GREEN BAY, Wis. With a new coordinator to set the offensive vision, the Green Bay Packers offseason program is set to begin on Monday. MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers wont be there.With an early-round receiver or three expected to become key contributors as rookies, the Packers will begin three weeks of voluntary practices on May 23. Rodgers wont be there. , Rodgers is not expected to attend the Packers offseason Allen Robinson Jersey program aside from attending the mandatory three-day minicamp that will be held in June.Rodgers skipped everything offseason-related last year, when he was mired in his dispute with franchise leadership. It hardly impacted his performance, with Rodgers returning to win his fourth MVP.Last year, Rodgers was surrounded by a veteran cast of characters, including receivers Davante Adams, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb and tight ends Robert Tonyan and Marcedes Lewis. This year will be different. Adams was traded to Las Vegas, Valdes-Scantling signed with Kansas City and Tonyan may or may not be back from a torn ACL in time to start the season. With a ma sive hole in the receiver room, the Packers figure to invest heavily at receiver in the 2022 NFL Draft. Whether its a first-round pick, a second-round pick or a combination, the rookie receiver(s) will be expected to become instant contributors.Scroll to ContinueRodgers potential absence from nine of the 12 scheduled offseason practices wont help with the breaking-in proce s.So, how does chemistry form between quarterback and receiver when the quarterback isnt present?Yeah, its a great question, receivers coach and pa sing-game coordinator Jason Vrable said on Tuesday. I think you build a foundation of our system, right? You start with your formations. You start with the playbook. Theyve got to get comfortable with that before 12 is pulling out things and demanding what he needs from them. I think the playbook itself is going to take all the way through training camp, period. I think me being here for three years in this exact system and knowing exactly what 12 is looking for, along with Matt (LaFleur), is going to help a lot.Thats true, but theres no substitute for on-the-field reps.For years, Khalil Mack Jersey Rodgers has said theres a playbook thats on paper and theres a playbook that he runs on the gra s. With eight seasons together, Rodgers and Adams could look at each other and conjure up the right adjustment to whatever the defense threw at them. Veterans Cobb and Lazard have a strong chemistry with Rodgers. Getting to that stage with a rookie, Vrable said, will start with the newcomer having a coachs level understanding of that paper playbook.There may be some things that you know you cant do with some younger guys that Davante, just through experience, him and Aarons connection, there may be some things that are going to take some time to develop, new offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich said. But I think for the most part, were looking for the pieces that are going to allow us to run the offense that we want to run. 1. Mi sed ConnectionIn 2014, the Packers used a second-round draft choice on Adams. He started right away but had to bide his time behind Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb. Those two veterans had a connection with Aaron Rodgers that Adams had to build.When they did, they became practically unstoppable.I told him in the locker room, the thing that I will mi s 20 years down the line is moments where you make a subtle adjustment, you look over at the guy and its a stud like 17 and he just went like this (head nod), that was highlighted by a key 41-yard pa s that was created with nothing more than a nod. Like the whole body started tingling. I just knew it was going to be one of those special plays.The Packers rookie receivers, obviously, wont have that. Rodgers probably will have to lean on Allen Lazard and Cobb early in the season. 2. Good Rookie History , from 2012 through 2021, a total of 21 receivers were selected between No. 18 (four picks Taylor Gabriel Jersey before Green Bays spot at No. 22) and No. 32 (four picks after Green Bays spot at No. 28). Of that group, only two receivers finished their rookie season with 1,000-plus yards. One was Justin Jefferson, the 22nd pick of the 2020 draft by Minnesota who dominated his rookie campaign with 88 receptions for 1,400 yards in seven scores. He is a cream-of-the-crop player.The other was Kelvin Benjamin, the No. 28 pick of the 2014 draft by Carolina who turned 73 receptions into 1,008 yards and nine scores but faded away. Calvin Ridley (No. 26 by Atlanta in 2018) and DeAndre Hopkins (No. 27 by Houston in 2013) also topped 800 yards as rookies. 3. Bad Rookie HistoryContrast those four rookie studs with these four rookie duds who would up being ma sive busts. A.J. Jenkins, the 30th pick of the 2012 draft by San Francisco, was a healthy scratch for most of his rookie season and dropped his only target. Laquon Treadwell, the 23rd pick of the 2016 draft by Minnesota, caught one pa s in nine games. Josh Doctson, the 22nd pick of the 2016 draft by Washington, mi sed most of his rookie season due to an Achilles injury and caught only two pa ses. NKeal Harry, the 32nd pick of the 2019 season by New England, mi Tom Waddle Jersey sed the first half of the season with an ankle injury and caught only 12 pa ses. 4. Packers Rookie History , 20 rookie/first-year receivers have played alongside Rodgers. Only three topped 25 receptions as a rookie: Adams with 38 in 2014, Marquez Valdes-Scantling with 38 in 2018 and Nelson with 33 in 2008.Combined, all of those rookies scored 13 touchdowns. Adams averaged 14.5 touchdowns during his back-to-back All-Pro seasons. 5. Supply and DemandThe Packers, who own No. 22 and No. 28 of the first round and No. 53 and No. 59 of the second round, are well-positioned to bolster the weakest receiver corps in the NFL outside of Atlanta. for NFL.com, eight are receivers. In Dane Bruglers ma sive draft Mike Singletary Jersey preview for The Athletic, . 6: Relative Athletic Score . It combines all of a prospects measureables and plots them on a handy 0-to-10 scale alongside other players at his position. A RAS of 10 makes you absolutely elite from a size-athleticism perspective. A RAS of 0 makes you a 49-year-old sportswriter. A great RAS doesnt foreshadow great production. Since 2006, the Packers have selected nine receivers with a RAS of 8.0-plus. Starting at the top: Jeff Janis, Equanimeous St. Brown, Charles Johnson, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Trevor Davis, DeAngelo Yancey, Greg Jennings, JMon Moore and David Clowney. During that same span, they selected eight receivers with a RAS of 7.5 or below. Starting at the bottom: Cory Rodgers, Randall Cobb, Jared Abbrederis, Amari Rodgers, Davante Adams, James Jones, Malachi Dupre and Jordy Nelson. Cobb's RAS was a woeful 3.65.The le son here is pretty obvious. You dont have to be a great athlete to b