{"id":670177,"date":"2026-05-28T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670177\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:44:08","slug":"matt-lafleur-packers-need-marshawn-lloyd-to-prove-what-he-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/670177\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt LaFleur: Packers need MarShawn Lloyd to prove what he can do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Packers spent a third-round draft pick on running back MarShawn Lloyd in 2024, and so far they\u2019ve gotten nothing out of him: Lloyd has played in only one game, carrying six times for 15 yards and never even picking up a first down in that game.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay was already hoping to get more out of Lloyd in Year 3, but the recent arrest of running back Josh Jacobs and the possibility that Jacobs could be facing NFL discipline means Lloyd could become even more important to the Packers\u2019 prospects. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Lloyd is working hard in the offseason program, but the question is whether he can stay healthy, which he hasn\u2019t done so far in his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s done a nice job, but we\u2019ve only had one practice,\u201d LaFleur said, via ESPN. \u201cI think the proof will be in the pudding. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48894248\/nfl-green-bay-packers-marshawn-lloyd-josh-jacobs-arrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">He\u2019s got to show that consistently<\/a> over the course of all of OTAs, into training camp, into the preseason, and then we\u2019ll see where we go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaFleur said he\u2019s hoping Lloyd can prove he\u2019s the player the Packers thought they were getting when they drafted him out of USC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s done everything he can in his power to put him in the best possible position,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cHe\u2019s just going to have to go out there and prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Packers spent a third-round draft pick on running back MarShawn Lloyd in 2024, and so far they\u2019ve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-670177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}