What to Know: Packers sign safety Mike Brown to practice squad
By Paul Bretl
With an opening on the practice squad after promoting offensive lineman Caleb Jones to the active roster, the Green Bay Packers have signed safety Mike Brown, according to Matt Schneidman.
What to know about the Packers newest safety Mike Brown
Brown, who stands 6’0″ tall, weighs 218 pounds, and posted a RAS of 7.60, went undrafted this past spring out of Miami of Ohio, and is a very experienced collegiate player.
According to PFF ($$), Brown played 2,601 career snaps during his five years in college. He was targeted 146 times, allowing a completion rate of 63% and 13.1 yards per catch.
Brown also came away with three pass breakups, four interceptions, and 14 total quarterback pressures. For what it’s worth, he graded out quite well as a run defender during his career by PFF’s metrics and ranked 24th in his final season in run-stops out of 200 eligible safeties.
He lined up all over the field defensively for the Red Hawks, playing 503 snaps from the box, 355 as the free safety, 1,147 in the slot, and 235 as a boundary cornerback.
However, with all that said, what may be most intriguing to the Packers is Brown’s special teams experience. He has a whopping 701 career snaps in college, playing in all phases except for the field goal kick team.
With the addition of Brown, the Packers now have seven safeties between their active roster and the practice squad.
Defensively, the bulk of the playing time is going to belong to Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage, both of whom were the only safeties in Minnesota to take any defensive snaps.
Rudy Ford, Dallin Leavitt, and Tariq Carpenter will be primary special teams players–although Carpenter was inactive Week 1. Meanwhile, Micah Abernathy, who impressed during the preseason, was called up to the active roster against the Vikings and played six special teams snaps.
Currently, the Packers’ 53-man roster and practice squad are both at maximum capacity.