The Green Bay Packers have retooled their roster over the past several months, bringing back most of last year’s personnel with a few notable changes to give themselves a better chance of vying for a Super Bowl during the 2025 season.
Now, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur and his coaching staff have their sights fixed on the start of training camp next month when the real roster competitions will get rolling and they can start narrowing down their initial 53-man roster for the forthcoming year. Rookies will report for duty on July 18 with the veterans set to follow them on July 22.
In the meantime, here is a look at the three biggest roster battles on the horizon for the Packers in training camp as they build toward the start of the 2025 regular season:
1.) Cornerback
GettyPackers cornerback Carrington Valentine.
No position on the Packers’ roster has gone through a more transformative offseason than cornerback. The Packers released two-time Pro Bowl starter Jaire Alexander from their roster during minicamp earlier this month. They also allowed all of their free-agent corners to sign elsewhere, including 2021 first-round selection Eric Stokes. To compensate, the Packers signed veteran Nate Hobbs in free agency and drafted Micah Robinson in the seventh round, but the room is still embroiled in uncertainty for 2025.
Naturally, that will lead to some intriguing roster competitions for the Packers in camp. The front office has expressed confidence in Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine and Hobbs as their top three cornerbacks, but how each one performs in camp could either validate that confidence or shatter it. The Packers must also decide through competition if they have strong enough depth behind them, as Robinson and Kalen King — a 2024 seventh-round pick — are next in the pecking order and have virtually no experience.
2.) Right Guard
GettyPackers guard Sean Rhyan.
The Packers boldly reorganized the interior of their offensive line during the offseason, signing left guard Aaron Banks to a four-year contract and moving Pro Bowl left guard Elgton Jenkins to the center position. With those two spots solidified, though — so long as Jenkins does not hold out for a new contract — most of the attention can shift to the battle between Sean Rhyan and 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan at right guard.
Morgan did not play much as a rookie, logging just 186 offensive snaps over six games after sustaining a shoulder injury in the preseason that stayed with him throughout the regular season. He is a powerful and versatile lineman for the Packers, though, who will have ample opportunity to show off his strength and high football IQ this summer in his battle with Rhyan, who started all 17 games at right guard in 2024. Staying healthy will be paramount for Morgan, but he should have a good shot at winning the job if he does.
3.) Left Tackle
GettyPackers left tackle Rasheed Walker.
Then again, Morgan will not solely compete at right guard in training camp. Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst confirmed in the spring that he will also “certainly get a shot” at winning the left tackle job away from returning starter Rasheed Walker, who is entering a contract season in 2025 and may need a big payday to retain in 2026.
Walker allowed just three sacks on 562 pass-blocking snaps for the Packers in 2024, but he also surrendered 35 pressures and lacked consistency in the run game. That does not mean he will not open the 2025 season as the Packers’ starting blindside blocker, but it does make him more vulnerable to losing his job if Morgan puts on a show. The Packers also added second-round rookie Anthony Belton, giving them another viable option to consider starting at left tackle if either Morgan falls short or fits better at right guard.
3 Biggest Roster Battles to Watch for Packers in 2025 Training Camp