NFL draft prospects have until January 14th to declare for the 2026 draft, but some of these players are already making their decisions clear.

From 2019 to 2021, before the extra eligibility for Covid seasons, NIL payments and the transfer portal really started to kick in, the league averaged 126 underclassmen declarations per class. From 2023 t0 2025, though, that number dropped to just an average of 70, 56 fewer underclassmen per class and a 44 percent overall drop in underclassmen declaring.

With direct payments from schools to players now allowed, plus the NFL still having a rookie wage scale,...

The Green Bay Packers have had terrible injury luck this year. Not only are 15 players on the injury lists for the team, but two more players became non-participants in practice on Thursday in their lead-up to their regular-season finale against the Minnesota Vikings.

Today, offensive lineman Donovan Jennings was added to the injury report with a throat injury. On Wednesday, he was a full participant, which likely means that he wasn’t injured during yesterday’s practice. Usually, if Jennings had started practice, gotten injured and dropped out, he would have been listed as limited in that situation.

Receiver Savion Williams,...

Maybe it’s for the best that the Green Bay Packers’ regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday will only be on television in a small selection of TV markets across the United States. After all, the average football fan probably isn’t all that excited to tune in for a starting quarterback matchup featuring Clayton Tune vs. Max Brosmer, particularly when the game has no impact on anything aside from draft position.

That’s the situation facing the Packers and Vikings this Sunday when the two teams face off at 12 Noon Central Time from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis....

The Green Bay Packers made 15 roster moves in Week 18, including the addition of cornerback Trevon Diggs. On Thursday, they added to that list by placing tight end McCallan Castles on the practice squad’s injured list, meaning that he likely suffered a season-ending injury during Wednesday’s practice. To replace him, the Packers have signed safety Mark Perry, a 2024 undrafted free agent who has spent time with the Miami Dolphins, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and Chicago Bears.

The Packers called up both of their safeties from the practice squad, Jonathan Baldwin and Jaylin Simpson, to the...

You know that disorienting sensation where you’re watching the Packers late in the season and suddenly a player you’ve literally never heard — and who you could be reasonably convinced doesn’t actually exist — makes a play?

Get ready to feel that sensation a lot on Sunday.

With the Packers playoff seeding already locked in, Head Coach Matt LaFleur has hinted that key starters will sit out this Sunday’s matchup to protect health ahead of the postseason. And while many of us have been mailing it in at our jobs the last week or two, Green Bay’s front office has...

File this under “things we didn’t see coming a few weeks ago.”

The Green Bay Packers have a playoff spot locked up, as well as their seeding, having clinched the #7 spot in the NFC playoffs for a third straight season. As a result, Sunday’s regular season finale against the Minnesota Vikings means nothing for playoff positioning, with their Wild Card destination entirely determined by the results of the Chicago Bears’ and Philadelphia Eagles’ games.

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur has said since last Saturday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens that the team would look at resting several key players...

The Green Bay Packers have officially opened the practice window for linebacker Nick Niemann, who went on the injured reserve with a pectoral injury, to return. He will have 21 days to practice with the Packers before the team will need to make the decision to either end his season or bring him up to the 53-man roster. During those 21 days, Green Bay is free to call him up to the active roster.

Niemann was initially replaced by Kristian Welch, both of whom are more special teams contributors than actual linebackers, but Welch is now on the injured reserve...

The Green Bay Packers announced seven more roster moves on Wednesday, which doesn’t include the seven that the team made on Tuesday. In total, here are the 14 changes to the roster, so far, in Week 18.

Signed to 53-man roster

• QB Clayton Tune
• DT Jonathan Ford (waiver)
• CB Shemar Bartholomew
• CB/S Jaylin Simpson
• S Johnathan Baldwin

Officially, the Packers have promoted four practice squad players to the 53-man roster to play in the team’s final regular-season game, which has no impact on their playoff seeding. Green Bay also waiver-claimed Jonathan Ford from the...

The Green Bay Packers will get a reinforcement ahead of the playoffs. On Wednesday, the Packers were awarded cornerback Trevon Diggs after he was waived by the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday, reportedly for staying back in his hometown of Washington after Christmas despite the team denying his request.

As we covered earlier in the week, Diggs has been about an average cornerback this year, but he’s historically had more production on the ball than the Packers’ group of cornerbacks. On top of that, Green Bay has already placed Kamal Hadden on the injured reserve after his injury last week and...

With all of the injuries to their roster this season, some major weaknesses have started to pop up for the Green Bay Packers, but nothing has looked like a bigger priority ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft than help on the defensive line.

Last Saturday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens proved that, with the Packers’ defense allowing 307 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground. While Derrick Henry and Patrick Ricard are a unique matchup, the Packers have looked particularly susceptible against the run this year, ranking 20th in defensive DVOA against the run this season.

The return of...

Here at the close of 2025, it’s only natural to look ahead to 2026. How will the Packers fare next season? What will their cap situation look like? Who’s going to be coaching the team?

I find the last question especially compelling since there’s really no way to predict the wild world of the NFL coaching carousel. In Green Bay, Matt LaFleur figures to be a good bet to be the head man for the Packers next season, but as the Packers limp toward the finish, it’s hard to say he’s a 100%, stone-cold lock.

It’s even less sure that...

It’s time to talk draft again! Wednesday night is the start of college football’s quarterfinal round of the playoff. Feel free to talk about any bowl game in the comments of this thread, but I’ll be highlighting top 150 players on every team that are relevant to the Green Bay Packers, based on their draft range and positions.

Cotton Bowl: Miami vs Ohio State (Wednesday, 6:30 pm CT, ESPN)

For Miami, the players to watch for Packers fans are DE Akheem Mesidor (#3), QB Carson Beck (#11) and DT Ahmad Moten Sr. (#99). Moten ([139th on the consensus draft...