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The Green Bay Packers had a walkthrough practice on Tuesday and are expected to have a walkthrough practice on Thursday, meaning that the team’s injury reports on those days will be estimations. Still, on Tuesday, both Jordan Love and Malik Willis, the team’s injured quarterbacks, were able to throw the ball around and were estimated to be limited participants if the practice were padded.
Love went down with a concussion in the first half of the Packers’ loss to the Chicago Bears this week, while Malik Willis injured his throwing shoulder and finished out the game. After practice today, Willis said that he was able to push through the game off adrenaline and expects to be ready for Saturday.
Zach Tom still being a non-participant probably means that we’re in for another week of Jordan Morgan at right tackle. If you want to watch how Morgan performed this week, you can find that HERE.
If Kristian Welch is out of this game, the Packers will likely need to call up practice squad linebacker Jamon Johnson to the 53-man roster. It’s tough to carry just four linebackers while playing a 4-3 defense on gameday, especially when you’re playing a run-heavy offense line like the Baltimore Ravens.
It looks like the Packers’ offensive line got banged up against the Bears, as starters Aaron Banks and Sean Rhyan are now on the injury report, too. Outside of that, most of these limited participants were expected. It’s worth noting that Josh Whyle is still in the concussion protocol 10 days after he went down against the Denver Broncos. Right now, Green Bay only has one healthy tight end on the roster after John FitzPatrick tore his Achilles on Saturday.
The only notable injury situation to watch on Baltimore’s end of things this week is whether Lamar Jackson will play or not. He went down with a back contusion in Week 16 and didn’t return to action after the injury. On Tuesday, he was estimated to be a non-participant by the Ravens.
If Jackson can’t start, Tyler Huntley, who has a career passer rating of 81.3 and a record of 6-9, will be under center in Jackson’s place.
