Yesterday, the Green Bay Packers ruled out receiver Savion Williams, defensive end Lukas Van Ness, and defensive tackle Karl Brooks, and listed receiver Matthew Golden, linebacker Quay Walker, cornerback
Keisean Nixon, and cornerback Nate Hobbs as questionable against the Detroit Lions due to injuries. 90 minutes before kickoff on Thanksgiving, the Packers officially ruled out all those players, except Nixon, for action.
Green Bay did a lot of roster backfilling yesterday, so this was expected. The team cut kicker Lucas Havrisik, promoted receiver Will Sheppard from the practice squad and elevated two other practice squadders (linebacker Jamon Johnson and safety Jaylin Simpson) to the gameday roster. Sheppard, Johnson and Simpson are active for their first games in their Packers careers today. Hopefully, they make this Thanksgiving memorable.
On the Lions’ end of things, the team is going to be out starting center Graham Glasgow, starting safety Kerby Joseph and injury replacement tight end Brock Wright, who was subbing in for Sam LaPorta, in this game. So Green Bay isn’t the only team going into Thanksgiving a little light.
