The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Packers’ 15th Training Camp Practice

Aug 25, 2026 01:19 AM - 1 hour ago 3

The Green Bay Packers held their 15th training campy connected a glorious, 70-degree Monday morning. The believe lasted 2 hours, 6 minutes.

The Packers now person a associated believe pinch Arizona connected Wednesday, past look the Cardinals successful their last accumulation crippled connected Friday.

Green Bay past must trim its roster to 53 by Sunday astatine 6 p.m. EST.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured — compiled from aggregate reports — from believe No. 15.

THE GOOD

GOOD NEWS: Running backmost Josh Jacobs was backmost successful squad drills for the first clip since suffering a groin wounded early successful camp, and correct tackle Zach Bako-Bewele took portion successful squad drills for the first clip this summertime pursuing offseason knee surgery.

Jacobs had a team-high 929 rushing yards, arsenic good arsenic 13 touchdowns connected 234 carries (4.0 average) past season. Jacobs besides battled a knee wounded the 2nd half of 2025, which led to him being inactive successful Week 12.

Bako-Bewele signed a four-year, $88 cardinal statement hold pinch the Packers successful July, 2025. He past battled done a frustrating play successful which he missed six games and couldn't decorativeness 3 others owed to injury.

Bako-Bewele suffered a partially torn patellar tendon against Denver successful Week 15 that needed offseason surgery. He’s been doing individual drills, but was backmost doing 11-on-11 Monday.

MORE GOOD NEWS: Green Bay rookie area Brandon Cisse was besides backmost connected the believe section aft suffering a insignificant knee wounded during the Packers’ triumph astatine Denver connected Aug. 21.

Cisse, a 2nd information draught prime successful April, has had a beardown training campy and appears successful bully position to beryllium a Week 1 starter erstwhile the Packers caput to Minnesota connected Sept. 13.

Other Packers that returned to believe included violative lineman Darian Kinnard (ankle), wideout Jayden Reed (personal), and receiver J. Michael Sturdivant (concussion protocol).

BROTHERLY LOVE?: One of the broadside attractions of Green Bay’s associated believe pinch Arizona connected Wednesday will beryllium the LaFleur brothers squaring disconnected for the first clip arsenic caput coaches.

Matt LaFleur, 46, is opening his eighth play arsenic Green Bay’s caput coach, while Mike LaFLuer, 39, is successful Year 1 pinch Arizona.

“It’s going to beryllium a beautiful cool experience,” Matt LaFleur said. “It’s not the first clip but it’s surely the first clip arsenic caput coaches, truthful I talked to him past nighttime conscionable kinda trying to finalize the specifications and the scheme for believe and look guardant to seeing him.”

Matt LaFleur threw a fewer jabs astatine his younger relative Monday, saying that readying the schedule for Wednesday’s believe wasn’t the easiest of endeavors.

“He’s speedy to knock everything that I put connected the schedule,” Matt LaFleur said. “So, he’s like, ‘Why are we doing this? Why are we doing that? We ne'er do this.’ And I was like, ‘All right, Mike, you’ve sewage each the answers.’ Nah, it’s been healthy, it’s been good. There’s been springiness and return connected some sides for sure.”

LaFleur’s parents, Denny and Kristi, are expected to beryllium astatine the believe and Matt said: “They’ll astir apt look for illustration a Christmas character — greenish and red.”

And if fighting becomes an rumor — arsenic it has pinch various associated practices crossed the convention — Matt LaFleur has a plan.

“If there’s an issue, I’m going to show the guys, ‘Hey, you travel tag maine in. They tin tag successful my brother. And we’ll propulsion down connected the 50,’ ” Matt LaFleur said.

BOUNCING BACK?: Cornerback Keisean Nixon, a 17-game starter past play who’s had a unsmooth summer, had arguably his finest time of training camp. Nixon received each the activity pinch the No. 1 defense, successful portion because Benjamin St-Juste (hamstring) was out, and shined.

Nixon intercepted Jordan Love connected a 4th down play during 2-minute drills. Nixon besides had an awesome PBU moving against Jayden Reed connected a heavy shot from Love.

“Confident. Comfortable. Play ball,” Nixon said past week of really he’s emotion while battling for his job. “I'm not caller to this. I'm existent to this. I've been doing this for a while. So cognize really the crippled goes. Just play ball.

“It's difficult to support maine disconnected the field. So erstwhile it's clip to play, I cognize what clip it is.”

THIS AND THAT: Running backmost Josh Jacobs had 1 of the champion runs of the summer, ripping disconnected a agelong summation connected an wrong handoff. … Carrington Valentine, a starter successful 2025 who’s dropped down the extent floor plan this summer, collapsed up a heavy walk to Isaiah Neyor. … Defensive tackle Jonathan Ford continued his awesome summertime by dropping MarShawn Lloyd for a loss. … Rookie kicker Trey Smack, who’s 7-of-7 connected section goals successful preseason games, drilled a 60-yard effort to extremity a 2-minute drill. Smack went 3-for-4 connected the day. … With Javon Bullard (foot) still sidelined, Kamal Hadden was the Packers’ starting nickel. … Safety Kitan Oladapo, who besides received clip astatine nickel, intercepted a Kyle McCord walk intended for Kaden Prather. … Rookie Jager Burton took immoderate reps astatine center.

THE BAD

TOUGH LUCK: Defensive lineman Warren Brinson, a sixth information draught prime successful 2025, has had an awesome summer. Brinson suffered a calf wounded during pregame warm-ups successful Denver, though, past Friday, and according to Matt LaFleur, “he’ll miss a small spot of time.”

Green Bay’s protect statement group is overmuch deeper than a twelvemonth ago, and the Packers will person immoderate reliable decisions pinch this group connected cutdown day. Brinson seems a bully stake to triumph a roster spot, unless his wounded lingers and he heads to the PUP list.

FIGHT DAY: Wideout Matthew Golden and protect extremity Barryn Sorrell — erstwhile teammates astatine Texas — sewage into a skirmish precocious successful practice. The sidelines cleared and linebacker Zaire Franklin threw a punch.

Later, the sidelines again cleared aft information Trey Dean III took wideout Will Sheppard to the ground.

While fights are nosy for spectators, coaches don’t for illustration having their activity clip interrupted. So you tin beryllium judge LaFleur and his coaches won’t beryllium happy aft Monday’s shenanigans.

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

Not practicing: Warren Brinson (calf), information Javon Bullard (foot), cornerback Benjamin St-Juste (hamstring), separator rushers Collin Oliver (calf) and Aaron Mosby, wide receiver Savion Williams (ankle), and tight extremity Thomas Yassmin (knee).

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: MarShawn Lloyd fumbled a handoff from Love and Barry Sorrell recovered. It was Lloyd’s first fumble of training camp. … With St-Juste sidelined, the No. 2 cornerbacks were Carrington Valentine and rookie Domani Jackson.

THE UGLY

BACK TO SCHOOL: College shot is an unmitigated disaster correct now, and the NFL folks are emotion the effects.

Recent tribunal rulings and impermanent restraining orders are allowing players successful NFL training camps to return to assemblage shot for a 5th twelvemonth of eligibility

Former Ole Miss tight extremity and undrafted NFL rookie Dae'Quan Wright was precocious waived by Cleveland and reached an statement to play for LSU if he clears waivers, mounting a historical precedent.

In immoderate NFL cities, players pinch small chance to make a 53-man roster could soon inquire to beryllium cut, pinch hopes of receiving important NIL payments by returning to college.

Matt LaFleur was asked if Green Bay had anyone that requested their merchandise truthful they could caput backmost to college.

“That’s a heck of a question,” LaFleur said. “That’s not thing that I’ve put excessively overmuch thought into. I deliberation (general head Brian Gutekunst) astir apt put much thought into that. But it’s benignant of crazy to moreover deliberation about.”

Crazy indeed!

From the NFL backmost to college?

Who would person ever guessed that — aliases wanted specified madness?