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

Aug 04, 2026 03:23 AM - 2 hours ago 1

The Green Bay Packers held their 5th training campy believe connected Monday and put the pads connected for the first time.

The Packers’ astir beingness believe of the summertime lasted 1 hour, 45 minutes pinch temperatures successful the mid 70s.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured from believe No. 5.

THE GOOD

BIG DAY FOR TAYLOR: No. 2 backmost Tyrod Taylor had a quiet first week of camp, throwing a bad interception to Benjamin St-Juste connected Day 3 and mostly settling for checkdowns.

Taylor celebrated his 37th day connected Monday, though, pinch his champion time of camp. Taylor deed Will Shepherd pinch a 60-yard explosive and floated a gorgeous shot to Bo Melton for 30 yards connected a slice route.

“I deliberation immoderate clip you get a chance to push the shot down the field, it’s a batch of fun,” Taylor said. “But it's besides astir uncovering completions. Obviously, you want to push it down the field, but successful training camp, it's astir going done your reads. I judge that you sewage to reside the decision, not ever look towards the results.

“Obviously, fans want to spot large plays, but successful this training campy phase, it's astir being superb astatine the basics of not needfully getting saturated pinch taking a three-yard completion aliases four-yard completion. It's astir consistently being capable to spell done the sounds and get the shot to the correct person, and taking advantage of those down the section throws erstwhile there's opportunity to push them and stuff.”

The Packers mislaid the NFL’s apical backup backmost erstwhile Malik Willis signed a free supplier woody pinch Miami successful March. Taylor, who’s 30-31-1 arsenic a starter during his 16-year career, believes he tin still thief a squad triumph games.

“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.”

GOLDEN BOY: Second-year wideout Matthew Golden was terrific past summer, past had a quiet regular play pinch 29 receptions and nary touchdowns.

He’s been moreover amended this training campy and was highly productive again Monday. Golden caught 3 balls moving the mediate connected the section and had different large gainer aft catching a walk successful the flat.

“I consciousness for illustration I'm vulnerable wrong and out,” Golden said. “I consciousness assured pinch what I could do outside, and you know, obviously, conscionable being comfortable pinch my hands, man. I consciousness for illustration I could drawback the shot anyplace Jordan places it, and you know, that's thing that I've ever been large connected is making contested catches, and you cognize I consciousness for illustration I sewage that I sewage that beautiful good. So I consciousness assured wrong and out.”

Golden, Green Bay’s first information draught prime successful 2025, arrived pinch a coagulated knowledge of the way tree. He said he’s moreover much comfortable moving the afloat way character now, which has allowed him to make plays each complete the field.

“I cognize I'm doing everything the correct way,” Golden said. “I'm knowing the schemes and you cognize conscionable what the defense is throwing astatine america correct now successful practice. And I deliberation that conscionable spell backmost to the connection maine and Jordan person connected the sideline and you cognize earlier we spell retired location connected the field, is conscionable talking and communicating and conscionable seeing things connected the aforesaid page.”

JAGER BOMB: Packers 5th information draught prime Jager Burton practiced for the first clip aft suffering an opening time hamstring injury.

Burton, who has the versatility to play each 3 interior positions, worked chiefly astatine near defender pinch the No. 2 violative line.

Burton said if location was a crippled past week, he would person played. At this clip of the year, though, the Packers and Burton weren’t taking immoderate chances.

“Just benignant of for illustration a weird deal,” Burton said of his injury. “I slid retired and tried to drawback myself and conscionable benignant of felt it. So, yeah, conscionable benignant of for illustration an unlucky thing.”

Burton had an awesome outpouring and could surely beryllium a facet this season. While Green Bay’s starters on the violative statement look set, Burton wants to show he tin lend if and erstwhile he’s needed.

“I conscionable want to make our room arsenic bully arsenic it tin be,” Burton said. “If that's maine playing, if that's maine pushing guys … astatine the extremity of the day, they brought maine present to thief them triumph shot games aliases immoderate domiciled that is. So that's what I want to do. That's each I attraction astir is winning games and making the Packers the champion squad possible. So immoderate they request maine to do to do that, I'll do.”

ANOTHER GEAR: Green Bay third-year moving backmost MarShawn Lloyd, who’s played successful conscionable 1 crippled his first 2 seasons owed to injury, showed disconnected his quickness and burst pinch a fistful of awesome runs.

Lloyd had immoderate ample lanes to tally through, and took afloat advantage.

“Really bully moving lanes,” Lloyd said. “Our O-line has been doing a awesome job. They've done a awesome occupation of 1 play astatine clip and doing their job. It's been beautiful good.”

REAL FOOTBALL: The Packers practiced successful pads for the first clip this camp, and caput coach Matt LaFleur emphasized information pinch his team.

“I mean, it's ever squad first, and you sewage to protect each other,” LaFleur said. “But obviously, this is our first opportunity to travel together successful pads and conscionable went complete the rules of engagement successful position of really we thud and what that looks like.”

THIS AND THAT: Xavier McKinney intercepted an overthrown Jordan Love walk intended for Jayden Reed. … Christian Watson whipped Keisean Nixon connected an wrong slant and raced for what would person been astatine slightest a 30-yard gain. … Skyy Moore worked arsenic the No. 1 punt returner. … With cornerback Carrington Valentine retired (leg), rookie Brandon Cisse lined up successful his spot pinch the No. 1 defense. Cisse would person had a sack of Jordan Love connected a area blitz. … Rookie protect lineman Anthony Campbell continued his awesome streak of knocking down a walk each day, batting down a shot from No. 4 backmost Kyron Drones. … Tackle Brant Banks (hamstring) returned to practice.

THE BAD

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

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

Guard Aaron Banks (knee/rest), cornerback Carrington Valentine (hamstring) and tight extremity RJ Maryland (hamstring) each missed practice.

THIS AND THAT: Jaylin Simpson came untouched connected a blitz and would person sacked Tyrod Taylor. … Bo Melton sewage down Brandon Cisse for what would person been a large gain, but Love overthrew him. … Wideout Will Sheppard had a bad drop.

THE UGLY

SMACK DOWN: It’s been a unsmooth commencement to campy for rookie kicker Trey Smack.

Smack, the Packers’ sixth information draught prime from Florida, was 5-of-8 connected section goals Monday and is now 8-of-13 overall.

Smack was wide correct from 33 yards, deed the near upright from 52, and missed severely to the correct from 55.

Smack besides made kicks from 33, 40, 43, 48 and 51.

“I deed the shot good today,” Smack said. “I thought I deed the shot well. Those mis-hits, those are conscionable mis-hits that happen. But if you deed the ball, they usually spell in.”

Green Bay has tried Anders Carlson, Brayden Narveson, Brandon McManus and Lucas Harvisik astatine kicker since the commencement of 2023. Smack knows he’s nether a microscope successful the fishbowl that is Green Bay, and has deleted each societal media isolated from Instagram.

“Yeah, societal media’s gone for me,” Smack said. “Yeah, I don't person societal media. You know, I conscionable benignant of spell astir for illustration 1 time astatine a time, not really interest astir (what) anybody other thinks. It's conscionable benignant of my job, you know. That's what I signed up for.”