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Packers Training Camp Injury Report: Practice 7

Break out the bubble wrap, general manager Brian Gutekunst says.

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GREEN BAY, Wis. – General manager Brian Gutekunst knows the Green Bay Packers have to start the season a lot sharper than they did in last year’s opener against the Saints.

At the same time, Gutekunst knows that the best teams are the healthiest teams. And every day on the practice field brings potential peril to a talented roster.

“I’ve got a lot of Ted Thompson in me,” Gutekunst said before Wednesday’s practice. “I’m seeing some of these guys out there who are really eager and playing really well right now and you want to bubble wrap them until September and stock them away and we’ll let a bunch of these other guys get some more opportunities because we know what some of these guys can do.

"At the same time, I think you really need this time to come together as a team, as a unit. The timing on offense and defense and all the different things for us to come out of the gates with a good start is important. There’s some veteran players that look really good right now.

Staying healthy shouldn’t be an issue on Wednesday. The Packers are in the midst of a stretch of five consecutive days of practice. On Tuesday, the first full-pads practice of the summer was the longest and most competitive of camp. So, coach Matt LaFleur will lead a short, low-tempo practice on Wednesday to set the stage for another padded practice on Thursday and Family Night on Friday.

Cornerback Jaire Alexander was feeling “a little tight” on Tuesday so was limited to individual drills for precautionary reasons, LaFleur said. He is doing individual and the half-speed team drills at the start of practice.

Packers Wednesday Injury Report

Returned to practice: TE Marcedes Lewis (rest).

New Injuries: RB Patrick Taylor (groin), WR Osirus Mitchell (quad).

Old injuries: C Cole Schneider (ankle), WR Malik Taylor (shoulder).

Non-Football Injury List: CB Keisean Nixon (groin).

Physically unable to perform list: K Mason Crosby (knee), WR Christian Watson (knee), RB Kylin Hill (knee), LT David Bakhtiari (knee), OL Elgton Jenkins (knee), TE Robert Tonyan (knee).

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Bill Huber
BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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