The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Packers’ 10th Training Camp Practice

Aug 11, 2026 01:13 AM - 1 day ago 46

The Green Bay Packers held their 10th believe of training campy Monday connected a gorgeous, 78-degree morning. The believe lasted 2 hours, 5 minutes, the longest of camp.

The Packers will clasp an unfastened believe Tuesday, past caput to Pittsburgh for their first preseason crippled connected Thursday.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured — compiled from aggregate reports — from believe No. 10.

THE GOOD

LET ‘EM PLAY: It surely sounds for illustration LaFleur will person his starters play during this preseason.

LaFleur cited information saying if players get astatine slightest 30 snaps during the preseason, they’re 3 times little apt to beryllium injured during the regular season.

“Sometimes you gotta you gotta push the envelope,” LaFleur said.

LaFleur has had years wherever he’s played his starters during the preseason, and others wherever he’s protected them throughout.

This is undoubtedly a large twelvemonth for LaFleur, who came nether aggravated scrutiny aft his squad vanished 2025 connected a five-game losing streak and collapsed successful a Wild Card nonaccomplishment to Chicago. The Packers unfastened astatine Minnesota connected Sept. 13, and astir apt can't spend a slow start.

Therefore, it seems apt his frontliners will get a reasonable magnitude of activity during the 3 preseason games.

“I deliberation conscionable my experiences present is that erstwhile we've played successful the preseason, we've been amended earlier successful the season,” LaFleur said. “And … I mean, you unfastened up pinch a section force connected the road. That's a reliable task successful itself. So, I deliberation we've sewage to support that successful mind.”

LOCKED AND LOADED?: It judge feels for illustration rookie cornerback Brandon Cisse will beryllium a Week 1 starter successful Minnesota.

First off, Cisse has had a beardown campy moving pinch the No. 1 defense throughout.

“I'm still learning, but sometimes you conscionable request to study to slow down and conscionable bask the moment,” Cisse said. “The expertise point is going to beryllium there, but there's a batch of things I request to polish up on.”

Second, the Packers rotated Keisean Nixon and Benjamin St-Juste at the different starting area position passim believe Monday.

While things tin evidently alteration successful the adjacent month, Cisse seems for illustration a bully stake to man 1 cornerback spot, while Nixon aliases St-Juste will beryllium the other.

“We sewage a batch of assurance successful each those guys,” LaFleur said. “And we'll conscionable fto it each play out.”

BO KNOWS: Wideouts Matthew Golden (toe) and Jayden Reed (foot) didn’t believe for the 2nd time successful a row.

On Sunday, Savion Williams took advantage of the other opportunities. On Monday, it was Bo Melton.

Melton hauled successful a 60-yard spell shot from Jordan Love complete cornerback Keisean Nixon early successful practice. Later, Melton had a 49-yard touchdown connected a instrumentality play that the defense spot on.

“I conscionable effort and return each advantage, sloppy of the circumstance,” Melton said. “I for illustration to make plays. The much plays you make the much the shot finds you. So I conscionable deliberation of it arsenic if my opportunity comes, I make the plays, I'm going to get more. And that's conscionable the biggest thing.”

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur replaced Mike McCarthy successful Green Bay successful 2019. The 2 lived conscionable a mile from each different arsenic McCarthy’s family remained successful Green Bay.

McCarthy was the caput coach successful Dallas from 2020-2024 and is now Pittsburgh’s caput man. With the Packers and Steelers group to meet Thursday, LaFleur was asked astir his narration pinch McCarthy.

“Yeah, surely astatine the owners' meetings,” LaFleur said of their interactions. “And I've gotten to cognize him a small spot conscionable erstwhile he erstwhile he came backmost here, you know, a fewer times. And I've sewage I'll opportunity this I've sewage truthful overmuch respect for him.

“First of all, really he’s ever treated me, and secondly, conscionable by what he's accomplished here. And it's beautiful cool that erstwhile he sewage the Pittsburgh job, I'm for illustration Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers. I mean, that's beautiful special. So Mike's a feline that I've sewage a ton of respect for.”

WELCOME BACK: Linebackers Edgerrin Cooper and Zaire Franklin some returned to believe aft sitting retired Sunday.

Cooper missed pinch a ft injury, while Franklin was astatine the Hall of Fame induction ceremonial connected Aug. 8 and had a precocious recreation nighttime backmost to Green Bay.

GOOD TO SEE: Green Bay No. 2 backmost Tyrod Taylor — who has the unenviable task of replacing Malik Willis — had a beardown practice.

Among the highlights were a 20-yard completion to Will Sheppard and a large gainer complete the mediate to J. Michael Sturdivant.

“I’m conscionable going retired location and playing ball,” Taylor said. “Obviously, training campy and OTAs, those are times wherever you proceed to summation arsenic overmuch knowledge, get much comfortable. Day successful and time out, coaches are putting america successful situations that require america to not only deliberation accelerated but beryllium efficient.

“Those are the challenges each and each time is to spell retired and execute astatine a precocious level. I deliberation that’s been the main the extremity and I deliberation I’m doing a bully occupation of it and I’m going to proceed to support improving.”

THIS AND THAT: St. Juste blew up an extracurricular tally to MarShawn Lloyd. … Safety Evan Williams had a sack of Jordan Love successful squad drills. … Rookie Chris McClellan had a sack of No. 2 backmost Tyrod Taylor. … Christian Watson hit rookie area Brandon Cisse for what would person a 60-yard touchdown connected a crossing route. … Donovan Jennings received first squad reps astatine correct guard, a position that’s presently wide open. … Rookie Dani Dennis-Sutton forced Jordan Love to propulsion a walk away. … Linebacker Isaiah McDuffie had a sack of No. 3 backmost Kyle McCord.

THE BAD

NO BULL: Third-year information Javon Bullard has had a beardown campy and could beryllium poised for a breakout season. On Monday, though, Bullard was successful a stepping footwear pinch a ft wounded and missed practice.

“Bull is, he's a dog, man,” LaFleur said earlier practice. “You talk astir a feline that plays pinch the correct mentality, the correct play style, what we want to beryllium about, and truthful it's been cool conscionable to spot his evolution. I deliberation … 1 point that we put him successful much situations wherever there's been immoderate man sum situations, and I deliberation he's really progressed.”

FROM THE INFIRMARY: Here’s really the remainder of the Packers’ wounded database looked Monday.

In summation to Bullard, those not practicing included: moving backmost Josh Jacobs (groin), wide receivers Matthew Golden (toe) and Jayden Reed (foot), tight extremity Josh Whyle (neck), cornerbacks Carrington Valentine (hamstring), Johnathan Baldwin (knee) and Domani Jackson.

Reserve lists: separator rusher Micah Parsons (knee), tight extremity Luke Musgrave (neck), agelong snapper Matt Orzech (calf) and protect tackle Jordon Reilly (Achilles).

THIS AND THAT: The violative statement had a unsmooth time against Green Bay’s protect front. … No. 4 backmost Kyron Drones threw an interception to Jaylin Simpson. … A pitchy expanse to wideout Skyy Moore went nowhere.

THE UGLY

GRAB A ROSTER: Fans that came to believe to spot violative stars for illustration Josh Jacobs, Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden and Jayden Reed mightiness person near disappointed.

Jacobs, Golden and Reed each missed believe owed to injury. Kraft, who’s moving his measurement backmost from a torn ACL connected Nov. 2, 2025, continues to do conscionable individual drills.

With the injuries piling up, MarShawn Lloyd was the No. 1 moving back, Messiah Swinson and Drake Dabney were the apical tight ends, and Savion Williams, Bo Melton, Isaiah Neyor and J. Michael Sturdivant received No. 1 reps astatine wide receiver.

For galore spectators, a roster was decidedly a necessity.