While it appeared the Green Bay Packers more or less wanted to hand him a starting job at cornerback, Hayward did nothing but stand around until training camp started. On Friday, he finally revealed the reason for his absence.
Offseason foot surgery.
Hayward had a screw inserted into his foot after a checkup revealed a stress fracture.
“The bone is healed,” Hayward said. “My foot is healed. I just have to deal with a little nagging pain here and there, but everybody around here is dealing with nagging pains. I’m not going to do any complaining about it.