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

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur, left, and his younger brother, Arizona Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur, airs for a photograph pinch their parents, Kristi and Denny LaFleur, center, aft the Packers’ and Cardinals’ associated practice, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, successful Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Steve Megargee)

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Bring connected Minnesota.

The Green Bay Packers held their 16th — and last — training campy believe Wednesday. The associated believe pinch Arizona lasted 2 hours, 14 minutes connected a image perfect, 76-degree time successful Green Bay.

The believe was memorable arsenic the LaFleur brothers — Green Bay coach Matt La Fleur and Arizona coach Mike LaFleur — squared off.

“I’m arsenic adjacent to him arsenic anybody,” Matt LaFleur said of Mike. “I emotion him, and I don’t want to opportunity like, because this isn’t a slight, but I americium proud of him. I deliberation he’s done a awesome job. He’s existent to who he is. He’s a awesome quality being, a awesome father, I deliberation he’s sewage an exceptional shot mind, and I deliberation he does things the correct way.”

Added Mike: "It’s difficult to explicate because successful your caput you’re conscionable reasoning astir this believe and what needs to get done and what we’re trying to accomplish. Obviously a large storyline successful position of a associated believe successful general. We want to make judge that we’re present to get our activity successful and not person immoderate shenanigans aliases thing for illustration that. On the flip side, yeah, it’s cool.”

The Packers and Cardinals now quadrate disconnected successful an accumulation crippled Friday, past rosters must beryllium trimmed to 53 by Sunday astatine 6 p.m. EST.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured from the Packers’ last believe of the summer.

THE GOOD

DENNY AND KRISTI LAFLEUR: There’s thing amended for a genitor than to spot their children succeed.

So it was a remarkably typical time for Denny and Kristi LaFleur, who watched their sons — Green Bay Packers caput coach Matt LaFleur and Arizona’s Mike LaFleur — look disconnected successful this associated practice.

“It’s surreal, but I consciousness this way: They’ve earned it,” Denny LaFleur said earlier the associated practice. “They worked their butts off.”

Denny was a linebacker astatine Central Michigan, who past served arsenic a protect coach for the Chippewas from 1976-1997. After his tenure astatine CMU, Denny worked arsenic an adjunct coach for 13 seasons and a caput coach for 4 seasons astatine Mount Pleasant (Mich.) High School.

Matt is entering his eighth play arsenic Green Bay’s caput coach, and Mike is successful Year 1 pinch Arizona.

“People ever say, you must beryllium proud of your kids,” Denny said. “I say, do you person kids? If you do, you’re proud of your ain kids, you’re proud of what they do. Ours conscionable hap to beryllium successful sports, and it’s entertainment. Our kids, we’re capable to acquisition each the things that they do, positive more, and it’s been a blessing.”

WELCOME BACK: Green Bay nickel Javon Bullard and cornerback Benjamin St-Juste some returned to practice.

Bullard has been retired since Aug. 10 pinch a ft wounded that was successful a footwear for a stretch.

“I’ll beryllium backmost successful nary time,” Bullard said aft sustaining the injury. “If we had a crippled tomorrow I’d play. It’s thing crazy. We’re conscionable trying to proceed pinch be aware correct now alternatively of letting it linger and beryllium dealing pinch it later on.”

St-Juste missed Monday’s believe pinch a hamstring injury. He’s been battling Keisean Nixon for the starting cornerback occupation other rookie Brandon Cisse.

St-Juste said aft believe his time disconnected Monday was strictly “precautionary.”

Edge rusher Aaron Mosby (illness) besides returned to practice.

GOLDEN CHILD: Second-year wideout Matthew Golden continued his magnificent summertime pinch a 45-yard touchdown reception betwixt 2 Arizona defenders connected a beautifully thrown shot from Jordan Love.

“I deliberation he’s overmuch much assured successful the strategy and what they’re asking him to do and the nuances, surely I deliberation the opportunities pinch Jordan,” Green Bay wide head Brian Gutekunst said of Golden. “Again, he did person a bully campy past twelvemonth arsenic good but I deliberation the opportunities pinch Jordan are much and I deliberation that assurance betwixt the 2 are growing.”

BO KNOWS: While overmuch was made of the LaFleur Bowl this week, but the undercard featured Green Bay wide receiver Bo Melton and his brother, Cardinals cornerback Max Melton.

Early successful practice, Bo hit Max connected a slant and Packers’ wide receiver group went wild.

“Oh man, arsenic the large brother, I couldn't fto him win,” said Bo Melton, who’s 3 years older than Max. “You’ve sewage to whoop your brother, cognize what I’m saying.”

Melton later had a 15-yard reception and a 12-yard drawback connected a leaping sideline grab.

Melton besides received activity arsenic the No. 1 footwear returner and was a gunner connected the Packers’ apical punt sum team.

Melton’s expertise to deterioration aggregate hats should person solidified his spot connected the roster for different season.

“I consciousness for illustration this was my champion summertime yet,” Melton said. “It’s the fastest I’ve been. I’m doing typical teams. I’ve been making play aft play, truthful I’m excited.”

INTERCEPTIONS GALORE: Green Bay had conscionable 7 interceptions past season, the fewest successful franchise history.

On Wednesday, the Packers had four.

Rookie cornerback Brandon Cisse had an early prime of Jacoby Brissett erstwhile a Cardinals receiver fell down. Safety Kitan Oladapo picked disconnected Gardner Minshew erstwhile different Arizona receiver slipped and fell.

Linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper had an interception aft Trey Dean tipped a Minshew pass. And Green Bay information Murvin Kenion had an INT aft Oladapo deed Arizona wide receiver Jalen Brooks and jarred the shot loose.

“It was good,” Oladapo said. “I deliberation it was bully to spot different schemes, different unit and conscionable deed a different color, honestly, but I deliberation it was bully time of work.”

THIS AND THAT: Green Bay’s No. 1 gunners successful punt sum were Bo Melton and Kitan Oladapo. … The Packers’ No. 1 violative statement was (from left) Jordan Morgan, Aaron Banks, Sean Rhyan, Jacob Monk and Zach Bako-Bewele. The No. 2 portion was John Williams, Donovan Jennings, Jager Burton, Travis Glover and Anthony Belton. … Green Bay agelong snapper Matt Orzech (calf) said he’s connected way to play successful Week 1 against Minnesota. “They conscionable want to beryllium judge that erstwhile I do travel backmost I’m astatine 100% and not nursing it aliases fighting a regression each season,” Orzech said. … Green Bay separator rusher Colin Oliver besides said he should beryllium fresh for the Packers’ play opener. “100%,” Oliver said. “I’m assured successful wherever I’m astatine correct now.”

THE BAD

PREPARING FOR THE WORST: Green Bay wide head Brian Gutekunst said the Packers are preparing for a script wherever moving backmost Josh Jacobs could beryllium suspended.

Jacobs was arrested connected May 26, 2026, successful relationship to a home conflict that occurred days earlier, starring to bookings for preliminary charges that included home maltreatment battery, disorderly conduct, and felony strangulation/suffocation.

The Brown County District Attorney's agency released him the pursuing day, though, stating they were not yet prepared to record charges and needed to petition further investigation. To date, nary general charges person been issued.

“We’ll woody pinch that erstwhile that comes,” Gutekunst said. “But we’ve evidently prepared for that successful lawsuit that happens.”

Gutekunst said that could mean Green Bay goes dense astatine moving backmost connected cutdown time and keeps 4 backs.

“I deliberation again we’ll woody pinch that if that transpires, but we could” Gutekunst said. “You’re ever usually going to support 3 aliases 4 moving backs, and I deliberation we person capable to do that. But again it comes down to choices and trying to fig that out.”

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

Not practicing: Warren Brinson (calf), separator rusher Collin Oliver (calf), 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: Marvin Harrison Jr. whipped Keisean Nixon for a touchdown successful the backmost correct area of the endzone during reddish area drills. … Tyrod Taylor fumbled a threat from Jager Burton.

THE UGLY

NOT HIS DAY: Green Bay rookie kicker Trey Smack had rebounded from a unsmooth commencement to camp, highlighted by making each 7 of his section goals successful the 2 preseason games.

Smack struggled connected Wednesday, though, going conscionable 2-for-5 overall.

Smack was wide near from 33 yards, wide correct from 45 and short and correct from 58. He besides made kicks from 38 and 53 yards.

“I would say, like, each feline is different,” Green Bay typical teams coordinator Cam Achord said. “Some guys are awesome connected gameday, immoderate guys are awesome successful practice. And it whitethorn not translate. I deliberation it’s conscionable being the aforesaid personification each day, whether that’s a kicker aliases a halfway subordinate aliases immoderate it whitethorn be.”

FINISHING WOES CONTINUE: Green Bay’s inability to decorativeness games was the communicative of its 2026 season.

The Packers blew double digit, 4th fourth leads to Chicago connected 2 occasions and besides to Cleveland. The Packers’ likelihood of going 0-3 successful those games was 1-in-250,000, yet they someway did it.

The Packers besides mislaid a nine-point, 3rd 4th lead to Denver and yet fell, 34-26, to the Broncos.

Things didn't spell overmuch amended successful this practice, arsenic Green Bay’s starters some mislaid successful the 2-minute drill to decorativeness practice.

Matthew Golden dropped a touchdown walk for the Packers’ offense, while Arizona’s discourtesy marched correct down the section against Green Bay’s No. 1 defense.

“I deliberation we started disconnected the time really basking and we were making a batch of plays,” Green Bay backmost Jordan Love said. “And I deliberation towards the end, we didn’t decorativeness arsenic well. And I deliberation that’s evidently thing we’ve harped connected passim the offseason, passim training camp. So, I deliberation that was the benignant of lowest constituent of the time was conscionable (the) finish. And I deliberation successful training camp, the associated practices, I deliberation it gets a small chippy, things happen, emotions commencement moving a small higher. So, we sewage to find ways to beryllium capable to conscionable dial backmost in, attraction backmost successful and beryllium capable to decorativeness a practice.”