Thursday, June 19, 2025

2025 Training Camp Schedule

Dates set for 2025 Packers Training Camp;
Action kicks off Wednesday, July 23
 
The Green Bay Packers today announced the dates of practices that are open to the public for the 2025 Packers Training Camp, presented by Emplify Health by Bellin. This marks Green Bay's 80th training camp, a tradition that began in 1946 under Curly Lambeau. As in the past, practices are scheduled to take place at Ray Nitschke Field and Packers Family Night will be at Lambeau Field.

Training camp kicks off on Wednesday, July 23, with the first of three consecutive public practices (July 24-25). The Friday practice will be followed by the Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 3 p.m. After a day off on Saturday, Green Bay will hold the first of four public practices in five days on Sunday (July 27-28 and 30-31).

The Packers will host Family Night at Lambeau Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, and follow with three straight public practices (Aug. 5-7) before taking on the New York Jets at home on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.

Green Bay will hold a public practice on Tuesday, Aug. 12, before going to Indianapolis, where it will have a joint practice (Aug. 14) before facing the Colts on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 12 p.m. CT.

The Packers finish off the open sessions of training camp with an open practice on Aug. 19 and then an open joint practice against Seattle (Aug. 21) before facing the Seahawks at Lambeau Field on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 3 p.m.

All public training-camp practices at Ray Nitschke Field are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. (times are subject to change).

NOTE: Should inclement weather or any other factor force the team indoors, practices will be closed to the public due to space limitations inside the Don Hutson Center.

Important dates on the preseason calendar include:

Friday, July 18 – Quarterbacks, rookies and injured players report
Friday, July 18 – Packers 1K Kids Run (kids 10 and younger), presented by CareSource, 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 19 – Packers 5K Run/Walk, by Emplify by Bellin, Lambeau Field, 8 a.m.
Tuesday, July 22 – Veteran players report
Wednesday, July 23 – First practice (10:30 a.m., Ray Nitschke Field)
Friday, July 25 – Packers Annual Meeting of Shareholders (3 p.m., Lambeau Field)
Saturday, Aug. 2 – Family Night, presented by Emplify by Bellin, Lambeau Field
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Last practice open to public (with Seattle), 10:30 a.m., Ray Nitschke Field

The Packers will use their facilities at Lambeau Field for their entire training-camp operations, including practice, meals and meetings.

The American Family Insurance DreamDrive bike tradition will take place in its typical format. Kids are invited to bring their bikes to each open practice day and offer the players a ride from Lambeau Field to Ray Nitschke Field. The Bellin Bike Rodeo and free bike-helmet giveaway as well as the Bellin Training Camp Village will also be a part of camp. Further information about fan activities at training camp will be announced in the coming weeks.

— Green Bay Packers Press Release

For the record: The number of Green Bay Packers public Training Camp practices starting with 2010 (the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement outlawed two-a-day practices):

2010: 25 Public Practices + Family Night (Super Bowl XLV year)
2011: 21 Public Practices + Family Night (*New CBA* signed)
2012: 20 Public Practices + Family Night
2013: 19 Public Practices + Family Night
2014: 16 Public Practices + Family Night
2015: 16 Public Practices + Family Night
2016: 15 Public Practices + Family Night
2017: 14 Public Practices + Family Night
2018: 14 Public Practices + Family Night
2019: 18 Public Practices + Family Night
2020: No Public Practices due to COVID-19 (*New CBA* signed)
2021: 12 Public Practices + Family Night.
2022: 11 Public Practices + Family Night
2023: 12 Public Practices + Family Night
2024: 15 Public Practices + Family Night
2025: 13 Public Practices + Family Night

Source: Packerville U.S.A. Statistics Department
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2025 Training Camp Schedule

Dates set for 2025 Packers Training Camp;
Action kicks off Wednesday, July 23
 
The Green Bay Packers today announced the dates of practices that are open to the public for the 2025 Packers Training Camp, presented by Emplify Health by Bellin. This marks Green Bay's 80th training camp, a tradition that began in 1946 under Curly Lambeau. As in the past, practices are scheduled to take place at Ray Nitschke Field and Packers Family Night will be at Lambeau Field.

Training camp kicks off on Wednesday, July 23, with the first of three consecutive public practices (July 24-25). The Friday practice will be followed by the Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 3 p.m. After a day off on Saturday, Green Bay will hold the first of four public practices in five days on Sunday (July 27-28 and 30-31).

The Packers will host Family Night at Lambeau Field on Saturday, Aug. 2, and follow with three straight public practices (Aug. 5-7) before taking on the New York Jets at home on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m.

Green Bay will hold a public practice on Tuesday, Aug. 12, before going to Indianapolis, where it will have a joint practice (Aug. 14) before facing the Colts on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 12 p.m. CT.

The Packers finish off the open sessions of training camp with an open practice on Aug. 19 and then an open joint practice against Seattle (Aug. 21) before facing the Seahawks at Lambeau Field on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 3 p.m.

All public training-camp practices at Ray Nitschke Field are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. (times are subject to change).

NOTE: Should inclement weather or any other factor force the team indoors, practices will be closed to the public due to space limitations inside the Don Hutson Center.

Important dates on the preseason calendar include:

Friday, July 18 – Quarterbacks, rookies and injured players report
Friday, July 18 – Packers 1K Kids Run (kids 10 and younger), presented by CareSource, 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 19 – Packers 5K Run/Walk, by Emplify by Bellin, Lambeau Field, 8 a.m.
Tuesday, July 22 – Veteran players report
Wednesday, July 23 – First practice (10:30 a.m., Ray Nitschke Field)
Friday, July 25 – Packers Annual Meeting of Shareholders (3 p.m., Lambeau Field)
Saturday, Aug. 2 – Family Night, presented by Emplify by Bellin, Lambeau Field
Thursday, Aug. 21 – Last practice open to public (with Seattle), 10:30 a.m., Ray Nitschke Field

The Packers will use their facilities at Lambeau Field for their entire training-camp operations, including practice, meals and meetings.

The American Family Insurance DreamDrive bike tradition will take place in its typical format. Kids are invited to bring their bikes to each open practice day and offer the players a ride from Lambeau Field to Ray Nitschke Field. The Bellin Bike Rodeo and free bike-helmet giveaway as well as the Bellin Training Camp Village will also be a part of camp. Further information about fan activities at training camp will be announced in the coming weeks.

— Green Bay Packers Press Release

For the record: The number of Green Bay Packers public Training Camp practices starting with 2010 (the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement outlawed two-a-day practices):

2010: 25 Public Practices + Family Night (Super Bowl XLV year)
2011: 21 Public Practices + Family Night (*New CBA* signed)
2012: 20 Public Practices + Family Night
2013: 19 Public Practices + Family Night
2014: 16 Public Practices + Family Night
2015: 16 Public Practices + Family Night
2016: 15 Public Practices + Family Night
2017: 14 Public Practices + Family Night
2018: 14 Public Practices + Family Night
2019: 18 Public Practices + Family Night
2020: No Public Practices due to COVID-19 (*New CBA* signed)
2021: 12 Public Practices + Family Night.
2022: 11 Public Practices + Family Night
2023: 12 Public Practices + Family Night
2024: 15 Public Practices + Family Night
2025: 13 Public Practices + Family Night

Source: Packerville U.S.A. Statistics Department
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Football Season is on the Horizon

In what may be the only NFL preview magazine we’ll get this year (most others have been phased out, and I’m not buying the ones that center on gambling), we find Packers QB Jordan Love on the cover of Lindy’s Sports Pro Football. Since we started collecting these back in the 1970’s, it’s been nice to find a Midwest version that has had either Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, or Jordan Love on the cover since the early 1990’s. Where do they pick the Packers’ finishing the season this year? Let’s just say they don’t make it to the NFC Championship game. We’ll see.

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Off-Season Tracker Update

The Packerville Off-Season Tracker as it sits after The Draft, updated with the new players and available salary and cap data.

Monday, March 24, 2025

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Bob Long Passes Away at 83

Bob Long, a member of the Green Bay Packers’ record-tying, three-time NFL champions during the Vince Lombardi era, died Sunday. He was 83. Our condolences to his family, friends, and teammates. More on the Packers’ site HERE.

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Sunday, March 09, 2025

2025 NFL Free Agency Q & A

The Associated Press

The NFL’s free agency period opens Monday (March 10, 2025) with a 52-hour legal tampering period ahead of the official start of the new league year on Wednesday. Several high-profile players, including quarterbacks Russell Wilson, Sam Darnold and Justin Fields, will be free to sign a contract with a new team.

Here’s an explanation of rules and terms:

WHAT DOES LEGAL TAMPERING MEAN?

At 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, teams can start negotiating with players who will become unrestricted free agents when their contracts expire at the start of the new league year on 4 p.m. EDT on Wednesday. Players can’t sign with new teams until the league year officially begins. The two-day negotiating period applies only to players who will be unrestricted free agents.

WHO ARE UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS?

Any player with four or more accrued seasons — six or more regular-season games on a club’s active/inactive, reserve/injured or reserve/physically unable to perform lists — whose contract has expired becomes an unrestricted free agent and may negotiate and sign with any team.

WHO ARE RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS?

Restricted free agents are players with three accrued seasons who have received a qualifying offer when their current deals expire on Wednesday.

WHAT IS A FRANCHISE TAG?

Each team can designate one potential free agent a franchise player. Only Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and Chiefs guard Trey Smith received the tag before the March 4 deadline.

An exclusive franchise player is not free to sign with another club and is offered the greater of the average of the top five salaries at the player’s position for the current year as of the end of the restricted free agent signing period on April 18; or the amount of the required tender for a non-exclusive franchise player.

A non-exclusive franchise player can sign with another team, but that club will owe his previous team two first-round draft picks. All the players tagged this year are non-exclusive.

A team has to sign a franchise player by Nov. 11.

The full list of tag numbers, by position:

Quarterback: $40.242 million (franchise); $35.377 million (transition).

Running back: $13.64 million (franchise); $11.067 million (transition).

Wide receiver: $23.959 million (franchise); $21.441 million (transition).

Tight end: $13.826 million (franchise); $11.712 million (transition).

Offensive line: $23.402 million (franchise); $21.271 million (transition).

Defensive end: $22.062 million (franchise); $19.872 million (transition).

Defensive tackle: $25.123 million (franchise); $20.849 million (transition).

Linebacker: $25.452 million (franchise); $20.862 million (transition).

Cornerback: $20.187 million (franchise); $17.595 million (transition).

Safety: $18.601 million (franchise); $15.027 million (transition).

Kicker/Punter: $6.313 million (franchise); $5.73 million (transition).

WHAT IS A TRANSITION TAG?

The transition tag is a one-year offer for the average of top 10 salaries at the position. It guarantees the original club the right of first refusal to match any offer the player might receive from another team. The tagging team is awarded no compensation if it chooses not to match a deal. No player received the transition tag this year. Teams can decide to withdraw franchise and transition tags and the player automatically becomes an unrestricted free agent.

WHAT IS THE SALARY CAP FOR 2025?

The salary cap is $279.2 million per club, up from $255.4 million last year. Teams must be under the salary cap by 4 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.

WHAT IS SALARY CAP ROLLOVER?

A team may carry over salary cap space from one league year to the following league year by submitting notice to the NFL prior to 4 p.m. EDT on the day following the team’s final regular-season game. A team can carry over 100% of its remaining 2024 room to its adjusted salary cap for 2025.

MORE FREE AGENCY INFO FROM THE NFL:

Sunday, February 23, 2025

2025 NFL Scouting Combine

The NFL Scouting Combine (Presented by Microsoft Copilot) is a pivotal step in the prospect journey from amateur athlete to NFL Pro. This key stop before the NFL Draft provides an exciting opportunity for fans to witness the future talent of the NFL up-close before prospects find their new team.

Located in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium from February 27 – March 2, fans can attend the free INSIDE LOOK event LIVE over the span of four days for special access to see the best of the NFL prospects, show off their skills to coaches, GMs, and scouts. At the COMBINE EXPERIENCE, fans will have an opportunity to see NFL Legends and can take part in an interactive fan festival that celebrates playing football at every level.

Event Details:

Dates: Thursday, February 27 – Sunday, March 2

Location: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

Registration: Visit nfl.com/onepass to download the NFL OnePass app for more information on registering. Registration will open on JANUARY 25, 2025.

Entry procedures: Fans should register for NFL OnePass and show their QR code to enter. Minors (under the age of 18) will be admitted on their parent/guardian/chaperone's QR code. No tickets are required. NFL OnePass is also mandatory for all participatory games in the Combine Experience.

Please note: The NFL clear bag policy will be in effect and event access will be first come / first served contingent upon capacity. Access is not guaranteed. Seating inside Lucas Oil Stadium is general admission and fans will be guided to an available seating section upon arrival.

Event Schedule:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27 (DL, LB)
Combine Experience: Gates Open 1:00pm – 7:00pm
Inside Look: Gates Open 1:00pm – 9:00pm
Drills Start Time: 3:00pm ET

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 1 (DB, TE)
Combine Experience: Gates Open 1:00pm – 7:00pm
Inside Look: Gates Open 1:00pm – 8:30pm
Drills Start Time: 3:00pm ET

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 (RB, QB, WO)
Combine Experience: Gates Open 11:00am – 7:00pm
Inside Look: Gates Open 11:00am – 8:00pm
Drills Start Time: 1:00pm ET

SUNDAY, MARCH 2 (OL)
Combine Experience: Gates Open 11:00am – 4:00pm
Inside Look: Gates Open 11:00am – 6:30pm
Drills Start Time: 1:00pm ET

Register through the NFL OnePass app for your FREE access to attend the Combine. Please note, your access QR code is good for all four days of the event.

Prospects perform standard tests to determine their ranking. (Kevin Sabitus NFL)

A look inside Lucas Oil Stadium during the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. (Kevin Sabitus NFL)

Oregon State (and current Green Bay Packer) S Kitan Oladapo going through drills at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. (Kevin Sabitus NFL)