The Green Bay Packers announced a flurry of moves on Saturday as the team tries to get their roster in order for their Sunday Night Football matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. The Packers are dealing with several injuries, which led to four players being ruled out on Friday, forcing Green Bay to push up some reinforcements.
The Packers placed defensive lineman Jonathan Ford, defensive lineman Javon Hargrave and wide receiver Skyy Moore on the injured reserve today. Those were three of the four players
who were already ruled out against the Cowboys, with the non-IR’d player being cornerback Benjamin St-Juste.
Backfilling on the game-day roster are receiver Savion Williams, who was activated from the injured reserve on Saturday, and elevated practice squadders Arron Mosby (edge) and Coleman Owen (receiver).
Below is a full breakdown of the Packers’ position groups heading into the game, including their injury statuses.
Quarterback
- Jordan Love
- Tyrod Taylor
Running Back
- MarShawn Lloyd
- Pierre Strong Jr.
- Kaleb Johnson
Receiver
- Christian Watson
- Matthew Golden
- Bo Melton
- Savion Williams (questionable)
- J. Michael Sturdivant
- Coleman Owen
Tight End
- Tucker Kraft
- Mark Redman
- Jonnu Smith
- Josh Whyle
Offensive Line
- Jordan Morgan
- Laken Tomlinson
- Sean Rhyan
- Travis Glover
- Anthony Belton
- Kevin Zeitler
- Aaron Banks (questionable)
- Jacob Monk (questionable)
- Donovan Jennings
- Jager Burton
- John Williams
Defensive Line
- Karl Brooks
- Devonte Wyatt
- Chris McClellan
- Anthony Campbell (questionable)
Edge Defender
- Lukas Van Ness
- Barryn Sorrell
- Brenton Cox Jr.
- Dani Dennis-Sutton
- Arron Mosby
Linebacker
- Zaire Franklin
- Isaiah McDuffie
- Ty’Ron Hopper
- Nick Niemann
- Kristian Welch
Cornerback
- Keisean Nixon
- Brandon Cisse (questionable)
- Carrington Valentine
Benjamin St-Juste (out)- Kamal Hadden
Safety
- Xavier McKinney
- Evan Williams
- Javon Bullard
- Kitan Oladapo
Specialist
- Trey Smack (K)
- Daniel Whelan (P)
- Matt Orzech (LS)
With St-Juste already ruled out, the Packers have 51 options to make up their 48-man roster. In all likelihood, the team will scratch 3 of their 11 offensive linemen, since it’s very rare for NFL teams to carry more than 8 at the position into a game. It seems like the team believes that all of the players with questionable statuses will play on Sunday, and even then they’re really short at some positions.
For example, they have one backup defensive lineman for their 3-4 defensive front, and that’s if Anthony Campbell (listed as questionable) is able to play. In the secondary, they have just eight players total at cornerback and safety, and that’s if rookie Brandon Cisse (questionable) can go. The defense isn’t going to have many options, which is an interesting decision for the team to make going into a matchup against the best offense they’ve seen this season.
