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Ty Summers Jersey Womens , Darius Jackson, Tony Brown After processing their final cuts and seeing no new faces awarded to the team on waivers, the Green Bay Packers made a few tweaks to their 53-man roster on Monday, adding a pair of players who had been released by other organizations. In addition, they added a pair of players to the practice squad to fill up that unit, with just one member of the ten-man squad having spent training camp elsewhere.The two 53-man additions are linebacker Korey Toomer and running back Darius Jackson, while cornerback Tony Brown joined the practice squad after being released by the Los Angeles Chargers. Looking at these three players more closely shows one clear connection that they all share: ridiculous athletic ability.All three of these players have blazing speed and all three have good short-area quickness Ty Summers Green Bay Packers Jersey , something that the Packers tend to prioritize. In addition, the two active roster additions showed off absurd explosiveness in workouts as well.Toomer entered the NFL in 2012 as a fifth-round draft pick of the Seattle Seahawks. Although he did not suit up for a regular season game until 2014, he has quietly become a solid reserve and special teams linebacker, and he started eight games in each of the last two seasons for the Chargers. As a bigger and more athletic player than departed Packer Ahmad Thomas, it’s clear to see that the Packers prioritized innate ability in adding this player.Meanwhile, Jackson — a sixth-round pick in 2016 — takes the spot on the active roster that none of the Packers’ reserve running backs could. And it’s again easy to see why when you look at his workout numbers.As for Brown, his going undrafted this spring was a surprise to many Aaron Rodgers Jersey , including this writer. His athletic traits fit the Packers’ traditional cornerback profile perfectly, and that 4.35 time in the 40 is now the best of any corner in the organization. With athletic tools like his at six feet tall, it’s no surprise that the Packers would want to take a chance on him.Here’s a look at all three players’ workout numbers from their pre-draft workouts:New Packers’ WorkoutsPlayerPositionWorkoutHW4010-ydBenchVertBroadConeShuttlePlayerPositionWorkoutHW4010-ydBenchVertBroadConeShuttleThat’s two players with verticals over 40 inches, while all three ran the 40 in less than 4.55 seconds and the 3-cone in less than 6.90.Toomer and Jackson will likely be special teams players at the outset, though Toomer could fill in as a sub package linebacker in a pinch. Jackson provides some depth behind Jamaal Williams and Ty Montgomery until Aaron Jones returns from his two-game suspension, but he can fly and should find an early niche on Ron Zook’s coverage teams.If one thing is clear from these moves, it’s that the Packers want the players on the margins of their roster to be great athletes. The NFL will hold its supplemental draft on Wednesday and one of the players considered to be a likely selection spent some time with one of the league’s teams on Tuesday.Agent Brad Cicala told Tom Pelissero of NFL Media that his client Jalen Thompson visited with the Packers on Tuesday. In addition to any conversations that might have taken place Clay Matthews Jersey , Thompson took a physical with the team’s medical staff.The results of the safety’s physical will be shared with the other 31 teams in the draft.Thompson held a workout in Los Angeles on Monday that was reportedly attended by representatives of 26 teams. Falcons coaches ran the drills for that workout and the Patriots, Rams, Dolphins, Colts and Cardinals were reported to have interest in him.Thompson is one of five players eligible for selection in the supplemental draft. He and West Virginia wide receiver Marcus Simms are considered the likeliest selections. Any team picking a player in the supplemental draft will forfeit their pick from the same round in the 2020 draft.Syracuse linebacker Shyheim Cullen, Northland tight end Devonaire Clarington and St. Francis defensive back Bryant Perry are the other players in the draft pool.