To keep their playoff hopes alive, the Green Bay Packers need their receiver depth to shine on Sunday night against the Minnesota Vikings.That means their best players, Christian Watson and Dontayvion Weeks, are inactive. Watson has been questioned on the latest injury report and is set to miss his fourth game with a hamstring injury.
Weeks is questionable after suffering a chest injury during the game against Carolina. Along with Watson and Weeks, other inactives include linebacker De’Vondre Campbell (neck), offensive lineman Caleb Jones and outside linebacker Brenton Cox. It should be noted that defensive tackle TJ Slaton, the team’s top stopper, has been active since Thursday and Friday’s practices and is listed as questionable with knee and foot injuries.
Safety Darnell Savage (shoulder) returns to the lineup after missing the past two games. The Packers will need him to be bigger given his status as a secondary player.Can a brief offense carry the burden? The Packers scored a game-high 33 points at Carolina last week without Jaden Reid, Watson and Weekes in the second half.For Green Bay, it was thanks to the play of Jordan Love and the coaching staff.
“It’s about talking to the players personally and making sure they’re ready and making sure they’re not ready,” coach Matt LaFleur said Friday. “I think Wrabs [receivers coach/passing game coordinator Jason Wrable] did a great job. “Obviously Jordan is going to try to read plays that match what’s going on and what the defense is giving him. Then I think if I look at his reads and throw on time, those guys are going to make plays.
I think it’s good. So I think it’s a combination of a lot of things, but it definitely speaks to the depth we have in the [receiver] room. “At least Reed is back after being gone last week. He joins Romeo Dubs, Malik Heath, Bo Melton and Samory Toure.As expected, rookie Jordan Addison is slated to play for the Vikings. His participation was in doubt due to an ankle injury.
Cornerback Byron Murphy, the team’s leader in interceptions, is the only player on the inactive list. “He’s a great player. He’s been impressive,” LaFleur said of Addison. “He’s someone I spent a lot of time with during the draft. It was impressive to see what he was able to do throughout the season. I thought he was very good when he was here and they played us in the first leg.
He is a man who will cause a lot of trouble because he cannot completely get rid of one man (Justin Jefferson) because he has other men. go.”From a receiver and firepower standpoint, this game looks like a huge mismatch. Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, K.J. Osborne started the Green Bay offense without Jaire Alexander and injured Eric Stokes.
