The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears took very different approaches to their Wednesday practice schedule. The Packers, off their mini-bye after playing the Detroit Lions, had a fully padded practice, which they are only allowed three of in the final six weeks of the NFL season per the collective bargaining agreement. Meanwhile, the Bears, off a Black Friday game, did not have a practice or walkthrough on Wednesday.

In total, the Packers had 3 non-participants in their practice and 14 more limited participants today. The Bears only had to update an estimated injury report, since they didn’t do on-field...

At different points in his college career, Green Bay Packers rookie fifth-round pick Collin Oliver was either a true edge rusher or an off-ball linebacker. Oliver, who injured his hamstring before training camp, has been missing from the practice field since the mid-summer, so fans haven’t gotten much of an opportunity to figure out how exactly the Packers will be using him moving forward. So when Oliver’s practice window opened up this week, people had a reasonable question: Is Oliver going to be a 4-3 defensive end with the team or a linebacker?

On Wednesday, head coach Matt LaFleur answered...

Devonte Wyatt’s season is done, and his mangled ankle now leaves a gaping hole in the Packers’ defense. The Packers’ defensive line was thin enough without Wyatt’s untimely injury, and now that he’s gone, they’ll have to make do with what they have on hand as they try to sustain their Super Bowl aspirations.

The Packers currently employ five candidates to fill Wyatt’s spot. Karl Brooks and Colby Woden, both 2023 draft picks, are the most obvious candidates, but we know them well. Newly acquired Jordon Riley, lately of the New York Giants, is on the other end of the...

Devonte Wyatt’s season-ending injury is a major blow to the Green Bay Packers. The fourth-year defensive tackle has played 379 snaps on defense this season, contributing 27 total tackles, two pass breakups, and four sacks. Without his availability, the team’s interior defensive line depth will be tested over the remainder of the season, with young internal reinforcements like Warren Brinson expected to play a bigger role down the stretch.

However, the Packers went out and acquired an external reinforcement as well on Wednesday. Appearing at today’s practice was a new face, wearing number 97: Jordon Riley, a third-year tackle out...

About two weeks ago, the NFL decided to flex the Green Bay Packers’ Week 14 matchup with the Chicago Bears from the early afternoon time slot into the late afternoon. The reason was simple: to get a critical NFC North matchup in front of more eyeballs.

Now that TV broadcast maps are out, it’s clear why they made that call. According to the map from 506sports.com, nearly every TV market in the USA will see Packers-Bears on FOX in the late window. Instead of competing with three other games at noon central, the only other game on FOX at the...

There are two certainties in an NFL season.

The first is that attrition will take its toll at some point. No team makes it through a year unscathed. Sooner or later, someone, very likely more than one someone, will go down. It’s a fact of life. People get hurt playing professional football.

The second is this: if you don’t figure out a way to replace those players, and quickly, your season will go down with them. This is what sinks most contending teams, even more than their fate in the playoffs. The NFL’s ultimate prize is determined as often as...

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The Green Bay Packers put in one of their best performances of the season on Thanksgiving Day, beating the Detroit Lions 31-24 to earn a season sweep. They now head into a big stretch with two games against the Chicago Bears in 13 days.

Let us know how you feel about the status and direction of the Packers in this week’s...

The Green Bay Packers made three roster moves on Tuesday, releasing receiver Michael Woods II and cornerback Tyron Herring from the practice squad while adding cornerback Shemar Bartholomew. This left the Packers with one open spot on the practice squad, which Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber is now reporting that will be used to re-sign receiver and returner Will Sheppard.

Sheppard spent camp with Green Bay and made the team’s initial practice squad. Last week, with Matthew Golden, Savion Williams and Jayden Reed out with injuries, the Packers made the call to activate Sheppard to the 53-man roster, even though he...

The Green Bay Packers worked out six players on Tuesday, their off day this week, following three moves on their practice squad. The Packers have an open roster spot on their 17-man practice squad right now, but the assumption I’m working with is that the team will attempt to re-sign receiver Will Sheppard, who the team waived on Monday, after passing through waivers.

Still, there is the possibility that Green Bay will swap out current members of the practice squad for potential outside signings, even if they do bring back Sheppard. Keep that in mind.

Below are the six players...

Yesterday, the Green Bay Packers announced that receiver Will Sheppard would be waived from the 53-man roster. To get him back on the practice squad, should he clear waivers, the Packers needed to make a corresponding roster move, as their practice squad was full after the re-signing of kicker Lucas Havrisik last week. They made this move on Tuesday, when they released receiver Michael Woods II and cornerback Tyron Herring, while also announcing the signing of cornerback Shemar Bartholomew.

Sheppard should replace Woods, who was signed by Green Bay in Week 10. Even without Woods, the potential signing of Sheppard...

While the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Chicago Bears this week will remain as a 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff, you might need to change your plans for Week 16’s rematch. Originally scheduled as a “TBD” game for Saturday, December 20th, the game will now officially kick off at 7:20 p.m. CT at Soldier Field, the Packers announced today.

So if you were hoping to get out of Chicago early in Week 16, go ahead and book that hotel.

Packers-Bears will be one of two games played on December 20th, with the lead-up to the game being the Philadelphia Eagles...

We’re so far removed from the Thanksgiving win over the Detroit Lions that I’m ready to lock into the Green Bay Packers’ next opponent: the Chicago Bears. Usually, we wait until later in the week to give you a preview of what’s coming this weekend, but let’s go ahead and take a deep dive into some of the meaningful stats that the Bears’ offense has posted throughout the year. Tomorrow, we’ll have a corresponding piece covering Chicago’s defense.

Chicago Bears Passing Stats

• Play Action Percentage: 3rd
• Passing Yards Per Game: 6th
• Sack Percentage: 7th
• Pressure...