Ring the alarms. The Green Bay Packers’ receiver position is going to get very weird against the Pittsburgh Steelers. As it stands, following the Packers’ final injury report of the week, receiver Jayden
Reed is on the injured reserve, Dontayvion Wicks (calf) has been ruled out and both Matthew Golden (hip) and Christian Watson (knee) have been listed as questionable going into the game.
That leaves the Packers with the following healthy receivers on their 53-man roster: Romeo Doubs, Malik Heath and Savion Williams. Heath was very much a roster bubble player at the cutdown deadline, while Williams, a rookie, has basically been a gadget player this year — only playing 10 snaps at outside receiver and 9 snaps in the slot over six games.
I went through all of Williams’ routes he’s run in 2025. He’s averaging one route run per game, where he lines up outside of the backfield and runs anything other than in a straight line. So we’re going to find out a lot about Williams, who missed most of training camp with injuries, on Sunday night. We love a mystery box, don’t we?
You could argue that these receiver injuries couldn’t have come at a worse time, too, as the Steelers play a man-heavy style of defense, where a healthy Golden, Watson, Wicks or Reed would have been extremely valuable, considering they are the team’s best seperators.
Don’t be surprised if Green Bay has to call up one of their undrafted rookie practice squad receivers for this game. Their options are Isaiah Neyor, Will Sheppard and Jakobie Kenney-James.
Beyond the receiver position, defensive end Lukas Van Ness (foot) was listed as out going into Sunday, while defensive tackle Warren Brinson (hamstring), kicker Brandon McManus (quad), and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (knee) were listed as questionable for the game. Both Brison and Golden’s injuries are new, first popping up on the Friday injury report this week.
The good news is that the team’s starting safeties, Xavier McKinney (ankle/knee) and Evan Williams (back), went from limited participants on Wednesday and Thursday to full participants on Friday and were not given a game status going into the weekend.
Swing tackle Anthony Belton, who has missed the last several games with an ankle injury, has been a full participant in the team’s last two practices and was not given a game status, either. He should be active on Sunday. Running back Josh Jacobs (calf), who was a game-time decision last week, was also not given a game status after being limited in practice throughout the week.
Only one member of the Steelers’ 53-man roster has been ruled out for injury (receiver Scotty Miller), with just one other being listed as questionable for the game (center Zach Frazier). It appears that pass-rusher T.J. Watt’s hip injury is not serious, as he returned to practice as a full participant on Friday and was not given a game status.
