{"id":79190,"date":"2025-08-17T23:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79190"},"modified":"2025-08-17T23:50:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:50:54","slug":"breaking-packers-proposed-to-cut-super-bowl-champion-ahead-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=79190","title":{"rendered":"Breaking!! Packers Proposed To Cut Super Bowl Champion Ahead Of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229393696-e1755297765241.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229393696-e1755297765241.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229393696-e1755297765241.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229393696-e1755297765241.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Matt LaFleur Green Bay Packers\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" data-img-load-time=\"4517\" data-dom-ready-time=\"8956\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0could have quite the battle going on at receiver. With the draft additions of\u00a0Matthew Golden\u00a0and\u00a0Savion Williams\u00a0joining the group already comprised of\u00a0Christian Watson,\u00a0Romeo Doubs,\u00a0Jayden Reed\u00a0and\u00a0Dontayvion Wicks, the room has began to look somewhat crowded.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst many have speculated that Doubs\u00a0could be on the move, Gary Davenport of Bleacher Report suggests that the team should consider moving on from a different wideout.<\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u00a0receiver,\u00a0Mecole Hardman, joined the organization back in march, and was expected to take over the Packers\u2019 returning duties, now that the former executor of the role,\u00a0Keisean Nixon, is moving into the undisputed CB1 slot.<\/p>\n<p>However, Hardman\u00a0did not have a strong preseason debut\u00a0for Green Bay filling either returner or receiver role, leading to Davenport suggesting he could end up on the chopping board for the team come final cuts at the end of the month.<\/p>\n<h2>Packers Told To Release Mecole Hardman Before Roster Deadline<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cBased on his performance in Green Bay\u2019s preseason opener, though,\u201d\u00a0Davenport wrote\u00a0on Thursday, \u201cHardman could start the 2025 season looking for work.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, the ex Chief had a good response to his bad outing, via Davenport, suggesting that he was not going to let his bad start get the better of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a performance that included a key drop and a muffed punt, the 27-year-old\u00a0told reporters\u00a0he wasn\u2019t going to let one shaky outing rattle him.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s short-term memory,\u201d he said. \u201cWindshield wipers. You\u2019ve got to clear out the fog and come in this week with a better mindset. A better mentality of going out there and getting better.\u201d\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yet, as the publication notes, with the competition at WR and the other options in the return game \u2013 like Reed, or falling back on Nixon. Nixon, who\u00a0despite his previous objections\u00a0is\u00a0\u00a0now more open\u00a0to contributing in on special teams in his old role that landed him All-Pro nods in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut Hardman has never come especially close to living up to his draft slot.\u201d Davenport concluded. \u201cAnd on a Packers team loaded with young talent at wide receiver, he has no margin to make the sort of errors he made in his Green Bay debut.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5236910\/element\/4\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-6emr8c\">\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5237054\" class=\"MuiBox-root css-1ed8few\" data-analytics-content-id=\"5237054\" data-analytics-content-type=\"SLIDESHOW\">\n<h2 class=\"MuiStack-root css-b2rpi2\">Packers Receiving Corps As Strong As It Has Been In Years<\/h2>\n<p>Considering that Christian Watson will likely start the season on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, there will be an extra spot available for grabs \u2013 but Hardman will have to go up against long-time Packer,\u00a0Malik Heath, for that privilege .<\/p>\n<p>Even with Watson out, Green Bay has a number of different starting combinations they can enact on offense \u2013 some of which may even include two tight end sets, as they aim to utilize more of former second round pick,\u00a0Luke Musgrave, who missed 10 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the only question \u2013 beyond any injury \u2013 is whether any member of the group can step up to the plate to become the clear leader of the receiving pack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0could have quite the battle going on at receiver. 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