The Green Bay Packers have had terrible injury luck this year. Not only are 15 players on the injury lists for the team, but two more players became non-participants in practice on Thursday in their lead-up to their regular-season finale against the Minnesota Vikings.
Today, offensive lineman Donovan Jennings was added to the injury report with a throat injury. On Wednesday, he was a full participant, which likely means that he wasn’t injured during yesterday’s practice. Usually, if Jennings had started
practice, gotten injured and dropped out, he would have been listed as limited in that situation.
Receiver Savion Williams, who was a limited participant with a foot/illness designation, was a non-participant on Thursday. Williams has been dealing with a foot issue for virtually the entire regular season.
Fellow receiver Dontayvion Wicks (concussion) has also been a non-participant in back-to-back practices. On top of that, these players have been limited this week:
- QB Malik Willis (right shoulder/hamstring)
- RB Josh Jacobs (knee/ankle)
- WR Jayden Reed (illness)
- LG Aaron Banks (illness/ankle)
- RT Zach Tom (back/knee)
- OL John Williams (back – PUP)
- DE Lukas Van Ness (illness/foot)
- LB Edgerrin Cooper (shoulder)
- LB Nick Niemann (pectoral – IR)
The Packers have already stated that while Jordan Love (concussion) has been cleared for action, it will be Clayton Tune who will be starting against the Vikings this week. Running backs coach Ben Sirmens also said on Thursday that the team is not planning on playing Jacobs. Meanwhile, defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said that he hopes to get cornerback Trevon Diggs on the field versus Minnesota, but he isn’t sure if Diggs will be ready to play in a new system by Sunday.
Good luck making sense of Green Bay’s roster going into Week 18’s action. The Packers will basically be playing a preseason game with a 48-man roster instead of a 91-man roster. Don’t be surprised if there are more transactions made later this week, as the team tries to put themselves in a position to sit as many starters as possible with their odd roster situation. So far, the team has made 17 moves this week.
