The Green Bay Packers are nearly a week into their training camp, but it feels as though they have been doing it for much longer than that.
News about aggressive and physical play on the field has been coming out consistently from the Packers camp. Take for example cornerback Nate Hobbs, who has already been talked into toning it down with his tenacity.
On Tuesday, it was left tackle Rasheed Walker who turned heads with his physicality. Matt Schneidman of The Athletic reported that Walker was ordered by a seemingly angry Matt LaFleur to run a lap as punishiment for something he did to defensive end Kingsley Enagbare. It was also supposed to be just Walker doing the punishment, but some of his teammates joined him as well in a show of camaraderie.
Via Schneidman:
Matt LaFleur is furious at Rasheed Walker. Ordered him to take a lap and threw an expletive in there. Walker did something to Enagbare and got booted. Didn’t see what exactly.
Kraft, Rhyan, Tom, Jacobs, Morgan and Jenkins ran the lap with Walker in support.
Green Bay Packers players show support for Walker amid punishment
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Right tackle Zach Tom later spoke out about why he and the others ran with Walker even if they did not have to.
That’s never happened before,” Tom said, per Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “I haven’t seen something like that since high school. We didn’t want him to go around alone, so we’re just like let’s join him. Obviously we have his back.”
Demovsky also noted that LaFleur went on an “expletive-laced speech” after practice just to further hammer his point about keeping things clean on the field.
LaFleur simply wanted to send a message about being careful during training camp. An injury is the last thing the Packers would want to see themselves go through, especially before the 2025 NFL season could even start.
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