GREEN BAY — Jordan Morgan doesn’t know if he’ll win the Green Bay Packers’ left tackle competition. But there were moments during the first week of camp when it felt like he might never get the chance to compete for the job.

With new starting left guard Aaron Banks and left guard-turned-starting center Elgton Jenkins both dealing with back issues and not practicing, Morgan was working virtually exclusively at guard to fill in the gaps.

“We were kind of limited, with Banks being out and Elgton being out. We had to focus him more at guard,” offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich said. “[But] we’re going to work him in at tackle as much as possible 1754022851.”

Stenavich delivered on that promise during Thursday’s practice, when for the first time in camp, the 2024 first-round draft pick got more first-team snaps at left tackle in the 11-on-11 periods than his competition, incumbent starter Rasheed Walker.

That stint also included the final two offensive series of practice, including the 2-minute drill at the end of practice.

Asked if he’d been frustrated with his lack of work at left tackle, “I mean, it’s part of the game, honestly. You’ve got to win your spot. You’ve got to do everything you can, even if it means playing multiple positions during camp. It doesn’t bother me because I’m getting the work.”

Ideally, Morgan said, he would prefer to play one position, and that position would obviously be left tackle, where he spent his entire college career at Arizona.

“That’s what I’ve been playing my whole life. So I’m most comfortable out there when I’m at left tackle,” Morgan said. “I’d like to just be at one, but at the same time, I guess it’s good getting all that exposure and just playing all those positions and honing in on all of them.”

If Morgan can’t unseat Walker or right guard Sean Rhyan, he’ll almost certainly be the sixth man and the first lineman off the bench if injury strikes.

“We’re going to have a lot of interesting choices up front, not only with him, but with a bunch of guys,” Stenavich said. “It’s going to be pretty interesting to see how this all shakes out, for sure.”

O, Romeo! | Not even Romeo Doubs himself could say for certain what happened.

He knew the result — a 35-yard touchdown on a back-shoulder ball from quarterback Jordan Love — but how he managed to catch it, well …

“I have no idea. I don’t even remember how it happened,” Doubs said.

To help his memory: Safety Javon Bullard was all over Doubs, and somehow Love wedged the ball between the sideline and Bullard, even with Bullard’s arm pretzel-twisted into his own.

“Ultimately,” Doubs said, “it was a great ball by him, great catch by me. I look forward to our day-to-day process and progress throughout the rest of this camp.”

Lloyd avoids serious injury | Running back MarShawn Lloyd won’t return to practice in time for Saturday’s “Family Night” practice, but after leaving Monday’s practice with a groin injury, he’s not expected to be out for very long.

“It’s not going to be a long-term deal, but I wouldn’t anticipate [him back] this week,” head coach Matt LaFleur said.

With Lloyd sidelined, the Packers’ other running backs behind starter Josh Jacobs are Emanuel Wilson and Chris Brooks, both of whom backed Jacobs up last year; undrafted rookies Jalen White and Amar Johnson; and recent addition Israel Abanikanda.

Meanwhile, with Savion Williams limited to individual work on his comeback from a concussion, Dontayvion Wicks dealing with a calf injury and Jayden Reed and Sam Brown dropping out of practice, the Packers were low on wide receivers at the end of the 2-hour, 5-minute practice.

First-year receiver Cornelius Johnson took advantage of the extra opportunities, delivering a pair of big-time sideline catches.

Johnson, who spent most of last season on the Packers’ practice squad after being released by the Los Angeles Chargers, hasn’t had many chances with the Packers’ deep receiving corps, but he delivered on Thursday.

“I definitely feel like I can compete with the best of them, you know?” said Johnson, whom the Chargers took in the seventh round out of Michigan. “I’ve been in the situations before, they can throw me in. National champion, Big Ten champion, played some high-level football. So I’m ready for anything that’s thrown at me. I’ve just got to make the most of my opportunities.”

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