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The Packers also released two defensive tackles on Friday.
Rookies reported to training camp in Green Bay today. After nearly four months of negotiations, the Packers announced that the team has avoided a holdout situation and has signed second-round tackle Anthony Belton to a four-year contract — right before camp.
Along with the signing of Belton, Green Bay also announced that they have released two defensive tackles in Nesta Jade Silvera and Cameron Young. At the moment, the Packers’ defensive tackle room is now comprised of Kenny Clark, Devonte Wyatt, Karl Brooks, Colby Wooden, James Ester, Keith Randolph, sixth-round rookie Warren Brinson and undrafted rookie Nazir Stackhouse.
After Friday’s transactions, Green Bay has three open roster spots to play with on its 91-man offseason roster. Veterans will report on Tuesday and training camp practices will officially begin on Wednesday, so we’ll just have to wait and see if the Packers plan on using those roster spots at the start of camp.
On the Belton front, the reason this contract took so long to ink is because of the rising guarantees that second-round picks are receiving. So far, three picks, Carson Schwesinger, Jayden Higgins and Nick Emmanwori, have all received fully guaranteed deals. They were also the first three picks selected in the second round of April’s draft. Both Schwesinger and Higgins were signed shortly after the draft, but Emmanwori just signed yesterday.
Up until Wednesday, 30 of the NFL’s 32 second-round rookies had remained unsigned, until the San Francisco 49ers and defensive tackle Alfred Collins reached a deal that guaranteed him $8.3 million. Roughly, second-round rookies are receiving about $2 million more guaranteed on their rookie contracts than players who were picked in the same draft slot in 2024.
Once Collins signed, the floodgates opened, leading to nine players coming to agreements on Thursday. Notably, the two players picked behind Belton in the 2025 draft, Los Angeles Chargers receiver Tre Harris and Chicago Bears offensive lineman Ozzy Trapilo, signed contracts yesterday. That likely helped the Packers and Belton’s representation feel more secure about what a reasonable market for the rookie is, leading to today’s deal.
