GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Not long after they were drafted this spring by the Green Bay Packers, Kenny Clark and Dean Lowry got a call from the fiery leader of the defensive line.Mike Daniels was on the phone, and he needed them to get ready quickly.The Packers will be down a veteran up front early in the season because of the four-game suspension of Mike Pennell, so Clark and Lowry must be ready to play right away. That means there is no time to waste in training camp for the rookies.Im not going to lie to you, Daniels said. We need them ready like yesterday.After Daniels and Letroy Guion, the Packers will be short on experience up front to start the season.Veteran B.J. Raji is on a one-year hiatus from football. Pennel emerged as a competent backup in 2015, but the third-year player will miss the first four games for violating the NFLs substance-abuse policy. Datone Jones has been moved to a hybrid pass-rushing role in which hell line up more like an outside linebacker.Clark, the Packers first-round pick out of UCLA, could emerge as a starter right away. Lowry, a fourth-round pick from Northwestern, could see significant snaps as a backup.Coach Mike McCarthy doesnt seem concerned, at least this early in camp. He said he has been satisfied with the progress of his rookies so far since the offseason program. There are five preseason games and to get the young guys in shape.Its part of the annual shuffling in Green Bay anyway, which surrounds a talented veteran core with a healthy complement of younger players.Two years ago, the youth was concentrated in the receiving corps; last year, it was cornerback.This training camp, the defensive line is front and center.Lets face it, this games about big men and the big men have to control the balance of what (happens) on the field and frankly in the locker room, too, McCarthy said. So the consistency of our young D-linemen will be critical to how that group grows.In Daniels, McCarthy has an ideal mentor for the rookies. A fourth-round pick in 2012, Daniels has turned into a stabilizing and energetic presence up front.The Packers held their first practice with pads on Thursday. It had barely started when a brief scuffle broke out during a drill. Not surprisingly, Daniels was right in the middle, mixing things up with an offensive lineman.Hes naturally aggressive like that, four-time Pro Bowl guard Josh Sitton said. Hes got that leadership quality too where he wants to get other people going. Get other people fired up, too.For Daniels, the tutoring of Clark and Lowry started months ago, in phone calls to the rookies a day or two after they were each drafted in late April.Theyre not putting any kind of pressure on me. Theyre just making sure, like, `Man, you need to be solid by Game 1 and we want you to be good, Clark said. Im taking all of that in. 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Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Did you know Hunter Pence was a big Harry Potter fan? Find out what else the San Francisco Giants outfielder thinks about his teammates, the media and performance-enhancing drugs in the latest Burning Questions.Who was your favorite player growing up? Pence:?I had several. I liked the fast guys. Rickey Henderson, Kenny Lofton, Devon White. And Jim Thome -- he was the one non-fast guy.Who is your favorite player to watch today -- not a teammate? Pence:?Shoot, theres a lot of really good players. I like [Josh] Donaldson. Hes so powerful. Hes just such a good hitter. Hes got power to all fields. Hes got speed. He makes crazy defensive plays.Who is your most underrated teammate? Pence:?Aw, man. All of em. Theyre all underrated. Theyre all way better than people realize. 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I understand the time in between innings, but between pitches and stuff, theres a lot of process, especially in big moments. Theres something special about the time in between.Who is ultimately responsible for policing the game? Players, manager, umpires, the league? Pence:?All of the above. Little bit of everything. I just let it police itself. I dont try to do any policing. Just play the game and not worry about how anybody else is playing the game. Just worry about competing to win.How big of a problem are PEDs in todays game? Pence:?I think weve progressed a lot. Theres a tremendous amount of testing, and Im all for it. The more testing, the merrier. Keep it clean. Its good for the health of all of us. Im very grateful that theyre doing that.What is something that people dont know about you or have wrong about you? Pence:?I enjoy Harry Potter, card games and all that stuff. Magic gathering, Dungeons & Dragons. I love the imagination. 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