Newhouse hasn't been activated all year...anyone hear anything on how he has looked in practice as season progressed?
"Wade" wrote:
For what it is worth:
The Packers post practice videos occasionally throughout the season of the team practicing. You get to see different groups of players practicing.
Last video posted from a practice (Dec. 1) shows the O-line group doing some drills. During Training Camp, Greg Bedard posted some videos and provided some commentary on what to look during these drills (how low the linemen were in their stance, their punching, their feet movement, etc.)
You can see the o-linemen running through a drill twice, and from it you can see Newhouse clearly having good feet movement and having a decent stance.
Take from that what you will. I have to say, though, that Sitton almost always sets the standard to compare everyone else to because he excels in almost all those areas during the videos. Probably the lowest stance, best feet movement, and amongst the best use of hands of any O-linemen on our team. Probably not surprising considering he is our best O-linemen.
From the videos, at least, Newhouse looks to have the physical tools you can work with. Ted also recently called him "very, very smart" so that is good, I guess. Other than that, it is difficult to judge his growth until he sees some action in games.
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