The Packers made a quick roster tweak heading into Week 2, bringing wide receiver Bo Melton back onto the 53-man roster after briefly moving him to the practice squad late last week.
Melton had been released because he was a vested veteran for termination pay purposes, but Green Bay called him up for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. The move matters financially: if Melton had been on the 53-man roster in Week 1, he would have been eligible to claim pay for his full minimum salary for the 2026 season even if he were cut later.
Since the Packers did not carry him on the 53-man roster then, his salary is not guaranteed, and he no longer has the option to claim termination pay going forward. Green Bay’s 53-man roster is now full.
The team also let go of long snapper Scott Daly from the practice squad, which leaves Matt Orzech as the only long snapper on the 53-man roster. Green Bay was the only club with a long snapper on its practice squad in Week 1.
That sequence opens up two practice squad spots for the Packers as they head into Week 2. The team usually fills those openings after Tuesday workouts, which serve as Green Bay’s regular-season off day.
Last week’s workout group included a quarterback, a tight end, and two running backs and defensive backs, and the Packers eventually signed one running back and one defensive back.
Green Bay has also taken a look at defensive lineman Eric Johnson II, who had been a pre-draft visitor for the team in 2022, and quarterback Cam Miller, who spent camp this past year with the Miami Dolphins. The defensive line could be an area to watch, too, after the Packers had two linemen poached to 53-man rosters in Jaden Crumedy, who went to Houston, and Nazir Stackhouse, who landed in Tennessee. Even with seven defensive linemen on the 53-man roster, six of them healthy, they may still need another body there.
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