The Good, Bad And Ugly From The Packers’ 9th Training Camp Practice

Aug 10, 2026 01:32 AM - 2 hours ago 1

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The Green Bay Packers held their ninth believe of training campy Sunday. The believe was moved wrong the Don Hutson Center arsenic storms deed the area.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured — compiled from aggregate reports — from believe No. 9.

THE GOOD

WELCOME BACK: It was a large time arsenic the Packers had respective players return to practice, aliases believe for the first clip this summer.

The database of players included:

• Tight extremity Tucker Kraft (knee)

• Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave (knee/PUP)

• Offensive tackle Zach Bako-Bewele (knee)

• Guard Aaron Banks (knee/rest)

• Defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (ankle)

• Running backmost Chris Brooks (hamstring/PUP)

• Cornerback Kamal Hadden (ankle)

SHUFFLING CORNERS: For the first clip this summer, the Packers’ starting corners during a information of the squad play were rookie Brandon Cisse and free supplier acquisition Benjamin St-Juste.

Keisean Nixon, who started each 17 games past season, repped pinch the No. 1s and the No. 2s. Cisse was pinch the No. 1 defense throughout, while St-Juste worked pinch some the No. 1s and No. 2s.

Carrington Valentine, a starter past season, is presently retired pinch a hamstring injury.

Having Nixon activity pinch the No. 2s — moreover for conscionable a information of squad drills — surely was interesting.

Nixon started each 17 games astatine cornerback for the first clip successful his profession past year, but had a remarkably up-and-down season.

Nixon earned a 66.4 wide protect people from Pro Football Focus, which classed 41st among 114 qualified cornerbacks. His PFF sum people of 67.8 classed 35th and his run-defense people of 66.6 classed 40th.

Nixon had 1 interception, collapsed up 13 passes, and opposing quarterbacks had a 105.2 passer standing erstwhile throwing his way. Nixon surrendered 50 receptions successful sum and had 72 tackles (58 solos).

The 2 regular play games against Chicago provided a microcosm of Nixon’s inconsistent season.

Nixon made a game-saving interception successful the Packers’ 28-21 triumph complete Chicago connected Dec. 7. Thirteen days later, Nixon gave up a 46-yard touchdown walk to Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore successful overtime arsenic Chicago rallied for a 22-16 win.

Nixon had a unsmooth Friday astatine Green Bay’s Family Night, getting schooled many times by Matthew Golden during 1-on-1 drills. After being demoted to the No. 2s for a short agelong his Sunday mightiness person been moreover worse.

And now, the anticipation surely exists that Cisse and St-Juste could beryllium Green Bay’s starters successful Week 1 astatine Minnesota.

MAKING HIS MOVE: The Packers’ apical 3 wideouts — Matthew Golden, Christian Watson and Jayden Reed — are intelligibly defined. No. 4 has been a mobility people each summer.

Savion Williams, Green Bay’s 3rd information prime successful 2025, is making a move, though. Williams had 15-yard touchdown drawback complete information Kitan Oladapo during Friday’s Family Night.

On Sunday, Williams caught a 60-yard explosive for a people from No. 3 backmost Kyle McCord to item a immense day. Williams besides had a bevy of receptions and had a large summation connected an extremity around.

“Savion, his measurables are disconnected the charts successful position of his size, speed, and strength,” Green Bay caput coach Matt LaFleur said. “And past he's conscionable a young subordinate that's still learning and he's sewage a agelong measurement to go, but I deliberation he's showcased a batch of awesome traits and that's why we drafted him and that's why we loved him coming out.”

Veterans Skyy Moore and Bo Melton are besides battling for the No. 4 wideout job. But Williams (6-4, 222) has size and physicality those players don’t possess.

Williams remains raw, but has terrific upside. It would beryllium a triumph for Green Bay if Williams could prehend the No. 4 wideout job.

LINE DANCING: Zach Bako-Bewele (formerly Zach Tom) is 1 of the apical correct tackles successful football. Upon his return Sunday, Bako-Bewele instantly took his spot pinch the No. 1 violative line, while rookie Jager Burton was the near defender and Jacob Monlk was the correct guard.

That near 2025 2nd information draught prime Anthony Belton arsenic the overseas man out.

“I conscionable sewage to conscionable beryllium bought in, whether it's defender aliases tackle,” Belton said connected Aug. 7. “I’ve conscionable got, to commencement off, cognize the duty and conscionable execute. I’ve sewage to do my portion to benignant of really beryllium much of a student successful the crippled and study from my mistakes.

“You know, repetitive mistakes are benignant of (a motion that) you’re not getting nowhere. It’s nary signs of maturation for you going retired location messing up connected the aforesaid thing. So I’ve conscionable sewage to get to a constituent wherever I conscionable sewage to consistently show up mentally and physically perform.”

Belton, who started the last 7 games of 2025 astatine correct guard, was the projected starter astatine that spot. Belton has had a disappointing camp, though, and was moved to correct tackle past week.

With Bako-Bewele back, Belton was abruptly a man without a home.

“Well, I deliberation he's a really talented feline that's played a batch of meaningful snaps for us,” LaFleur said of Belton. “He's still a young, processing player. I deliberation pinch him, conscionable for illustration I've said galore times, it's just, he's surely capable. It's conscionable sewage to beryllium consistent, and the amended he gets astatine that, the amended the subordinate he's going to be. But I americium excited astir his early successful this league.”

FUN NIGHT: Packers linebacker Zaire Franklin was successful Canton, Ohio, Saturday for the Hall of Fame induction. Franklin is simply a erstwhile teammate of kicker Adam Vinatieri, who was inducted into the Hall.

Vinatieri had 1 of the much memorable speeches successful caller years, 1 that big Chris Berman called, “a nighttime astatine the improv.”

Among Vinatieri’s targets were Bill Belichick, his coach successful New England, and backmost Peyton Manning, who he played pinch successful Indianapolis.

Vinatieri had this to opportunity astir Belichick and his 25-year aged partner Jordon Hudson.

"Unfortunately, Bill couldn't make it today,” Vinatieri said of Belichick, who now coaches astatine North Carolina. “There's a batch going connected astatine UNC correct now. I thought it was because training campy had already started, but successful truth, he was judging his girlfriend's cheerleading competition.”

Manning wasn’t spared, either.

“Peyton, convey you for generously donating your forehead for today's teleprompter,” Vinatieri said. “A gigantic forehead intends a large brain, and your shot IQ is unmatched, buddy.”

THIS AND THAT: Edge Collin Oliver, who’s had a beardown camp, collapsed up a walk for Jaden Nixon. … Jaylin Simpson worked arsenic the 2nd perimeter area pinch the No. 2 defense. … Running backmost MarShawn Lloyd had an awesome blitz pickup connected information Javon Bullard.

THE BAD

NEW INJURIES: Several players who played successful Friday’s Family Night sat retired of practice. They included:

• WR Matthew Golden (toe)

• WR Jayden Reed (ankle)

• LB Zaire Franklin (late recreation backmost from Hall of Fame induction)

• Marlon Jones (waived/injured)

• Edgerrin Cooper (foot)

• TE Josh Whyle (neck)

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

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

Cornerbacks Carrington Valentine (hamstring), Johnathan Baldwin (knee) and Domani Jackson, and moving backmost Josh Jacobs (groin) each missed practice, arsenic well.

STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Rookie kicker Trey Smack, who made 6-of-7 kicks during Friday’s Family Night, was 2-of-3 while kicking wrong the Don Hutson Center Sunday. Smack is now 16-of-23 successful campy (69.6%).

Smack made kicks from 33 and 43 yards and missed from 48.

Green Bay selected Smack successful the sixth information of April’s draft, making him the only kicker drafted successful 2026.

“Just perform,” Green Bay wide head Brian Gutekunst said of what Smack needs to do to triumph the kicking job. “You know, that's the astir point and that's going to springiness maine religion and trust.”

THIS AND THAT: With Franklin and Cooper out, the starting linebackers were Isaiah McDuffie and Ty’Ron Hopper. … Safety Marlon Jones was waived/injured.

THE UGLY

CURSE OF THE TIGHT ENDS: Keeping tight ends patient has been a situation for Green Bay.

Tucker Kraft is moving his measurement backmost from a torn ACL suffered connected Nov. 2, 2025. Luke Musgrave (neck) hasn't practiced this campy and his early is up successful the air.

RJ Maryland (hamstring) and Luke Lachey (foot/ankle) were some waived pinch wounded designations past week.

Josh Whyle joined the database Sunday pinch a cervix wounded of his own. The only bully news is Whyle’s wounded isn't expected to beryllium long-term.

Still, you person to wonderment what the Packers did to agitate the tight extremity Gods?