3 Winners from Green Bay Packers Family Night Practice

Green Bay Packers WR Samori Toure

Samori Toure finds himself in a battle with Juwann Winfree for that seventh wide receiver spot on the roster–which may or may not actually exist.

Under Matt LaFleur, the Green Bay Packers have never rostered a seventh wide receiver, and right now, six of those roster spots are very likely accounted for by Allen Lazard, Romeo Doubs, Randall Cobb, Christian Watson, Sammy Watkins, and Amari Rodgers, who has seen reps both with the starting offense and special teams unit, and is someone that Brian Gutekunst mentioned the team being “very bullish” on.

There also likely isn’t going to be a ton, or any, playing time for a seventh receiver, given that the running backs and tight ends will also play key roles in the passing game, in addition to the receivers ahead of that player on the depth chart. So special teams contributions are going to be incredibly important, just as they are for any fringe roster player.

Toure is another player who we haven’t heard much of so far through training camp, and if I were to guess, I would say he has been behind Winfree based on what we’ve seen and heard.

However, Toure was able to capitalize on several opportunities Friday night, winning a pair of one-on-one drills in the end zone on two passes that he had to make adjustments to, while also splitting the safety and the cornerback on what ended up being a 54-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love.

Toure was a big play threat at Nebraska, averaging 19.5 yards per catch last season, along with five touchdowns. In addition to what he added on offense, Toure was also a successful gunner on the Cornhusker special teams unit as well. As of now, he has not been taking reps in that role with the starting unit.

Not only for Toure but for the other players on this list, they’ll have to use these performances as a jumping-off point moving forward. With preseason action still yet to take place, there is still a ways to go before anything is set in stone.