There was some hope earlier this week that either running back MarShawn Lloyd or receiver Jayden Reed would return to the 53-man roster after a stint on the injured reserve. On Monday, when Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was asked if the team was going to open either of their 21-day practice windows this week, LaFleur said, “I sure as heck hope so.”

But Wednesday has now come, the first day of the Packers’ practices leading up to their matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, and neither player seems ready to go. It’ll be at least one more week...

In his pre-practice press conference on Wednesday, Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told the media that running back Josh Jacobs, who left Sunday’s game with a knee contusion, will not be practicing with the team on Wednesday. Previously, it was revealed that Jacobs’ injury was not of a season-ending nature, but the coach wouldn’t commit to Jacobs playing against the Minnesota Vikings this week. On Wednesday, LaFleur called Jacobs’ injury “day-to-day.”

Beyond just Jacobs’ situation, neither running back MarShawn Lloyd (hamstring) nor receiver Jayden Reed (foot/collarbone) will begin their 21-day practice window this week. Both players are on...

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The NFL salary cap has risen from $182.5 million in 2021 to $279.2 million in 2025, all while the NFL’s teams have figured out a better way to keep hold of their top talent with the use of salary conversions and void years. Because of the lack of stars who have hit the free agent market, the biggest gains in the rising market have gone to non-Pro Bowl second-contract players, who are unsurprisingly the very type of players who are now at the top of the pecking order in free agency in the modern NFL. That is all to say:...

After a bit of a rough broadcast map last week, the Green Bay Packers have a week 12 game that should be widely accessible for large portions of the country. This week they host the Minnesota Vikings to kick off a final seven-week stretch that is dominated by divisional rivalry games, and although it’s another early afternoon kickoff at 12 Noon Central Time, several factors play into the game getting a wide audience across much of the US.

The first positive factor is that FOX, which has Packers-Vikings this week, has the doubleheader. Therefore, every FOX affiliate in the country...

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If there’s one thing that can transform the Packers from a low-seeded playoff contender to a bona fide championship unit, it’s the power of automotive sales. Sure, the Packers probably need a little more power than the mileage-conscious mid-size sedans and SUVs most common during Toyotathon, but maybe Jordan Love really catches fire and the Packers’ offense transforms into a Supra.

Was that all just an excuse to link to that clip? Yeah, maybe, but it’s also the truth. If the Packers don’t turn into a supercharged version of themselves on offense, their playoff run is probably dead on arrival....

With preferred starting center Elgton Jenkins now on the injured reserve, likely to have played his last game with the Green Bay Packers due to his 2026 cap hit, and his injury replacement, Sean Rhyan, on the final year of his rookie contract, many Packers fans are wondering who their center will be in 2026. If Rhyan isn’t extended, or the team doesn’t want to move forward with Jacob Monk — the only 53-man roster player who has experience at the position other than starting right tackle Zach Tom — then it will likely be a draft pick.

But what...

Early in his time with the Green Bay Packers, head coach Matt LaFleur was desperately trying to find an H-back for this offense. An undersized TE who could still line up in-line, while also functioning as a fullback. A Swiss Army Knife. His Kyle Juszczyk.

In 2020, the Packers drafted Josiah Deguara in the 3rd round, a TE out of the University of Cincinnati. At 6’2”, 240lbs, this was the H-back that LaFleur dreamed of. This was the piece that would help to complete the puzzle and open up the era of positional versatility that LaFleur dreamed of.

Sadly, it...

I know that 6-3-1 isn’t the position that Green Bay Packers fans wanted to see the team in going into Week 12, but I do want to look at the NFC playoffs with sober eyes for maybe the first time all season. Yes, the Packers are currently sitting in the seventh seed, but what does that even mean? Who is the team trying to nudge for playoff position? What do their postseason paths look like? Let’s take a look at who the real playoff contenders are in the conference.

According to NFL Pro, seven NFC teams have a playoff percentage...

What if the Green Bay Packers’ cornerbacks aren’t nearly as bad as people thought they would be coming into the year? A lot of ink has been spilled over the last two years about the Packers’ cornerback room and how the team should have addressed the position earlier in recent drafts, but they’re actually looking pretty solid this year.

Below is a graph that shows where the Packers’ three primary cornerbacks rank in coverage snaps and yards per coverage snap allowed, per NFL Pro. This is one of the most stable statistics you can look at for coverage defenders.

Both...

Since Green Bay Packers receiver Christian Watson’s return from his ACL tear, it’s been clear that the Packers want to play both Watson and Romeo Doubs as their outside receivers. Each of those two players has played at least 26 snaps per game over the last four games at outside receiver, while a non-Watson/Doubs receiver has only cracked over 18 snaps at outside receiver once (Dontayvion Wicks in Week 10 when Doubs dropped out mid-game) during that stretch.

For the most part, the outside receiver depth chart looks like this:

1. Romeo Doubs
2. Christian Watson
3. Dontayvion Wicks/Matthew Golden...