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The Green Bay Packers just wrapped up their three-day minicamp in preparation for the upcoming 2026 NFL season, practicing on the third and final day in full cadence for the first time in recent years. The Packers are clearly all-in for 2026 as they await the returns of EDGE Micah Parsons and TE Tucker Kraft.
Head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed that this will be the final team-wide mandatory minicamp and that rookies will be the only ones appearing on the practice field next week. This recent mincamp offered fans and experts their best look yet at starters preparing for another campaign, rookies looking to make an immediate impacts, and sleepers who could break out in the upcoming season.
Still, the Packers will have to make inevitable cuts with 90 players on their current offseason roster, getting additional looks during these final two weeks from rookies and signings. The Packers most notably took CB Brandon Cisse (RD2, PK52) with their first pick in the draft and bolstered their defense with picks like DT Chris McClellan (RD3, PK77) and Penn State EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton (RD4, PK 120).
With a number of heated positional battles coming to fruition and a ton of depth added during the offseason, some players will be on the chopping block heading into the new season. Third-year corner Kamal Hadden and sophomore quarterback Kyle McCord could be two players in danger of being cut after 2026 minicamp.
The Packers drafted Hadden in the sixth-round in 2024, signing him to the practice squad for the entirety of his rookie season. He was called up to the active roster in 2025 and appeared in 10 regular season games, recording tackles in two of them in a limited role. In Week 10 against the Baltimore Ravens, however, Hadden suffered a season-ending ankle injury that requires a five month recovery.
Hadden still hasn’t practiced during recent minicamp and it’s clear the cornerback position will be under a microscope come the start of the season. Starting DB’s Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine will have their starting spots at risk with incoming draft pick Brandon Cisse already making a huge impression in the offseason. The Packers also got Chargers’ DB Benjamin St-Juste in the offseason and doubled-down on CB in the draft with Alabama’s Domani Jackson.
This leaves Kamal Hadden returning to an extremely crowded secondary with a ton of hungry talent all competing for their roles. The Packers have been consistent in giving Hadden a fair opportunity through his first two years, but they’ll also have to wait and see how he looks coming in off a serious ankle injury and whether he’s able to add to the room.
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