Sad News: Packers Fear The Worst As Matt LaFleur Reveal Key Player Did Not Practice For Wild Card Game
After punching their ticket to the NFL playoffs, as a result of getting the best of the division-rival Chicago Bears in their regular-season finale, the Green Bay Packers have secured the seventh seed in the NFC and will face the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the postseason on Sunday.
Along with the tall task of taking on one of the best all-around teams in the league in the first round of the playoffs, the Packers have quite a few of their key players on both sides of the football banged up.
As if being heavy underdogs heading into Wild Card Weekend on the road wasn’t bad enough, the injury report isn’t looking great for Green Bay, as this team could be limping into this showdown with the Cowboys.
However, these banged-up players are gutting it out this week ahead of the first round of the postseason, with only running back AJ Dillon not participating in practice on Wednesday, according to head coach Matt LaFleur via Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Along with Dillon (neck/thumb), Aaron Jones (knee/finger), Christian Watson (hamstring), Romeo Doubs (chest), and Jaire Alexander (not disclosed) are listed as questionable for this week’s matchup with the Cowboys.
Even though a lot of these important players for the Packers are questionable right now, there isn’t a team in the NFL that has made it this far that isn’t banged up at this point because this is a marathon and not sprint, with the healthiest team more often than not being able to go the distance.
Packers Teammate Details Why Jordan Love Is Ready For The Playoffs
After the Green Bay Packers traded superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets in a blockbuster deal before the 2023 NFL season got underway, the storied franchise turned to Jordan Love to lead the way under center, with no telling if he was ready to fill the shoes of a four-time NFL MVP.
Although the Packers got off to a rough start with Love as their new starting quarterback, with the team losing six of their first nine games of the regular season, Green Bay was able to get back on track and become one of the hottest teams in the second half of the season.
Love emerged as a potential star in the making in Green Bay in the second half of the season, as he helped lead the team to six wins in eight games to close out the regular season, which resulted in the team clinching a playoff spot.
With Love starting to prove his worth over the last couple of months, he’s earned the respect of his teammates, like wide receiver Christian Watson, who praised the quarterback’s “weird poise” ahead of the playoff showdown with the Dallas Cowboys, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.
As Watson says, Love is “right where he needs to be” with the playoff matchup with the Cowboys looming, which is a good sign for the team’s confidence on the offensive side of the football with superstar linebacker Micah Parsons anxiously waiting to take on the Packers.
The Cowboys will play host to the Packers at AT&T Stadium, with Dallas having everything to lose and Green Bay having everything to win as an underdog.
