Packers' secondary situation: still the same story, still no easy answers

Already noted Bullard's foot on Wednesday and the safety workouts on Tuesday, so there isn't much new to add here — but the situation is worth keeping in one place. Green Bay is heading into the preseason with five healthy safeties and slot defenders, Micah Parsons out at least through Week 5, and Bullard insisting he'd play tomorrow if there were a game. That last part is encouraging, but "I'd play tomorrow" in mid-August camp-speak covers a lot of ground.

The Parsons absence is the bigger structural problem. Missing your top pass rusher for the first quarter of the season puts real pressure on everyone behind him, and that pressure lands hardest on a secondary that's already thin. The workouts the team held this week were a sensible precaution — you don't sit at five healthy bodies and feel good about it.

My read: Bullard is probably fine for Week 1, or close to it. The foot injury sounds like something he's managing rather than something that's managing him. The secondary's real test comes in those first four weeks when the pass rush is short-handed and opposing offenses have every reason to push the ball downfield. That's the window I'm watching.