Packers-Seahawks Joint Practice: Huge Injury Update

With Green Bay Packers training camp ending on Thursday with a joint practice against the Seattle Seahawks, arguably the team’s most important player was back on the practice field.

Xavier McKinney, who missed the last two weeks with a calf injury, returned to practice. He went through individual drills.

“It felt good. I mean, I feel good,” he said. “Like I said before, I’ll be ready to go. Right now, I’m just trying to make sure that my wind is where it needs to be and just continuing to sharpen up while I’m not actually out there practicing. So, that’s really all I need.”

The Packers will kick off the season at home against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 7. That gives him 17 days to get ready for the Week 1 showdown.

“Yeah, I’ll be back,” he said. “I’ll be back. I’ll be preparing and getting ready for the first game.”

In his place, it’s been a bit of a revolving door at safety in the team’s nickel package. Evan Williams, who will start alongside McKinney, has been a stalwart at that position through training camp. Zayne Anderson was the initial replacement for McKinney but sustained an MCL injury in the first preseason game against the Jets. Kitan Oladapo was the next man up and has taken most of the No. 1 reps for the past week-and-a-half.