GREEN BAY, Wis. Control what you can control is right out of Coachspeak 101.Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur wishes all his players would be in attendance for the voluntary organized team activities. But thats something he cant control. As was the case last week, a number of key players were absent for the start of the second week of OTAs on Tuesday.While the attendance sheet is out of LaFleurs control, he seemed at least a little perturbed that so many players werent present. Under former coach Mike McCarthy, the Packers generally had full participation, or at least close to it, by the time OTAs were complete. So far, participation is considerably le s than 100 percent.Each guy has that right to make that choice, he said before practice. If youre asking me, I want everybody here. So, I think some of the thought proce s may have changed over whats transpired over the last two St. Louis Cardinals Jersey years, especially with our COVID situation where we didnt have OTAs. But my thing to our guys is, well, neither did anybody else. So, everybody had the same circumstances that they were dealing with. With everybody being open, you'd like to see as many guys as po sible here.One player who was present after mi sing at least part of last week was cornerback Rasul Douglas. A sensation last season after being grabbed off Arizonas practice squad, Douglas got his wish by re-signing early in free agency.The guys welcomed me in, Douglas said after practice. Honestly, my first home game here, I was thinking I want to be here forever.Douglas had five interceptions in his abbreviated first season with Green Bay, including a pair of pick-sixes, and allowed just a 44.6 percent completion rate, according to Sports Info Solutions. He dropped only one interception in 12 games but dropped one on Trevor Rosenthal Jersey Tuesday, when he showed his typically strong anticipation skills and burst to the ball.It feels good, to be back, he said, but nothings ever guaranteed , you know what Im saying? A contract means a contract, but at any time, if youre not doing what youre supposed to be doing, they can let you go. You just got to keep working.Scroll to ContinueWhile three receivers including Allen Lazard and Sammy Watkins were absent again, 31-year-old veteran Randall Cobb was doing his thing while wearing a hooded sweatshirt beneath his jersey on an 80-plus-degree day.Hes such a leader in that room, not only on offense, but hes been sitting there in those special teams meetings and doing a great job with that and being able to help a lot of these young guys out, LaFleur said.Here was the participation report from Tuesday.Not at practice: QB Aaron Rodgers, WR Amari Rodgers, WR Sammy Watkins, WR Allen Lazard, RB Patrick Taylor, TE Marcedes Lewis, OLB Rashan Gary, OLB Jonathan Garvin, OLB Randy Ramsey, OLB Preston Smith, CB Jaire Alexander, S Adrian Amos.Rehab group: LT David Bakhtiari (knee), OL Elgton Jenkins (knee), TE Robert Tonyan (knee), RB Kylin Hill (knee), DT Dean Lowry (unknown), DT Hauati Pututau (unknown). . Some other players had travel i sues.Our guys have done a really good job of letting us know when something comes up or they cant make it, LaFleur said. Apparently, it was pretty challenging getting into Green Bay last night. A lot of flights getting cancelled all acro s the country. So, were mi sing a couple guys that we had anticipated being here.LaFleur said the plan all along has been to keep Bakhtiari out until the start of training camp. He mi sed almost all of last season including the playoff lo s to San Francisco with the ACL tear sustained on New Years Eve 2020. QuarterbacksDuring the draft, that hed participate in a few days of OTAs Jose Martinez Jersey as well as the mandatory minicamp. Rodgers wasnt at OTAs last week. He might not be there this week, either, given that he and Tom Brady will battle Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in .A suming Rodgers doesnt fly to Green Bay for practice, to Las Vegas for golf and back to Green Bay for practice that means another week at the wheel for Jordan Love.Rodgers doesnt really need this time right now, so I enjoy it, Love said last week. Him not being here, it just means more reps for me and more reps for everybody else in the quarterback room. So, obviously, Im loving it.Last week, some of the competitive periods were split in two groups, with Love directing a group of mostly veterans and Kurt Benkert and Danny Etling leading a group of mostly younger players. Rookie (Mental) Wall Perhaps the most important facet of these offseason practices is the ability to get the rookies/newcomers up to speed with the scheme so they can hit the ground running and really compete during training camp.You can only take it one day at a time and just hope for a little bit of improvement each and every day and Stan Musial Jersey watch these guys go out there and play with confidence, coach Matt LaFleur said last week. I think a lot of young guys are just out there playing more off feel than really knowing all the intricate details. Theres a lot that goes into this and theres a lot of time spent teaching and theres just a lot going on in their mind when they're out there. So, the more they hear us and we can put them through different situations whether its walk-throughs or team (reps), you just hope for those incremental improvements each and every day from those guys.The challenge increases this week. For the rookies, they got a taste of the first two days of playbook installs during the rookie camp. Those were the focus of the practices on Monday and Tuesday last week. It was fresh material on Thursday, and will be again this week. Thats where its going to start to pile up on them a little bit, LaFleur said. So, I think thats where you can really kind of see more so into next week of where theyre at. Knock, Knock. Whos There? Last week, quarterback Aaron Rodgers, receivers Sammy Watkins and Allen Lazard, cornerbacks Jaire Alexander and Rasul Douglas, Tim McCarver Jersey outside linebackers Preston Smith, Rashan Gary, Jonathan Garvin and Randy Ramsey, and tight end Marcedes Lewis werent seen at Tuesdays voluntary practice.Watkins, the fourth pick of the 2014 draft, was signed in free agency. He played for the Rams in 2017, when LaFleur was offensive coordinator. Lazard has not signed his restricted free agent tender. Sammys done a nice job, LaFleur said. Hes been here throughout the majority of the offseason. I would say theres a lot of differences between our offense when we were together in L.A. and what were doing here, just in terms of maybe not conceptually, but how we call things and how we coach different things. So, theres certainly a lot for him to learn, but I think hes done a nice job. With Robert Tonyan rehabbing his torn ACL and Lewis absent,