GREEN BAY \u2013 The Packers opened training camp with a roughly 90-minute, non-padded practice Wednesday at Ray Nitschke Field.<\/p>\n
Here are five things learned from the workout:<\/p>\n
1. Rookie CB Brandon Cisse<\/a> was taking first-team reps on defense.<\/p>\n Among a long list of injured players, starting cornerback Keisean Nixon<\/a> is currently out with a hamstring injury, which bumped Cisse, the Packers’ second-round draft pick, up to the first unit alongside Carrington Valentine<\/a> at the other corner.<\/p>\n The 11-on-11 work in the first practice was exclusively in the red zone and near the goal line, so there weren’t deep routes to defend and the field was compressed. But getting first-team snaps right away is an opportunity for Cisse to show what he can bring.<\/p>\n “It feels great and there’s just a long ways to go,” he said. “Every day I’m working to get better. I’m nowhere near as great of a player as I want to be.<\/p>\n “It’s always just working and working, finishing the little details. It’s good to get out there, experience different speeds, get used to it, so it’ll be fun.”<\/p>\n There weren’t any highlight-reel plays from the rookie, but he did attack and disrupt a screen pass. He noted an appreciation for new defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who has a DB background, and getting to play for him.<\/p>\n “He’ll be getting some more reps and I’ll be going against him a lot more during training camp, and I’m just excited to see the progression,” QB Jordan Love<\/a> said.<\/p>\n “I’m excited to see how he keeps building. For him, for all the rookies really, it’s about trying to learn the playbook as fast as possible, be dialed in and just understanding mentally what you’ve got to do on each play. I think that’s the biggest challenge for everybody because it’s so new, but talent-wise, athlete-wise, he’s a great player.”<\/p>\n 2. Young receiver Isaiah Neyor<\/a> made the play of the day.<\/p>\n An undrafted rookie a year ago who spent the bulk of the 2025 season on the practice squad, Neyor stood out during OTAs and minicamp in the spring and carried it over to the first practice of camp.<\/p>\n Working with the No. 3 unit, Neyor hauled in a rocket of a throw in the back of the end zone from undrafted rookie QB Kyron Drones<\/a> off a rollout, maintaining control of the ball and getting his feet in bounds as he fell to the ground after an initial bobble.<\/p>\n At 6-4, 218, Neyor has intriguing size, and fellow receiver Christian Watson<\/a> said his other tools were on display during scout-team work last season.<\/p>\n “We were definitely seeing the plays he’s been making this spring and he made today, we saw those a lot on scout team,” Watson said. “Obviously he’s not running our plays when he’s doing that stuff, but the more he’s able to do that in our system, the better his confidence will be when he’s out there.”<\/p>\n The top defensive play also came with the third units on the field, as undrafted rookie cornerback Marlon Jones<\/a> \u2013 who battled cancer during his college career at Vanderbilt \u2013 jumped a swing pass thrown by Kyle McCord<\/a> and picked it off for what would’ve been a lengthy pick-six.<\/p>\n 3. The Packers are working through a number of injuries, some more significant than others.<\/p>\n As expected, Micah Parsons<\/a> and Tucker Kraft<\/a> were not practicing coming off last season’s ACL tears, though General Manager Brian Gutekunst said Kraft will be “out there sooner than later,” which Kraft confirmed himself. Both Gutekunst and Kraft also mentioned his contract extension is in the works.<\/p>\n TE Luke Musgrave<\/a> is sidelined by a neck injury that initially cropped up during minicamp in June, and it’s unknown how long he’ll be out.<\/p>\n DT Javon Hargrave<\/a> is out with a knee injury, but Head Coach Matt LaFleur said it’s not a long-term concern. Long snapper Matt Orzech<\/a> is also out with a minor calf injury, and C Sean Rhyan<\/a> executed some special teams snaps in his place.<\/p>\n RB Chris Brooks<\/a> has a hamstring injury, while CB Kamal Hadden<\/a> (ankle) and DT Jordon Riley<\/a> (Achilles) have not yet recovered from their late-season injuries.<\/p>\n Rookie OL Jager Burton<\/a> left practice during individual drills, walking off the field under his own power with a member of the medical staff.<\/p>\n The good news on the injury front is DT Devonte Wyatt<\/a>\u00a0and RT Zach Tom<\/a> were both practicing, individual drills only, coming off their season-ending injuries from last year.<\/p>\n Also, OL Jacob Monk<\/a> was back from last January’s biceps injury that kept him out all spring, while LB Isaiah McDuffie<\/a> and CB Benjamin St-Juste<\/a> were both back on the practice field after sitting out during the spring as well. McDuffie needed core muscle surgery in the offseason and said he’s good now.<\/p>\n 4. There’s a lot of moving parts on the early depth chart.<\/p>\n With veteran offensive linemen Aaron Banks<\/a> and Tom not yet taking 11-on-11 snaps, Monk worked as the starting left guard for Banks while Darian Kinnard<\/a> was in for Tom.<\/p>\n On the interior of the defensive line, Karl Brooks<\/a>, Warren Brinson<\/a>, Nazir Stackhouse<\/a> and rookie Chris McClellan<\/a> all rotated with Hargrave out and Wyatt sitting out team periods.<\/p>\n In Parsons’ absence, Lukas Van Ness<\/a> and Barryn Sorrell<\/a> were the first two edge rushers, with Brenton Cox Jr.<\/a> and rookie Dani Dennis-Sutton<\/a> the second pair.<\/p>\n 5. RB MarShawn Lloyd<\/a> took some first-team snaps on offense.<\/p>\n There was no update on Josh Jacobs<\/a>‘ legal situation, while the health watch remains constant with Lloyd, the third-year running back whose first two seasons have been washed out by injuries.<\/p>\n During 11-on-11, Lloyd got started with the second unit, outrunning defenders to the pylon for a TD. He later took some first-team reps in Jacobs’ place, as LaFleur noted the plan is to keep building up Lloyd’s workload throughout camp. He did get the ball knocked out by LB Zaire Franklin<\/a> following a screen reception, though it was unclear whether the play would’ve been ruled a fumble or incomplete.<\/p>\n “Obviously we know MarShawn’s gone through his fair share of things,” Love said. “To have him healthy, to have him out there is great.<\/p>\n “That’s a guy we need to have out there, because I know he’s going to be a special playmaker as somebody who can make those big explosive plays in the run game and the pass game.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN BAY \u2013 The Packers opened training camp with a roughly 90-minute, non-padded practice Wednesday at Ray Nitschke…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[11977,22160,28139,13041,13040,349,99],"class_list":["post-793260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-homepage-cp","tag-news-training-camp","tag-news-five-things","tag-news-national-feature","tag-news-stories","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793260","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=793260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}