Jacob Monk got the nod over Jordan Morgan, Anthony Belton, Kadeem Telfort and Travis Glover on Wednesday

The 2025 Green Bay Packers debuted as a group today when the team held its first full-team practice in front of the media on Wednesday. It’s only Phase Two of organized team activities, which means it’s voluntary and players didn’t have pads on, but there was still plenty to be learned about what the coaching staff thinks of their players early on in their pursuit of Super Bowl LX’s Lombardi Trophy.

Let’s dive into the news and notes from today’s practice.

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Both are looking to receive updated contract terms from Green Bay

The Green Bay Packers’ first set of organized team activities (OTAs) that were open to the media in 2025 started on Wednesday. Going into the day, the big question was whether cornerback Jaire Alexander, who has recently received a contract restructure offer from the Packers, or center Elgton Jenkins, who apparently wants to receive a contract extension despite still having two years remaining on his current deal, would show up.

According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, Alexander and Jenkins were among the players who were not seen at practice on...

Mark your calendars for August 2 and July 23.

For Green Bay Packers fans who enjoy making the pilgrimage to Lambeau Field for training camp, there is good news on Wednesday morning. The team announced the date of their first 2025 training camp practice today, along with the date and other key information regarding the annual Family Night event.

First up is the start of training camp, with the first practice set to take place on Wednesday, July 23. Players will begin reporting for camp in the days leading up to practice, while the team’s annual shareholders’ meeting will also...

The soft launch to the 2025 season is here.

The Packers are in the midst of their first set of Organized Team Activities this week, and there’s plenty to watch. New players will be hitting the field for the first time, veterans will be either returning to the fold (in the case of Jaire Alexander) or staying away (in the case of Elgton Jenkins) as they try to get their contract situations sorted out, and the team as a whole will begin its quest toward a Super Bowl.

Is that a realistic goal? It’s as realistic for the Packers as...

The Packers have also reportedly offered Alexander a proposal on a reworked contract.

Jaire Alexander may yet remain a Green Bay Packer in 2025, and according to a report on Tuesday, that is his wish. The Athletic published a report this morning stating that the Packers have offered Alexander a restructured contract for the upcoming season, the clearest sign yet that the team is willing and open to him returning this fall.

While that bit of news is notable in its own right, the item that follows it is even more interesting. Reporter Matt Schneidman says that Alexander “wants to...

Today we take a brief look at safety Evan Williams during his rookie season.

When the Green Bay Packers selected safety Evan Williams in the fourth round (111th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft, expectations were modest. But halfway through his rookie season, Williams had already shattered them, emerging as one of the league’s most impressive first-year players — and a dark horse Defensive Rookie of the Year candidate.

Williams began his collegiate career at Fresno State in 2019 before transferring to Oregon for his final season in 2023. His adaptability and football IQ stood out, making him a late-round...

After an up-and-down rookie year, Bullard still has plenty of potential.

The Packers have no shortage of exciting and interesting young players. Matthew Golden has drawn all kinds of attention since the moment he appeared on the draft stage in the Lambeau Field parking lot, and he’s hardly alone, even in the receiver room. Jayden Reed is still plenty exciting, and Dontayvion Wicks still qualifies as a giant basket of potential.

And on defense, Edgerrin Cooper certainly qualifies as exciting — he could be an All-Pro this season after earning a vote for that honor last season. Beyond him, rookies...

Julian Fleming was taken to Guthrie Troy Community Hospital following a collision with a deer

Last month, it was revealed that former five-star recruit Julian Fleming, who played receiver at Penn State and Ohio State, initially had signed with the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent but failed his physical due to hip and back injuries. When the Packers moved on from Fleming, a local reporter in Pennsylvania stated that there was interest from the San Francisco 49ers, Washington Commanders and Baltimore Ravens to give him a shot at NFL football at some point in 2025.

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NFL owners probably do no like the Philadelphia Eagles’ financial strategy

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk wrote an article about NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s recent comments, which, among other things, include that team owners believe they should be receiving a bigger share of the financial pie. Rich people want more money. Big woop, right?

Well, also included in the article was a quote from Goodell saying that the league is looking into “the integrity” of the “cap system itself,” which could be a bigger piece of news than the percentage point of money that NFL players will receive from...

Three NFC teams are reportedly interested in Miami cornerback Jalen Ramsey, but the Packers aren’t among them

The Miami Dolphins are considering trading cornerback Jalen Ramsey, a seven-time Pro Bowler, before the start of the 2025 season. With June 1st around the corner, a key date in the NFL schedule is nearing. Any transactions made after June 1st push future seasons’ dead cap into next year, rather than having it all accelerate to 2025. This allows teams to create more short-term cap space with trades, such as one that would involve Ramsey.

For perspective, a Ramsey trade before June 1st...

Looking back on a play from the Packers victory over the Rams.

I’m currently working on a piece about the direction I think the Green Bay Packers offense may be heading in 2025. However, as those pieces tend to go, it’s taking much longer than I had originally expected.

One of the nice things about it is that it allows me to study some other offenses around the league, but it also allows me to revisit Packers games from this past year. The further I get away from the season, the more I focus on the coming season and the...

PFT sheds light on the real reason the Green Bay Packers proposed banning the tush push.

When the news broke that the Green Bay Packers were shopping a rule change to the league that would ban the tush push (the infamous quarterback-sneak-adjacent play made notorious by the Philadelphia Eagles), the reaction from many pundits and opposing fans was swift.

“Sour grapes.”

“Wimpy.”

“Hate the play? Learn how to stop it on the field.”

But the idea that the Packers’ coaching staff and front office were so annoyed by the play that they’d seek to ban it just never held water,...