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

Aug 01, 2026 04:52 AM - 2 hours ago 3

Tucker Kraft returned.

A agelong snapper was yet added to the roster.

And the Green Bay Packers are down to 1 kicker.

The Packers held their 3rd training campy believe connected Friday, different non-padded workout that lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes. Green Bay besides made a fistful of transactions and will now return Saturday disconnected earlier returning to the believe section Sunday.

Here’s the good, bad and disfigured from believe No. 3.

THE GOOD

LOOK WHO’S BACK: The Packers activated tight extremity Tucker Kraft disconnected the Physically Unable to Perform list, conscionable 271 days aft he tore his correct ACL.

Kraft will only do individual drills for the clip being, but his return was a immense boost. Kraft took a thigh astir the Nitschke believe section earlier believe and received a large ovation from the crowd.

“Yeah, had to get the crowd juiced up for sure,” Kraft said. “Most importantly, for illustration I don't want anyone to get their expectations excessively high.

“I'm not going to beryllium doing thing excessively crazy present for a while, but arsenic agelong arsenic our GM and our training staff, the coaches, everyone's connected the aforesaid page, I'll conscionable get phased successful play by play until you guys spot maine retired location taking squad reps. So that's the goal. We're connected that ramp-up shape correct now to get fresh for Week 1.”

Kraft was successful the mediate of an All-Pro play successful 2025 earlier he tore his ACL against Carolina. Kraft started each 8 games he played past twelvemonth and posted 32 receptions, 489 receiving yards and six touchdowns.

Kraft was the only tight extremity successful the convention pinch 30-plus receptions, 475-plus receiving yards, six-plus receiving touchdowns and an mean of 15-plus yards per drawback done Week 9. He besides became conscionable the 5th tight extremity since the 1970 merger to deed those marks successful the first 8 games of a season, joining Kellen Winslow (1980), Antonio Gates (2010), Jimmy Graham (2013) and Rob Gronkowski (2015).

Kraft led each NFL tight ends successful yards per reception, yards aft the drawback (344), yards aft the drawback per crippled (43.0), yards aft the drawback per reception (10.8 avg.), was tied for No. 1 successful explosive receptions (12) and classed No. 2 successful explosive-reception percent (37.5) done Week 9.

“I'm conscionable worried astir getting backmost to who I was pre-injury,” Kraft said. “I had a awesome gathering this greeting pinch the guys from the Badger Lab … who told maine my knee looks spectacular, almost for illustration he had ne'er seen rehabilitation for illustration mine. So the truth that we're getting those results, the information will speak for itself and my comeback is ever-ascending time by day.”

PLAY OF THE DAY: Wideout Christian Watson, who’s disconnected to a beardown start, had the play of the time erstwhile he hit Carrington Valentine, stretched retired and hauled successful a 6-yard TD walk from Jordan Love precocious successful practice.

Love seemed to lead Watson excessively far, but the fifth-year wideout made a sensational drawback for six during a reddish area drill.

“I find myself looking guardant to what’s going to hap this year, to beryllium honest,” Watson said. “I’m trying to put myself successful the champion position to get 17-plus games this season. I’m conscionable excited to spot wherever it goes this year.

“I deliberation I person the opportunity to return a measurement forward, moreover (more) than I did past year. If I tin return that measurement guardant and play evidently much games, past I consciousness for illustration I’ll beryllium successful a really bully spot.”

GOLDEN TICKET: Second twelvemonth wideout Matthew Golden continued his accelerated start, arsenic well, making a spectacular drawback heavy downfield connected a shot from Jordan Love that was disconnected target. But Golden adjusted and hit Keisean Nixon for a large gain.

While that was the item of Golden’s day, he had a engaged believe making plays each complete the section throughout.

“I conscionable consciousness for illustration whenever that number presents itself aliases your number’s called, arsenic agelong arsenic you spell retired location and do what you tin do and show everybody who you are arsenic a person, that’s what matters the most,” Golden said. “For me, that’s each I could do, and that’s each I americium going to do.”

IT’S A SNAP: The Packers signed agelong snapper Cal Adomitis arsenic incumbent Matt Orzech battles a calf injury.

Adomitis (6-2, 235) played 49 regular-season games and 3 postseason contests for Cincinnati betwixt 2022-24. He was released adjacent the extremity of training campy successful 2025, past played 9 games for Philadelphia past play earlier ending the twelvemonth connected the Pittsburgh Steelers’ believe squad.

Green Bay signed Orzech to a three-year statement hold successful Aug., 2025. But Adomitis believes he tin springiness wide head Brian Gutekunst and Green Bay’s coaches thing to deliberation astir earlier cutdown day.

“I surely judge there's a chance,” Adomitis said of making the team. “I surely judge if I play the measurement I'm tin of playing, past I springiness them a reliable decision, which is my goal.

“Obviously, I emotion Matt, and each clip I've interacted pinch him done the years and played him — and we had associated practices a mates years agone erstwhile I was successful Cincy — and I person thing but awesome things to opportunity astir him, and I admit really welcoming he's been already to me, and conscionable helping maine support things rolling smoothly while he's not playing. But I surely do judge successful my expertise to travel successful and compete, and successful a week aliases two, possibly make the typical teams unit person to make a difficult decision.”

MAKING MOVES: In summation to adding Adomitis, the Packers signed wideout Kaden Prather, released kicker Lenny Krieg and waived/injured wide receiver Brenden Rice.

Rice is the boy of Hall of Fame wideout Jerry Rice. And by releasing Krieg, rookie sixth information draught prime Trey Smack is now the lone kicker connected the roster.

STARTING POINTS: Green Bay’s No. 1 discourtesy Friday was backmost Jordan Love, moving backmost Josh Jacobs, wideouts Christian Watson and Matthew Golden, tight ends Josh Whyle and Drake Dabney, and violative linemen (from left) Jordan Morgan, Jacob Monk, Sean Rhyan, Anthony Belton and Darian Kinnard.

Defensively, the starting beforehand 4 consisted of Barryn Sorrell, Nazir Stackhouse, Karl Brooks and Lukas Van Ness; linebackers Edgerrin Cooper and Zaire Franklin; cornerbacks Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine, and safeties Xavier McKinney, Javon Bullard and Evan Williams.

THIS AND THAT: Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper practiced aft dropping retired of believe early Thursday. … Defensive lineman Jonathan Ford sewage immoderate activity pinch the No. 1 defense for the first clip successful camp. … Cornerback Kesiean Nixon collapsed up a brace of passes, 1 for Christian Watson and different for Skyy Moore. … Safety Javon Bullard collapsed up a walk for Jayden Reed. … Defensive lineman Karl Brooks knocked down a Love walk astatine the statement of scrimmage.

THE BAD

NOTHING SPECIAL: Green Bay was spoiled the past 2 seasons pinch backup backmost Malik Willis, who was arguably the NFL’s champion No. 2.

The Packers signed seasoned Tyrod Taylor — who turns 37 connected Monday — to switch Willis. So far, Taylor has been up and down, astatine best.

On Friday, Taylor threw a unspeakable interception into double sum that cornerback Benjamin St Juste returned for a touchdown. Taylor besides floated a terrific heavy shot to Isaiah Neyor for a large gain.

Taylor has started 62 games — going 30-31-1 — and appeared successful 100 games during his 15 seasons. Green Bay is Taylor’s eighth squad and he’s battled a bevy of injuries successful caller years, including knee and groin injuries past season.

The Packers undoubtedly knew they’d beryllium worse disconnected astatine No. 2 backmost aft Willis left. What they’ll person to find successful the adjacent period is if Taylor tin get them done a crippled aliases 2 if Jordan Love is sidelined.

INCONSISTENT HANDS: For the 2nd consecutive day, rookie wideout J. Michael Sturdivant dropped a walk erstwhile he was wide open. Sturdivant has had his stock of awesome moments, but the drops could wounded him successful a bid to make the roster.

“You’ve sewage to person a short-term representation erstwhile it comes to the drops,” Sturdivant said. “Everybody's going to driblet a ball. Obviously, you don't want to driblet one, but it happens and you person to beryllium capable to move connected to the adjacent play arsenic accelerated arsenic possible.”

FINDING HIS RHYTHM: It was bully news for oft-injured moving backmost Marshawn Lloyd that he sewage done the first 3 practices unscathed.

“I consciousness great,” he said aft Friday’s practice.

Lloyd has yet to get going, though, connected the ground. While Lloyd insists he hasn’t missed a hit aft playing conscionable 1 crippled successful the past 2 seasons, he’s appeared to do excessively overmuch dancing and isn’t hitting the holes arsenic quickly arsenic he needs to.

“There's a batch that goes into that,” Lloyd said. “That's what a batch of group don't realize. A batch of group that watch from the outside, there's much that goes into it.

“You person to publication and spot wherever you go, and past deed the hole. So it's benignant of that you person to conscionable spot precisely what's unfastened and past deed it. But it's a batch of sounds that spell into a batch of different motions and blocking schemes, truthful there’s a batch that goes into it.”

FROM THE INFIRMARY: Eight Packers remained connected reserve lists: separator Micah Parsons (knee), tight extremity Luke Musgrave (neck), protect tackles Javon Hargrave (knee) and Jordan Reilly (Achilles), agelong snapper Matt Orzech (calf), tackle Brant Banks (hamstring), moving backmost Chris Brooks (hamstring) and cornerback Kamal Hadden (ankle).

Offensive lineman Jager Burton (hamstring) besides missed practice, while Kraft (knee) and defender Aaron Banks (nee/management) some practiced.

THIS AND THAT: … Rookie 3rd information protect lineman Chris McClellan worked pinch the No. 1 defense astir of the first 2 practices. On Friday, McClellan worked mostly pinch the No. 2s. … Right tackle Darian Kinnard had a blatant holding punishment against separator rusher Brenton Cox erstwhile Love deed Golden for a heavy gain.

THE UGLY

WHERE YOU GOING?: It’s not different for fans to get 90 minutes, moreover 2 hours, earlier practice. They snag bully seats and get fired up during the early portions of practice.

It doesn’t return galore of them long, though, to find thing other to do.

On Friday, astir half the crowd was gone aft astir an hour. By the extremity of practice, astir 75% had left.

We understand believe tin get a spot mundane. But if you’re arriving 2 hours early, wouldn't you want to enactment until the end?