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Cornerback is the toughest position to call for Green Bay at this point in the summer.
The last time we did a 53-man roster projection was after the 2025 NFL Draft, before we ever saw any of the newest Green Bay Packers go through a full practice with the team. Since the news from voluntary workouts, minicamp and a week of training camp, though, we have a much better feel for how this roster is going to shake out.
With all that being said, let’s take a crack at another 53-man roster projection after this new information. We’ll go through who we think will make the team and which players fell just short of the right side of the roster bubble. Feel free to yell at me in the comment section for leaving off your camp crush.
The Packers return both quarterbacks who earned the team wins last season, so there’s not much drama here. Honestly, the bigger competition is who will be Green Bay’s third quarterback, likely a practice squadder, between Sean Clifford and Taylor Elgersma, not Clifford pushing Malik Willis for the backup job behind Jordan Love.
There’s easily a world where the Packers only end up keeping three running backs here, but I’m going to give Green Bay four because they’ve kept four in the past, and they return four players at the position who have previously made the 53-man roster. What makes it tough for the Packers to only roll with just Josh Jacobs and Emanuel Wilson, their top two backs from last season, along with 2024 third-rounder MarShawn Lloyd is the fact that Lloyd continues to get banged up. At the moment, he’s missing time with a non-contact groin injury after battling through appendicitis and three injuries (hip, hamstring and ankle) as a rookie. The longer Lloyd stays off the field, the more opportunity Chris Brooks, who has developed into a solid blocking back, has to make the team.
This one is pretty simple to me. In no way are the Packers going to cut any of Jayden Reed, Romeo Doubs or Dontayvion Wicks, three young contributors on cheap deals. The same is true about rookies Matthew Golden and Savion Williams, two top-100 rookies. The only question here is whether or not Mecole Hardman will win the punt return job, which is probably the condition he needs to hit to earn a roster spot. Hardman was previously a Pro Bowl punt returner, so he’s certainly the favorite for that job. It’s also worth noting here that Christian Watson will probably begin the season on the physically unable to perform list, as the staff has said that they don’t plan on him practicing in...
