With the battle for the Packers’ backup quarterback spot in full swing, we’re taking a look at one of the team’s options for the coveted spot: Michael Pratt.
Paul RudderEnglish_ASUpdate: Aug 18th, 2024 12:14 EDT0
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The Green Bay Packers have got themselves a starting quarterback in the form of Jordan Love, but where the team’s backup QB is concerned, there is now an intense fight for the spot between Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt ahead of the start of the 2024-25 NFL season.
Introducing Michael Pratt
As a seventh-round selection with the no. 245 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Michael Pratt didn’t exactly turn heads. That’s not to say the Tulane product didn’t have a solid college career as evidenced by the fact that he passed for 1,806 passing yards and 20 touchdown passes in his freshman year, while also rushing for 229 yards and eight touchdowns. He did even better as a sophomore, completing 57.6% of his passes for 2,381 yards and 21 touchdowns with eight interceptions. to that end, it was no surprise that he entered his junior season on the watchlist for the Maxwell Award.
Jordan Love coaching Packers rookie QB Michael Pratt on technique.Michael told me Jordan’s helped his film study, too.“He’ll be like, ‘Hey, Mike, who's the O-line got, who are they working to, what’s the protection?’ Jordan has done a great job…asking me tough questions.” pic.twitter.com/7gmLjV2osG
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) July 24, 2024
Of course, that’s all in the past, and what matters here and now is the present where the Boca Raton-born signal caller finds himself in a fight for the backup quarterback spot for the Green Bay Packers. That said, if you ask Pratt himself, he insists he just wants to improve so that he can be part of the roster.”I think every week, every day, every rep, you kind of just get better and feel more comfortable. I think kind of being in that game setting and operating, there’s things that people don’t even think about. Working the huddle, working the clock,” Pratt said. “All those things are factors that are involved that you don’t even think about. Just kind of being in that position and going through the motions with it, and operating just definitely gives you a little bit more confidence because you’ve been in that moment before.”
