GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jarrett Boykin was talking about his least favorite topic: Jarrett Boykin.
At a position known for its prima donnas and attention-loving media darlings, there's only one reason the Green Bay Packers' third-year wide receiver had agreed to an interview.
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It's not that Boykin is antisocial. He's smart and engaging when he does talk,cheap hockey jerseys. He simply doesn't want or need the attention.
"That's just how I carry myself,china wholesale," Boykin said. "You guys can write the articles, you can tell the stories, but at the end of the day, I'm the one who has to go out there and prove what I've got to prove."
It is that obsession with proving himself that has driven Boykin to be the Packers' No. 3 receiver,nfl jerseys china, behind recently minted $39 million man Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, and still ahead of the rest of the pack - including rookie second-round pick Davante Adams - entering the Packers' preseason finale against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night at Lambeau Field.
"Clearly he's taken the next step. I just love the way he plays," coach Mike McCarthy said Tuesday. "He's physical, his toughness, he's relentless. I think he's exceptional at the top of his route. You see his strength and balance to separate from a DB. I think he's had an excellent camp."
Multiple times in training camp, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has expressed concern about where some younger players are within the offense as the Sept. 4 regular-season opener at defending Super Bowl-champion Seattle approaches.
Last week, Rodgers said of his young wide receivers and tight ends, "If you cannot line up right, if you can't get the checks and if you can't get what you're supposed to do every time - then there's no way you can possibly be on the field when I'm out there."
On Monday,mlb jerseys, Rodgers was at it again.
"They need to catch up," Rodgers told reporters. "I think some of them are playing the right way, and some of them have got to catch up. They're going to need to if they want to be on the field."
One person Rodgers hasn't felt that way about is Boykin, who played only 10 total snaps in the first four games of last season - he didn't play a single snap on offense in the opener and one snap against Washington in Week 2 - and hadn't caught a single pass until Cobb's leg injury at Baltimore on Oct. 13. After a 43-yard catch against the Ravens that day, Boykin went on to finish with 49 receptions for 681 yards and three touchdowns.
"The biggest thing that helped Jarrett is that he became an expert of our offense," Rodgers said. "And he spent a lot of time studying our offense,cheap baseball jerseys, getting in my ear,cheap nhl jerseys, wanting to hear what he needed to do to get on the field, what I expected of him in certain situations and certain route concepts. And if you're consistently in the right place at the right time, you can't help but make plays. The ball is going to find you."
Boykin didn't need the Packers to draft three wide receivers - Adams, Jared Abbrederis (fifth) and Jeff Janis (seventh) - to keep him from getting complacent.
"My whole mindset coming in this came was obviously continue to progress, get better and show that I know the system really well," said Boykin, who has three receptions for 21 yards through three preseason games. "Consistency - that was my overall focus, to be consistent in everything I do, whether it be releases, route running,wholesale nfl jerseys, run blocking, everything."
NOTES: To get to the NFL-mandated 75-man roster limit, the Packers placed nose tackle B.J. Raji (biceps), wide receiver Jared Abbrederis (knee), offensive lineman Don Barclay (knee), guard Andrew Tiller (calf), running back Rajion Neal (knee) and linebacker Joe Thomas (knee) on injured reserve. . The team reached an injury settlement with tight end Colt Lyerla,nfl jerseys cheap, who was waived/injured last week and had been on the team's injured reserve list. |
