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Packers' roadmap for the offseason takes shape as the NFL reveals key dates that will impact their 2025 plans

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Wendell Ferreira | Last updated Apr 3, 2025 3:55 PM ET

The Green Bay Packers will have a slightly different offseason program. With the draft in Green Bay for the first time ever, the team will do the first week of it virtually. On Thursday, the NFL announced the offseason dates for all 32 teams in the league.

This is the Packers' offseason schedule:

First day of offseason activities: April 21
OTA Offseason Workouts: May 27-28, May 30, June 2-3, June 5
Mandatory Minicamp: June 10-12

The Packers will have to be efficient with practice time in a special offseason for the city of Green Bay.

"We're going to do the first week virtually and then we'll hit the ground running," head coach Matt LaFleur said during the NFL League Meetings. "We'll probably cut it a week early, as well. I just think the totality of the NFL season is a long time, so I want to give those guys a chance to get away before we come back."

After the mandatory minicamp, players have around six weeks until training camp kicks off in late July. The specific dates of training camp practices, joint practices, and preseason games will be announced at a later date.

The first part of the offseason program happens before the draft, so it only impacts players who are already on the roster. There will be a rookie minicamp right after the draft for selected players, undrafteds, and tryout candidates. It's a sparce schedule through May, and then it gets more active in late May and early June.

Each team's official, voluntary nine-week offseason program is conducted in three phases, according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

> Phase One consists of the first two weeks of the program with activities limited to meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehabilitation only.

> Phase Two consists of the next three weeks of the program. On-field workouts may include individual or group instruction and drills, as well as “perfect play drills,” and drills and plays with offensive players lining up across from offensive players and defensive players lining up across from defensive players, conducted at a walk-through pace. No live contact or team offense vs. team defense drills are permitted.

> Phase Three consists of the next four weeks of the program. Teams may conduct a total of 10 days of organized team practice activity, or “OTAs”. No live contact is permitted, but 7-on-7, 9-on-7, and 11-on-11 drills are permitted.

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