GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Micah Abernathy hasactually been with the Green Bay Packers for just 8 days.
In that brief time, he’s come in early, remained late, invested what little totallyfree time he might discover at house on his tablet knowing the playbook, doing whatever he might to take what little time was offered to him and show he’s worthwhile of more.
On Friday night, as the Packers beat the New Orleans Saints, 20-10, in their 2nd preseason videogame, Abernathy did simply that.
“I feel like I revealed I can play quick and I feel like I have a lot left in me,” the first-year security stated. “I feel like I’m in shape and I can play and I simply desired to go out there and show that and I feel like I did, ideally.”
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Abernathy was signed Aug. 10, a training camp body for all intents and functions, after starter Darnell Savage and backup Innis Gaines both suffered hamstring injuries on Aug. 5 at Family Night.
When Dallin Leavitt went down with a shoulder injury in the Packers’ initially preseason videogame versus the San Francisco 49ers, the security system got a little thinner. And on Friday night when Vernon Scott, the security who’d seen the mostsignificant boost in snaps with Savage’s injury, left the videogame with an upper-body injury, the door opened even broader for Abernathy.
“You puton’t truly desire any people to get harm,” Abernathy stated. “That’s not what you’re hoping for. But you simply attempt to make the most of your chances. I was able to play more tonight since of injuries. So simply attempt to make the most of it.”
Abernathy’s initially huge play of the night came when he obstructed Saints quarterback Ian Book. With less than a minute to play in the 2nd quarter, Book and the Saints were on the Packers side of the field. Book rolled left, targeting tight end Taysom Hill 11 backyards downfield near the sideline. Hill fell and Abernathy, while tripping over the 6-2 Hill, scooped the ball in mid-air and fell forward in-bounds for the choice.
“Actually, my coaches called it out. Coach (Jerry) Gray called it out from the sidelines,” Abernathy stated. “We really got that play this week. I got that exactsame play this week and I didn’t make it i