Paul Bretl | 8/27/2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Following roster cutdowns on Tuesday, the Packers were practicing on Wednesday as they began preparing for the regular season.
And one of the players back on the practice field for the first time in several weeks was wide receiver Jayden Reed.
“It really just felt great to be out there,” Reed said at his locker afterward. “Anytime I’m out there it’s a joy, so yeah, I mean just to be back out there with my guys, it felt great.”
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Reed sustained the foot injury before the Packers’ preseason opener. As Reed described at that time, he cut wrong while running a route in practice, sustaining the injury.
According to Jason Wilde of Madison’s Channel 3000, Reed sustained a Jones fracture–or a break in the bone that connects the pinkie toe to the foot.
For much of camp since then, Reed was seen in a walking boot. It wasn’t until a few days ago that Reed began running routes. He’s still not pain-free either, despite being back at practice, and still feels some pain when he plants or cuts.
Reed said afterward that he didn’t do the whole practice on Wednesday.
“I’m still working through some things. I’m just trusting the process, following the protocol and trying to be the best I can be with where I’m at.”
As far as Reed’s Week 1 status against Detroit, GM Brian Gutekunst said he was “very hopeful” that Reed would be available, adding that he is “trending the right way,” which being out on the practice field Wednesday showcased.
Along with Reed, the Packers got some other positive injury updates on offense. Dontayvion Wicks was also back at practice, and Jordan Love was a full participant, taking snaps from under center and handing the ball for the first time since his thumb surgery.
Wicks had been sidelined for several weeks, like Reed, while Love missed the final two weeks of practices and preseason games. Romeo Doubs also missed a few practices as well.
As Gutekunst acknowledged, because of the injuries the Packers had to navigate this summer, the starting offense didn’t get in the number of reps that they anticipated at the start of training camp.
However, Gutekunst is confident that with the banked reps this group has together, the Green Bay offense can hit the ground running.
“He obviously has enough experience under him, and I think he’s going to be ready to go,” Gutekunst said of Love. “But again, between our receivers and him being kind of nicked up, we certainly haven’t had the amount of work that you would have liked you know. But there’s a lot of trust there with him as far as getting himself ready to play, you know, week one.”