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

Aug 03, 2026 02:16 AM - 2 hours ago 1

The Green Bay Packers held their 4th training campy believe connected Sunday, different non-padded workout that lasted 1 hour, 40 minutes connected a comfortable morning.

Green Bay will believe successful afloat pads for the first clip connected Monday.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured from believe No. 4.

THE GOOD

WELCOME BACK: Cornerback Kamal Hadden came of the PUP database aft suffering gruesome limb and ankle injuries successful Week 17 past season.

Hadden missed the full offseason programme and the first 3 practices of training campy earlier being activated Sunday.

“I cognize it was a gruesome deal,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “Anybody that's coming disconnected a beautiful important injury, I deliberation there's ever a small spot of an chartless too. But if you onslaught it the correct way, which he has, I deliberation we consciousness assured that he'll beryllium capable to return to form.”

Hadden played successful 10 games past year, mostly connected typical teams. He now joins an improved cornerback room that added free supplier Benjamin St-Juste and 2nd information draught prime Brandon Cisse this offseason.

In Hadden’s first practice, his correct pinky popped retired during a drill. One of Green Bay’s trainers popped it backmost successful and he instantly returned to the believe field.

“Man, it tested my faith,” Hadden said of his comeback. “I knew I was beardown and I could conflict done adversity. I ever believed successful God, ever believed successful Him and He makes nary mistakes and religion complete fearfulness and things for illustration that. But erstwhile it's put to the trial for illustration this, it really tests (you).

“You really can't spot the end, but you tin spot the travel that is paving for you aliases He’s paving for you, and it conscionable maine really spot that and judge thing is imaginable and thing happens for nary reason. So, I knew I could get done it if He put maine done it.”

Rookie violative lineman Jager Burton (hamstring) besides returned to practice.

READY TO CONTRIBUTE?: Second twelvemonth separator rusher Collin Oliver played conscionable 1 crippled past play owed to a hamstring injury. With Micah Parsons retired (ACL) to statesman the year, the Packers request personification to supply a lift, and possibly Oliver tin help.

On Sunday, Oliver stuffed a tally aft beating tight extremity Drake Dabney. Then Oliver whipped tackle Dalton Cooper for what would person been a sack of backmost Tyrod Taylor. Because location is nary contact, though, Oliver stopped, put his hands connected his hips and waited for Taylor to make the throw.

“Obviously you cognize who we’re missing, an elite player, 1 of the champion if not the champion protect players successful our generation,” Oliver said of Parsons. “We can’t really attraction connected that, though.

“We person to attraction connected what we tin control, and really good we do successful practice, successful the classroom, and yet really that applies to the game. Honestly, it’s connected america to conscionable return power of our room, and understand who we sewage correct now and conscionable activity pinch what we person correct now, because I judge that’s each we tin do.”

IT’S TRICKY, TRICKY, TRICKY: Green Bay ran a hook and ladder play successful which backup backmost Tyrod Taylor deed Bo Melton, who past lateraled backmost to moving backmost Pierre Strong Jr.

Strong Jr. past raced to the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown.

“Yeah, that was a benignant of a unsocial play,” Melton said. "We were successful a business astatine the extremity of the half – a 19-second situation.

“We had to people and we had nary timeouts. So, Coach LaFleur, he’s a mastermind, truthful he drew that up, and I thought we scored. They called him down but it was a awesome play. We believe that play a mates times.”

GOOD VIBRATIONS: On the first time of training camp, LaFleur said: “This is arsenic excited arsenic I've ever been coaching this shot squad successful my clip here, and it's because of the group we person successful the room. I mean, players, coaches, support staff, everybody.”

The Packers’ 2025 play was a trying one.

Not only did Green Bay suffer its last 5 games, LaFleur’s people of a B-minus successful an NFLPA study was 1 of the lowest among NFL coaches. LaFleur attributed the mediocre people to players frustrations complete roles and connection regarding captious feedback.

So far, LaFleur is optimistic things person improved.

“I deliberation it's conscionable the wide vibe we person successful the building, and it's not conscionable exclusive to our players,” LaFleur said. “It's our coaching staff, our support staff. I deliberation everybody's connected the aforesaid page and pulling successful the aforesaid direction, and that makes it a hellhole of a batch much nosy to travel to activity each day.”

NAME CHANGE: Right tackle Zach Tom has changed his sanction to Zach Bako-Bewele. It’s a operation of his Nigerian grandparents’ past names.

“I want to person a name, particularly erstwhile I commencement having kids and stuff, I want to person a sanction that I tin walk down wherever it represents wherever they came from, wherever I came from,” Bako-Bewele said. “I conscionable consciousness for illustration that sanction will, group will spot that sanction and person a bully knowing of who I am, wherever I travel from.”

THIS AND THAT: Safety Evan Williams had a sack erstwhile blitzing. “After being present for 3 years I consciousness for illustration I sewage a beautiful bully cue connected J-Love’s timing done his cadence,” Wlliams said. … Defensive extremity Lukas Van Ness batted down a Jordan Love pass. … Linebacker Zaire Franklin had tremendous sum connected an incomplete walk down the mediate for tight extremity Josh Whyle. … Wideout Bo Melton, who’s had a quiet camp, caught a touchdown from Jordan Love successful a reddish area period. … Defensive tackle Anthony Campbell has batted down astatine slightest 3 passes astatine the statement of scrimmage successful the first 4 practices. … Longtime Packers adjunct Joe Philbin, who was Green Bay’s interim coach for 4 games successful 2018, attended practice.

THE BAD

ROUGH START: Rookie kicker Trey Smack went 3-for-5 connected section goals. Smack was bully from 28, 33 and 42 yards, and was wide near from 38 and 45 yards.

While it was windy, Smack will apt footwear successful acold worse conditions astatine Lambeau Field by Halloween.

NOT VALENTINES DAY: Fourth twelvemonth cornerback Carrington Valentine dropped retired of believe pinch an undisclosed injury. Rookie area Brandon Cisse replaced Valentine pinch the No. 1 defense.

FROM THE INFIRMARY: The pursuing Packers did not believe owed to injury: separator rusher Micah Parsons (knee), protect tackle Javon Hargrave (knee), tight extremity Luke Musgrave (neck), agelong snapper Matt Orzech (calf), tackle Brant Banks (hamstring), moving backmost Chris Brooks (hamstring) and protect tackle Jordon Reilly (Achilles).

THIS AND THAT: A wide receiver expanse to Savion Williams mislaid yardage. … The defense had a busted sum successful which reserve moving backmost Damien Martinez caught a touchdown.