With the calendar hitting June 1, the Eagles are adding a receiver to their roster.
Philadelphia is adding Samori Toure, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Toure, 28, was a seventh-round pick in the 2022 draft. He’s appeared in 23 career games, 22 of which were with the Packers. He’s caught 14 passes for 1t63 yards with one touchdown.
Toure is familiar with the system new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion is implementing, as Mannion was previously the Packers’ offensive assistant.
Green Bay waived Toure during roster cuts in 2024. He’s since spent time with the Bears, Broncos, and Saints.
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The Packers spent a third-round draft pick on running back MarShawn Lloyd in 2024, and so far they’ve gotten nothing out of him: Lloyd has played in only one game, carrying six times for 15 yards and never even picking up a first down in that game.
Green Bay was already hoping to get more out of Lloyd in Year 3, but the recent arrest of running back Josh Jacobs and the possibility that Jacobs could be facing NFL discipline means Lloyd could become even more important to the Packers’ prospects. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Lloyd is working hard in the offseason program, but the question is whether he can stay healthy, which he hasn’t done so far in his NFL career.
“He’s done a nice job, but we’ve only had one practice,” LaFleur said, via ESPN. “I think the proof will be in the pudding. He’s got to show that consistently over the course of all of OTAs, into training camp, into the preseason, and then we’ll see where we go from there.”
LaFleur said he’s hoping Lloyd can prove he’s the player the Packers thought they were getting when they drafted him out of USC.
“I think he’s done everything he can in his power to put him in the best possible position,” LaFleur said. “He’s just going to have to go out there and prove it.”
Seven months after he tore his ACL, Packers tight end Tucker Kraft is almost ready to return.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur said today that Kraft is participating in voluntary offseason work and looks so good that it’s tempting to let him do everything, although the Packers are playing it safe and waiting to clear him for a full return to practice.
“Tuck looks great right now. You want him out there,” LaFleur said. “He looks so good, you’d want to put him out there, but certainly we’re still early in that process. Hopefully he’ll be ready to go either by training camp or early in training camp.”
Kraft was off to a strong start before his injury last season, with 32 catches for 489 yards and six touchdowns in eight games. If he’s healthy, he’s a big part of the Packers’ offense and one of the best tight ends in football. LaFleur sounds confident that Kraft will be healthy in Week One.
The recent arrest of Packers running back Josh Jacobs is the beginning of the criminal process. Before he could ever be convicted, he’d first have to be formally charged with one or more crimes.
Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN, the Brown County District Attorney’s Office has issued a statement regarding the situation. For now, no charges have been filed.
“In the state of Wisconsin, law enforcement officers are mandated to arrest individuals, under certain circumstances, when the officer has probable cause to believe that a person has committed a crime and a reasonable basis to believe that the crime committed involved domestic abuse,” the statement explains.
“While the standard for arrest is probable cause, when the District Attorney’s Office makes a decision to issue criminal charges, it is bound to apply a higher standard. That is, whether there is admissible evidence available that rises to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. The decision to issue criminal charges is a responsibility that the Brown County District Attorney’s Office takes seriously. Therefore, it is common for our office to review referrals where law enforcement has made a mandatory arrest for domestic abuse, but our office chooses to release the individual from custody and request further investigation before making a formal charging decision.
“After reviewing the available evidence in this case, the Brown County District Attorney’s Office is not yet prepared to make a formal charging decision. Our office has requested additional investigation, as there is reason to believe that additional evidence may exist that would impact whether criminal charges are appropriate, and what charges would be issued. Mr. Jacobs will be released from custody at this time, and a final charging decision will be made by our office at a later date.
“The investigation remains open and is ongoing. Therefore, the Brown County District Attorney’s Office will make no further comment about the case at this time.”
Jacobs’s lawyers have issued a statement regarding the decision to release Jacobs from custody with no charges filed. However, they could still be filed in the future. It depends on the investigation.
It’s appropriate, and fair, for any prosecutor’s office to properly investigate all criminal complaints. Frankly, that didn’t happen with Stefon Diggs — as his recent criminal trial made abundantly clear.
Prosecutors in all jurisdictions, state and federal, have tremendous discretion. They can, if they choose, turn someone’s life upside down. It’s important to file formal charges only when the facts support an evidence finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
That could still happen with Jacobs. It will all come down to the investigation, and it will include an assessment as to whether the alleged victim will be sufficiently credible and whether there is corroborating evidence.
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur opened a Wednesday press conference by making his first public comments on running back Josh Jacobs’s arrest.
Jacobs was arrested in Wisconsin over the weekend and faces five criminal charges, including a felony charge of strangulation. He also faces misdemeanor charges of battery/domestic abuse, criminal damage to property/domestic abuse, disorderly conduct/domestic abuse and intimidation of a victim.
The Packers released a statement saying they were aware of the matter and declining further comment.
“I’m gonna stick with the statement that we put out as an organization and just let the process play out,” LaFleur said, via Michael Gross of Fox 11 News.
LaFleur was asked whether the team will be making plans to play without Jacobs for some portion of the season and said “a lot’s gonna happen between now and then” before answering another question about the overall makeup of the running back group.
“I like the guys that we have, but, certainly, you can never have enough,” LaFleur said.
Jacobs’s attorneys released a statement saying that their client “vehemently denies” the charges related to his arrest.
Packers running back Josh Jacobs faces five criminal charges arising from a domestic disturbance over the weekend. Jacobs, through his lawyers, has denied the charges.
“Josh vehemently denies the allegations, and this matter is in the early stages of investigation with important evidence that has not yet been made public,” Jacobs’s Las Vegas-based attorneys said in a statement issued to NFL Media. “We ask for fairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.”
The charges are serious: battery/domestic abuse, criminal damage to property/domestic abuse, disorderly conduct/domestic abuse, strangulation and suffocation, and intimidation of a victim.
Jacobs, 28, was a first-round pick of the Raiders in 2019. He signed a four-year, $48 million contract as a free agent with the Packers in 2024.
He led the NFL in rushing in 2022, with 1,653 yards. In 2025, Jacobs gained 929 rushing yards and scored 14 total touchdowns in 15 regular-season games.
Packers running back Josh Jacobs was arrested Saturday morning in Wisconsin after a disturbance complaint.
The Hobart-Lawrence Police Department said in a police report obtained by multiple reporters that Jacobs was booked into the Brown County Jail on five charges.
He faces a felony charge of strangulation and suffocation and four misdemeanor charges of battery/domestic abuse, criminal damage to property/domestic abuse, disorderly conduct/domestic abuse and intimidation of a victim.
Through an attorney, Jacobs denied all allegations.
The Packers released a statement, writing, “We are aware of the matter involving Josh Jacobs. As it is an ongoing legal situation, we will withhold further comment.”
An NFL spokesman said the league is “aware of the report and have been in contact with the club.”
As his 13th NFL season approaches, receiver Davante Adams has a chance to make a big move on the list of all-time receptions.
His 60 catches in 2025, Adams’s first year with the Rams, put him at No. 16 on the career catch list with 1,017.
As noted by Evan Craig of SB Nation, Adams needs only seven catches to match Rams legend and Hall of Famer Isaac Bruce at No. 15. Beyond that, Adams needs seven more to catch Steve Smith Sr. at No. 14.
Another 60-catch season would put Adams in the top 10, one reception ahead of Anquan Boldin and one behind Terrell Owens. (Free-agent Keenan Allen, currently at 1,055 catches, may have something to say about whether Adams finishes 2026 at No. 10 or No. 11.)
It’s unclear how much longer the 33-year-old Adams will play. But he’s in position to eventually pass Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison Sr., who’s currently fifth with 1,102 receptions. Entering 2026, Adams is only 86 catches away from doing that.
Adams is already seventh in career touchdown receptions, with 117. He has led the league three times — and he’s the only player to do that with three different teams (Packers, Raiders, Rams).
Last year, he had 14 in only 14 games. With another 14 touchdown catches this year, Adams will occupy the No. 4 spot on the all-time list at 131, behind only Jerry Rice (197), Randy Moss (156), and Terrell Owens (153).
Already, Adams has put together a borderline Hall of Fame resume. By the time he’s done, it could be a no-brainer.
Aaron Rodgers announced on Wednesday that 2026 will be his last season in the NFL. The 42-year-old, four-time MVP signed a one-year deal to reunite with head coach Mike McCarthy in hopes of a last hurrah.
Rodgers called it a “full circle” moment to play for McCarthy for the first time since 2018.
That settled questions about how Rodgers viewed McCarthy after Tyler Dunne wrote a story for Bleacher Report in 2019 detailing friction between the quarterback and the coach that dated to earlier in their relationship. Rodgers indicated Wednesday that he is back in Pittsburgh only because McCarthy is the coach.
After Mike Tomlin’s departure, Rodgers said he suggested to General Manager Omar Khan that the Steelers consider McCarthy.
“I encouraged him for an outside perspective to interview Mike,” Rodgers said, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. “Not thinking that he even would, honestly, just because the way the league goes and the trend, it’s kind of like whoever worked with Sean [McVay], Kyle [Shanahan] or one of those guys. Matt [LaFleur] now gets a lot of looks and multiple guys in those trees have.
“But then when it became more serious, I was thinking, ‘Wow, that’d be a really interesting thought to come back and play with Mike.’”
Rodgers has played for three teams over the past four seasons. He thought it was going to four in five seasons after Tomlin stepped away, admitting “there was some doubt [about a return to Pittsburgh] for sure.”
“When he said he was stepping away, that was an emotional moment just because we all love him so much and care about him, and I thought that was probably it for me in Pittsburgh,” Rodgers said. “But when the decision was made to hire Mike, I started opening my mind back up to coming back.”
Rodgers’ 22nd season will be his final season, absent a change of heart next offseason, giving him a final chance for a second Super Bowl ring. He and McCarthy won their only championship in the 2010 season.
The Packers have filled the opening in their personnel department that was created when Jon-Eric Sullivan left the team to become the Dolphins’ General Manager.
Milt Hendrickson has been promoted to vice president of player personnel, which was the title Sullivan held before heading to Miami. Hendrickson was the director-football operations and had been in that role for seven seasons.
The Packers also announced that John Wojciechowski has been named the new director-football operations along with several other promotions.
The other members of the organization with new titles are director of player personnel Richmond Williams, director of pro scouting Lee Gissendaner, senior player personnel executive Matt Malaspina, director of college scouting Pat Moore, senior national scout Sam Seale, national scout Luke Benuska, and assistant director of pro scouting Mike Owen.
