MarShawn Lloyd practice injury a reminder of health concerns for Packers RB

Green Bay Packers second-year running back MarShawn Lloyd had to have been experiencing deja vu on Monday afternoon in training camp.

Most of his rookie season was cut short because of a string of injuries, and those injuries started during his rookie training camp.

The Packers are hoping for big things out of Lloyd in Year 2 — after all, they selected him in the third round of the 2024 NFL Draft out of USC — but he's already getting banged up not even a week into training camp at Ray Nitschke Field.

Lloyd was injured on the first day of padded practices, and head coach Matt LaFleur can't be too happy about how that injury took place.

Early on in the first set of 11-on-11, new Packers cornerback signee Nate Hobbs tackled Lloyd low at the legs. It was a hit that would have been perfectly legal in a game, but it wasn't what LaFleur was looking for in this practice.

“We need everybody to stay up on their feet,” LaFleur had said at the practice, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We’re not going to the ground today (full tackling). So, that’s the expectation that I have for our guys. And I love the competitive spirit out there, but I want them to take care of each other as well.”

That hit sent Lloyd to the ground, and he injured his right leg in the process. He didn't practice for the rest of the day, and his injury status is unclear because the Packers don't update injuries on the same day they occur.

The hit also sent Hobbs to the bench as an act of discipline by LaFleur. After the practice, the cornerback, who spent the first four years of his career with the Las Vegas Raiders, admitted that he knew he was wrong.

“It wasn’t malicious. I didn’t see him until the last second. I got off a blocker. I just saw him. He got low and I got low and he hit me just as I got low. I didn’t get a chance to ask him about it, but I can't do that," Hobbs said.