Before practice started on Wednesday, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur essentially punted on every question he received about the status of running back Josh Jacobs, who turned himself in on Tuesday on five accusations, including felony strangulation and suffocation. Jacobs was released from Brown County jail on Wednesday, with the district attorney stating that the county is not going to press charges on Jacobs yet, but that there’s “reason to believe that additional evidence may exist that would impact whether criminal charges are appropriate.”
After touching on the Jacobs situation, though, the Packers opened up their first day of media-open organized team activities this year. The only players who weren’t present were edge defender Micah Parsons, who is rehabbing his ACL tear from the 2025 season, and Jacobs.
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Here’s what Green Bay’s beat saw at practice on Wednesday.
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The injuries to tight end Tucker Kraff, right tackle Zach Tom, defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt and defensive lineman Jordon Riley and cornerback Kamal Hadden are presumably stemming from the 2025 season. All but Riley are expected to be ready to hit the field full force by the start of training camp.
Injuries to running back Damien Martinez, tight end Drake Dabney, guard Donovan Jennings, center Jacob Monk, defensive lineman Jonathan Ford, edge rusher Collin Oliver (who returned to practice in 2025), linebacker Isaiah McDuffie and cornerback Domani Jackson appear to be new, though.
To no one’s surprise, it looks like the Bo Melton cornerback experiment is done. Melton worked with the offense on Wednesday, despite being listed as a cornerback on the Packers’ official depth chart. Melton never played a snap of defense during the 2025 regular season, despite working at cornerback for most of last summer. He did play 96 snaps of offense and 185 snaps of special teams, though.
There wasn’t much of a surprise here, considering the injuries. Darian Kinnard being the next man up at right tackle with Zach Tom out was expected. The only big question was what was going to happen at cornerback opposite of Keisean Nixon and on the interior defensive line.
The Packers heavily rotated players at both spots throughout practice today, as rookies Brandon Cisse (second-round pick cornerback) and Chris McClellan (third-round pick defensive lineman) even got looks with the first-team defense. Expect competition on the defensive line and secondary to continue up until at least the start of the regular season.
Rookie kicker Trey Smack went seven of eight today. I’m sure we’ll be keeping track of his kicks throughout the summer.
In the return game, we got our first list of punt return candidates. The only returning players from the 53-man roster among this group are Jayden Reed and Matthew Golden, but it’s likely that Skyy Moore would contribute as a returner if he ends up making the Packers’ final roster.
While he wasn’t with the rehab group, MarShawn Lloyd didn’t take snaps with the offense during team drills on Wednesday, giving opportunities to blocking back Chris Brooks and 2025 practice squadder Pierre Strong Jr. With Jacobs, Lloyd and Martinez out for team reps, the only backs the Packers had to work with were Brooks, Strong and undrafted rookie Jaden Nixon.
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