Green Bay, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers held their 12th training camp practice of the 2026 preseason, a session that offered a mixed picture of the team’s readiness heading deeper into the summer program. According to Forbes reporting by Rob Reischel, the day produced genuine bright spots at quarterback and at key skill positions, but was complicated by continued injury absences and defensive breakdowns that will demand coaching staff attention before the regular season approaches. The divergence between the offense’s cleaner execution and the defense’s lapses underscored how much work remains in the weeks still available.

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Reischel’s camp dispatches have tracked the Packers’ development across the full arc of the preseason — from the first practice in late July through the high-visibility Family Night session — providing a running record of which units have improved and which have stagnated. Practice 12 fit that pattern: the offense showed the continuity that comes with accumulated reps, while the defense remained a work in progress.

Love and the Offense Find a Rhythm

Quarterback Jordan Love was among the session’s standout performers, per the Forbes report. His command of the offense — his timing in the pocket, his decision-making against various coverages — reflected the kind of accumulated confidence that comes from a quarterback entering his second full season as an unambiguous starter. The report noted crisp execution in team drills, with Love connecting with pass-catchers on routes that required precision rather than improvisation. Wide receiver production and tight end involvement were both flagged positively in Reischel’s breakdown.

The broader offensive unit has shown measurable progression across the camp schedule. Earlier sessions — including those covered in the 10th practice report — pointed to line cohesion and route-running sharpness as areas where the Packers were building workable habits. Practice 12 appeared to consolidate those gains rather than reverse them, a positive signal with the preseason slate underway and regular-season preparation tightening its focus.

Injuries and Defensive Lapses Temper the Optimism

The session was not without its complications. The Forbes report identified injury absences as a continued concern, with players missing from the practice field limiting the defensive unit’s ability to operate at full strength. Officials had not confirmed specific timelines for returns as of the report’s publication, leaving the depth picture at certain positions uncertain heading into the final stretch of camp.

On the field, the defense produced the session’s most troubling moments. Reischel’s account noted coverage breakdowns and assignment errors that allowed the offense to generate clean looks — the kind of lapses that, if they persist, become harder to correct once the game-week tempo takes over. The Packers’ defensive personnel situation has been a recurring thread through the camp cycle; Family Night coverage similarly flagged inconsistencies in the secondary that had not been fully resolved by the time practice numbers reached double digits. For a team with legitimate NFC North aspirations, the gap between the offense’s sharpness and the defense’s reliability remains the central variable to watch as August continues.