The Packers are moving through the final stretch of training camp with a crowded injury list and a few key dates already lined up on the calendar.
On Wednesday, Aug. 19, the team’s player participation report listed EDGE Micah Parsons (knee), LS Matt Orzech (calf), TE Luke Musgrave (neck), and DL Jordon Riley (Achilles) on the physically unable to perform list. CB Javon Bullard (foot), LB Nyzalik Kelly (knee), and OL Darian Kinnard (ankle) were listed as did not participate. Kelly also showed up in the “returned” category, along with EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton (illness).
LaFleur said Dennis-Sutton’s absence goes back to a practice on Monday, Aug. 10, when the rookie edge rusher overheated and then dealt with an illness that kept him out of the preseason opener and every practice since. The coach stressed it was not a conditioning problem and pointed to hydration.
"Obviously you take that very seriously. He's working through the process of coming back.
Dennis-Sutton, a fourth-round pick at No. 120 overall in this year’s draft, came to Green Bay after earning two third-team All-Big Ten Conference selections at Penn State.
The Packers are also closing in on their next preseason test. They face the Denver Broncos on the road Friday, Aug. 21, with kickoff set for 8 p.m.
Green Bay is playing in Denver for the second time in the last three preseason years, and the trip also brings back a difficult memory from last season: the 2025 regular-season game at Mile High that started the team’s four-game losing streak to end the year, a run that stretched to five including the playoffs. It was also the game in which Micah Parsons suffered his torn ACL.
Green Bay’s preseason slate also includes the opener at Pittsburgh, which ended in a 28-9 loss, and a home game against the Arizona Cardinals on Friday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m.
As for the camp routine, every remaining Packers practice is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Ray Nitschke Field, just across from Lambeau Field. Only two of the 13 public practices are left: Monday, Aug. 24, and Wednesday, Aug. 26, with that final session set to be a joint practice with the Arizona Cardinals.
The regular season is getting close, too. Green Bay opens at the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Sept. 13 at 3:25 p.m. on CBS, and the rest of the schedule is already set from there: at the New York Jets on Sunday, Sept. 20 at noon on Fox; home against the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7:15 p.m. on Amazon; at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, Oct. 4 at noon on Fox; home against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3:25 p.m. on Fox; home against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7:20 p.m. on NBC; at the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 3:25 p.m. on Fox; home against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7:15 p.m. on Amazon; at the New England Patriots on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3:25 p.m. on Fox; home against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 15 at noon on Fox; Week 11 bye; at the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. on Netflix; at the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, Dec. 6 at noon on Fox; home against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 7:20 p.m. on NBC; home against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Dec. 20 at noon on Fox; at the Chicago Bears on Friday, Dec. 25 at noon on Netflix; home against the Houston Texans on Monday, Jan. 4 at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN; and then a final matchup against the Detroit Lions on Saturday or Sunday, Jan. 9 or Jan. 10.
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