“Unfortunate” is the term that Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur used to explain running back MarShawn Lloyd’s injury in his pre-practice press conference. Lloyd, a second-year third-round pick, only played in one regular-season game as a rookie last year due to a series of medical issues, including appendicitis and injuries to his hip, hamstring and ankle.
Now, Lloyd has a groin issue that he apparently sustained on Monday. At first, it was believed that Lloyd was injured on a low hit from
cornerback Nate Hobbs, but the staff stated that Lloyd actually had a non-contact injury earlier in practice. Either way, he wasn’t brought back onto the field after the Hobbs hit yesterday.
Beyond the bad news on the Lloyd front, though, here’s what else happened at training camp on Tuesday.
Participation
On top of Lloyd, receiver Dontayvion Wicks dropped out of practice on Monday. Today, his injury, which kept him out of action, was reported as a calf issue. Besides Wicks and Lloyd, there were no new injuries announced at the start of practice.
This means that receiver Malik Heath and defensive end Brenton Cox Jr., who didn’t finish practice yesterday, returned to the field today. Receiver Christian Watson (knee), offensive lineman John Williams (back) and defensive end Collin Oliver (hamstring) remain on the team’s injury lists.
Later on in practice, third-round rookie receiver Savion Williams, who sustained a concussion earlier in camp, dropped out of action and was seen shaking his head as he walked off the field, according to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.
Offense
A new look to ball security drills for #Packers pic.twitter.com/6KoscnR46h
— Mike Spofford (@mikespofford) July 29, 2025
Ball security has been a major concern for the offense so far. While it’s been viewed as a positive for the defense that they’ve been able to punch out balls in camp, obviously, the inverse is true about the offense. So to start practice, the Packers worked on holding onto the ball even in disadvantageous situations.
Green Bay left guard Aaron Banks, who has been dealing with a back issue, was a non-participant in walkthroughs or team drills today. The good news? Center Elgton Jenkins not only participated in one-on-one drills but also team drills for the first time.
If you’re wondering, the only time Banks and Jenkins have ever taken snaps together so far has been in yesterday’s walkthroughs. Hopefully, those two can stay on the field long enough to actually get real practice reps together at some point.
With Banks out, the first-look offensive line today was Rasheed Walker, Jordan Morgan, Jenkins, Sean Rhyan and Zach Tom (left to right), according to Packer Report’s Andy Herman. Despite getting significant snaps at left tackle in minicamp and voluntary workouts, and the team describing the left tackle position as an “open competition” leading up to training camp practices, Morgan has been mostly worked in with the first-team unit as a guard so far. At this point, he and Rhyan, along with second-year player Jacob Monk, are probably most likely to see the field at the right guard spot this regular season.
The play of the day on the offensive side of the ball on Tuesday was a 70-yard pass from quarterback Jordan Love to first-round rookie receiver Matthew Golden. It’s hard to not get excited about the potential of Golden, considering how well he’s been performing in practices. Usually, rookies, no matter their draft status, are slow-played into the lineup. Golden has not only gotten on the field much quicker than rookies in the past, but he’s also been making splash plays with those opportunities.
In the second half of practice, Walker got chippy with defensive end Kingsley Enagbare, which led to the entire offense running a lap around the field. LaFleur laid into Walker, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette’s Ryan Wood, and had a chat with the team about the situation after practice.
Defense
Quay Walker working the sled. Coach Matt LaFleur said the LB is getting close to be able to do 11 on 11. Walker is coming off an ankle injury. pic.twitter.com/stJUmBaocc
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) July 29, 2025
When asked about the cornerback room today, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst brought up receiver-turned-cornerback Bo Melton, specifically, as someone who has been impressing in early camp practices. According to Gutekunst, the team had pegged Melton as a potential cornerback convert during the draft process because of how well he tested in key drills that translate well to the position.
Gutekunst also noted that the team did “a lot of work” on linebacker Isaiah Simmons coming out of college. Simmons was eighth overall in the 2020 draft, when the Packers traded up from 30th overall to 26th overall to pick Love. The general manager also said that Oliver was drafted “as an edge guy,” but noted the rookie's versatility to play special teams and off-ball linebacker.
According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, former first-round pick Lukas Van Ness was 3-0 in one-one pass-rushing drills on Tuesday. Van Ness beat Morgan, another former first-round pick, twice today. Hopefully, Van Ness, who is consistently getting first-team reps opposite of Rashan Gary, can improve in the pass-rushing department in 2025, now that he’s not dealing with a broken thumb. Van Ness, famously, has not started a football game since high school.
While cornerback Carrington Valentine has had a good camp so far, he hasn’t really been able to break the Packers’ first-team defensive lineup. Fairly consistently, the team’s two outside cornerbacks have been Keisean Nixon and Nate Hobbs with Javon Bullard playing in the slot and Evan Williams playing safety. They have moved around the secondary some, but this is by far the most common lineup the team has used so far. Per Herman, this was the lineup they used today.
If you’re looking to root for an undrafted rookie this summer, the favorite right now is former Georgia defensive tackle Nazir Stackhouse. He’s generating pressure in team drills and even came away with a sack in a tackle period. The Packers don’t have much nose tackle depth behind Kenny Clark, so there’s room for the 327-pounder to make this team.
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