving him a heaping helping of Davante Adams every day on the practice field.
When the Packers drafted Eric Stokes in the first round in 2021, they sent Stokes to the same school of hard knocks.
This summer, the pupils will become teachers. What better way to figure out if rookie receivers Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs and Samori Toure will be ready for prime time than to give them as many reps as possible against the Packers’ premier cornerback trio of Alexander, Stokes and Rasul Douglas?