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The Green Bay Packers announced on Wednesday that linebacker Nick Niemann, a special teams ace who had been on the injured reserve, was activated to the 53-man roster for the playoffs. The team didn’t need to make a release on the active roster because cornerback-receiver Bo Melton went on the injured reserve today with the knee injury that he suffered last week against the Minnesota Vikings.
The Packers also placed receiver Will Sheppard on the practice squad injury list, essentially the practice squad’s version of injured reserve, and signed defensive lineman Anthony Campbell today, too. Sheppard was previously activated for Green Bay’s Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions, but it was Jakobie Keeney-James who was brought up for game action against the Vikings. Sheppard may still be viewed as the Packers’ top option on the practice squad at the position, with Keeney-James simply being the healthy option last week (and for the remainder of 2025 campaign).
Over the last 13 days, because of all of the reshuffling that he needed to happen because of injuries, here are the roster moves the Packers have made:
That’s 29 moves in 13 days, not including the gameday elevations for tight end Drake Dabney and linebacker Jamon Johnson in Week 18 and Dabney and quarterback Clayton Tune in Week 17. If you want to count those, the Packers have had to make 33 moves in 13 days to keep this ship afloat for the postseason.
