Green Bay Packers safety Omar Brown talks with a young fan. Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Packers get good news on injured safety ahead of roster deadline

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Robin M Adams | Last updated Aug 25, 2025 10:12 PM ET

Many teams around the NFL have already begun trimming their rosters to 53 players. The deadline to do so is 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, so there are currently multiple players hitting free agency in hopes of being picked up by another team. The Green Bay Packers, though, are waiting right up until the deadline, it seems, as they have announced just one roster cut so far.

That was wide receiver Kawaan Baker, who was released following Green Bay’s trade for three-time Super Bowl champion offensive lineman Darian Kinnard.

By Tuesday, there will be dozens of players released from the Packers 90-man roster as they trim it to 53. One name to keep an eye on during this time is injured safety Omar Brown, who recently received some good news from doctors.

Brown was a member of Green Bay’s practice squad in 2024, but was promoted to the active roster twice last season. He did not, however, see much playing time. He played just eight defensive snaps and 16 special teams snaps in that time.

However, Brown drew the attention of Packers fans during the team’s annual Family Night scrimmage by recording three interceptions. Due to this performance, many were hoping he would be able to make Green Bay’s 53-man roster this season.

But Brown suffered a terrible injury in the Packers’ second preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts and needed to be hospitalized with a lung issue. He remained in the hospital in Indianapolis after the team left because the doctors did not feel comfortable releasing him.

Of course, he did not play in the final preseason game, either.

And as the 53-man roster deadline draws near, many fans wondered if he would be able to be included or if he would be released with an injury settlement or placed on an injured list.

As it turns out, the Packers may be able to keep him rostered after all.

After spending nearly a week in an Indianapolis hospital because of a lung injury, safety Omar Brown could be cleared to play “very soon,” per a source.

The Packers have not made any decision about him as it pertains to the roster, IR or waviers with a practice squad return.

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) August 25, 2025