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Packers vs. Cowboys Injury Report: Thursday Update

The big news out of Green Bay today was that Packers tackle Anthony Belton, who was probably in line to replace the injured Zach Tom at right tackle this week against the Dallas Cowboys, went from a limited participant on Wednesday to a non-participant on Thursday. When asked before practice if Belton was going to be ready to go against Dallas on Sunday, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur didn’t make any commitment.

Here’s the rest of what you need to know from Green Bay’s Thursday injury report.

Limited Participants​

• DT Karl Brooks (foot)
• S Javon Bullard (concussion)
• TE John FitzPatrick (groin)
• RB Josh Jacobs (ankle)
• TE Tucker Kraft (knee/elbow)
• DE Micah Parsons (back)
• LT Rasheed Walker (quadricep)
• DT Devonte Wyatt (knee)

Nickelback Javon Bullard, who left Week 3 with a concussion, returned as a limited participant for the Packers’ only fully-padded practice of the week. For what it’s worth, the only limited players who were unable to finish Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns were Bullard and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt, who LaFleur stated would be day-to-day moving forward.

Non-Participants​

• LG Aaron Banks (groin)
• T Anthony Belton (ankle)
• RT Zach Tom (oblique)

It’s already been reported that Tom is going to be out for Sunday Night Football, which means that the Packers’ preferred starting right tackle will be unable to play a complete game at all before the team’s bye week. Hopefully, he gets right by Week 6 against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The fact that Aaron Banks has been a non-participant in back-to-back days, after missing Week 2 entirely and dropping out of both Week 1 and Week 3 with injuries, probably means that his chances to play against Dallas are slim. If Banks, Belton and Tom are all out, Green Bay’s offensive line will probably be Rasheed Walker (dealing with a quad injury), Jordan Morgan, Elgton Jenkins, Sean Rhyan and Darian Kinnard (left to right) with Donovan Jennings, Brant Banks and a practice squad call-up backing them up. If Belton can go, there’s a chance he displaces Kinnard at right tackle, and that would mean that the Packers wouldn’t need to call up a practice squad lineman.

Cowboys Injuries​

• LG Tyler Booker (ankle)
• WR CeeDee Lamb (ankle)

While the Cowboys don’t have many injuries, the injuries that they do have are significant. Tyler Booker and CeeDee Lamb both have high ankle sprains that are expected to keep them off the field in Week 4. Starting cornerback DaRon Bland, who has missed the last two games with a foot injury, returned to practice as a full participant on Thursday and apparently told the NBC production crew that he will be playing against the Packers.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...oys-injury-report-week-4-2025-thursday-update

 

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Roster Update: Packers promote OL to 53-man roster

The Green Bay Packers have played the most offensive line combinations in the league, with nine so far through three weeks of NFL action. This includes the constant reshuffling of 2024 first-round pick Jordan Morgan, who has now played both guard positions and right tackle, despite spending a significant portion of training camp and the preseason at the left tackle position.

On Monday, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur admitted that maybe the team is spreading Morgan too thin on gamedays. Now, the team has made a move to take some action off his plate.

On Tuesday, Green Bay promoted offensive lineman Brant Banks from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. The Packers had two open roster spots due to the team not making corresponding roster moves when they placed receiver Jayden Reed and defensive end Brenton Cox Jr. on the injured reserve.

Banks is a former two-sport (football and basketball) athlete at Nebraska who ended up transferring to Rice for his final two years of college football. Under head coach Mike Bloomgren, who was the offensive line coach for Stanford from 2011 to 2017 and currently serves as the Cleveland Browns’ offensive line coach, Banks was a two-year starter for the Owls.

Banks started at left guard in 2023 and right tackle in 2024 before signing with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in April. He was called up for Green Bay’s Week 2 game against the Washington Commanders, when both Zach Tom and Aaron Banks were inactive due to injury. He didn’t get on the field offensively, but played four snaps of special teams in field goal protection.

After the Packers allowed a blocked field goal this past weekend, maybe the 6’7”, 306-pound lineman was promoted to help that unit, too. It’s also worth noting that Bloomgren’s Browns just lost a tackle, Dawand Jones, to a season-ending injury. With Jones now on IR, it’s possible this was a preemptive move to prevent Banks’ former college coach from poaching him.

After Banks’ promotion, this leaves Green Bay with just one practice squad offensive lineman: Dalton Cooper, an undrafted rookie by way of the Kansas City Chiefs, who was added after roster cuts in August.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...anks-53-man-roster-practice-squad-update-2025

 

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Packers vs. Cowboys: Final Injury Report

As expected, the Green Bay Packers have ruled out two tackles, Zach Tom (oblique) and Anthony Belton (ankle), against the Dallas Cowboys. It was reported earlier in the week that Tom was going to be sidelined through the bye week, while head coach Matt LaFleur stated today that Belton was injured during Wednesday’s practice and would not play on Sunday Night Football.

Beyond those two players, the Packers listed left guard Aaron Banks (groin) as doubtful, while safety Javon Bullard (concussion) was listed as questionable.

As of now, expect that Green Bay’s offensive line (left to right) will be Rasheed Walker, Jordan Morgan, Elgton Jenkins, Sean Rhyan and Darian Kinnard against Dallas. The backup offensive linemen should be Donovan Jennings, Brant Banks and a practice squad call-up. Collectively, those three players have not received a single offensive snap during the regular season.

If Bullard can’t go, assume that cornerback Nate Hobbs will play the slot for the Packers. This will push Carrington Valentine into an every-down outside cornerback role.

#Packers without two starters and their top backup right tackle against Dallas. Good thing they don’t have to block Micah Parsons. pic.twitter.com/nozSTfm2G8

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) September 26, 2025

The only injuries that the Cowboys are dealing with this week are to receiver CeeDee Lamb (ankle) and guard Tyler Booker (ankle), who are both ruled out in Week 4 for high ankle sprains. Cornerback DaRon Bland (foot), who has missed two games this season, will return to action this week for Dallas. The Cowboys desperately needed that, as Trevon Diggs and Kaiir Elam have struggled without Bland in the secondary.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/.../71714/packers-vs-cowboys-final-injury-report

 

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Week 5 College Football Discussion Thread

Conference schedules are really going to heat up in Week 5. To me, this is easily the best slate of the college football season so far, even if Week 1 had a couple of big games.

Let’s take you through the big matchups on Saturday and discuss the team’s draftable prospects, according to the consensus draft board.

#21 USC @ #23 Illinois​

• USC
  • #35 overall WR Makai Lemon
  • #49 WR Ja’Kobi Lane
  • #83 S Kamari Ramsey
  • #98 ED Anthony Lucas
• Illinois
  • #67 S Xavier Scott
  • #70 ED Gabe Jacas
  • #132 S Matthew Bailey
  • #173 TE Tanner Arkin

USC DE Anthony Lucas is having a breakout season with 16 QB pressures (3rd in B1G) and a 19.2% Win Rate (9th in B1G)

Next test is an Illinois team that gave up 15 QB pressures last week vs Indiana, including 9 by the C, RG & RT #FightOn pic.twitter.com/RSY3KBQDGM

— Arrogant Nation (@FightOnRusty) September 22, 2025

The top early game of the week will star the wide receiver pairing for the Trojans, Makai Lemon and Ja’Kobi Lane. With that being said, pass-rusher Anthony Lucas, who originally started his college career at Texas A&M, is making himself big money this year. He hadn’t previously recorded a sack during his past two years at USC and wasn’t on NFL radars coming into the season. Illinois is hoping to rebound after a 63-10 loss against Indiana.

#4 LSU @ #13 Ole Miss​

• LSU
  • #1 QB Garrett Nussmeier
  • #33 CB Mansoor Delane
  • #61 LB Harold Perkins
  • #71 LB Whit Weeks
  • #91 WR Nic Anderson
  • #164 WR Aaron Anderson
  • #180 ED Patrick Payton
  • #201 WR Barion Brown
  • #248 CB Ashton Stamps
• Ole Miss
  • #55 LB Suntarine Perkins
  • #210 DL Zxavian Harris

Even though these teams are ranked pretty closely, this game is really one-sided when it comes to draftable prospects. Whit Weeks, LSU’s star linebacker, hard-launched a relationship with Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter this week. I’m sure you’ll hear the broadcast talk about that during college football’s middle slate on Saturday. The Packers have already sent their scouts to two LSU games this year, so they have to be interested in someone there. By the way, Ole Miss is out its starting quarterback, Austin Simmons, and will end up starting Trinidad Chambliss, a former Division II All-American, in this game.

#6 Oregon @ #3 Penn State​

• Oregon
  • #22 ED Matayo Uiagalelei
  • #26 OL Isaiah World
  • #27 TE Kenyon Sadiq
  • #34 S Dillon Thieneman
  • #57 QB Dante Moore
  • #86 OL Emmanuel Pregnon
  • #142 OL Iapani Laloulu
  • #165 RB Makhi Hughes
• Penn State
  • #15 QB Drew Allar
  • #25 ED Dani Dennis-Sutton
  • #36 CB A.J. Harris
  • #45 RB Nicholas Singleton
  • #52 OL Drew Shelton
  • #76 OL Olaivavega Ioane
  • #79 DL Zane Durant
  • #101 RB Kayton Allen
  • #126 WR Trebor Pena
  • #154 S Zakee Wheatley
  • #184 LB Kyle Louis

“I’m all in on this guy.”@McShay13 plants his flag on Oregon QB Dante Moore as the best passer in all of college football. pic.twitter.com/g8UDdseIoK

— The Ringer (@ringer) September 26, 2025

Obviously, this is a big one in Big Ten country. This game could decide who does or doesn’t get a chance to play in the Big Ten Championship Game later on this year. Both teams have quarterbacks, with Oregon’s Dante Moore rising quickly up the consensus board rankings. Coming into the year, he was not considered a draftable player. On Penn State’s end, their riser is receiver Trebor Pena, who already has 166 yards through three games and transferred in from Syracuse this offseason.

#17 Alabama @ #5 Georgia​

• Alabama
  • #17 OL Kadyn Proctor
  • #28 DL L.T. Overton
  • #54 CB Domani Jackson
  • #69 OL Parker Brailsford
  • #75 LB Deontae Lawson
  • #85 S Keon Sabb
  • #93 WR Germie Bernard
  • #114 OL Jaeden Roberts
  • #139 DL Tim Keenan III
  • #147 RB Jamarion Miller
  • #222 DL Kelby Collins
  • #228 DL James Smith
  • #231 CB Cameron Calhoun
  • #244 S Bray Hubbard
• Georgia
  • #29 LB C.J. Allen
  • #40 WR Zachariah Branch
  • #48 DL Christen Miller
  • #66 CB Daylen Everette
  • #111 TE Oscar Delp
  • #118 P Brett Thorson
  • #124 TE Lawson Luckie
  • #136 WR Noah Thomas
  • #179 LB Raylen Wilson
  • #203 OL Earnest Greene

Few games will feature more NFL talent in college football this year than Alabama versus Georgia. If you are a Packers fan looking for a center, take a look at the Crimson Tide’s Parker Brailsford, who has started the last two years at Alabama and was also Kalen DeBoer’s center at Washington. Germie Bernard, a two-time transfer, has the frame of a Packers receiver at 6’1” and 2024. Green Bay won’t need him, but Brett Thorson of Georgia is expected to be the only punter drafted in the 2026 class.

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Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section throughout Saturday’s action.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...720/week-5-college-football-discussion-thread

 

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Packers call up recently-signed practice squadder to gameday roster

The Green Bay Packers have activated center Lecitus Smith for their Sunday Night Football matchup against the Dallas Cowboys. This shouldn’t be a surprise, considering that Zach Tom and Anthony Belton have already been ruled out of Week 4 due to injury. What this does mean, though, is that Aaron Banks (groin), who was listed as doubtful on the Packers’ final injury report of the week, will likely be out, too.

Green Bay only needed to call up a practice squad offensive lineman if they didn’t believe that they were going to have eight healthy players at the position going into the Cowboys game. The way the NFL’s gameday active rules work is that teams get 47 roster spots, out of their 53-man active roster and two potential practice squad call-ups, but they receive a 48th player if and only if that final player is an eighth offensive lineman.

If Tom, Belton and Banks are out, then the Packers would only have seven offensive linemen available for the game, hence Smith’s call-up to the gameday roster. This is your hint that Green Bay believes that Banks won’t be suiting up on Sunday.

Without that trio, along with Travis Glover and Jacob Monk on the injured reserve and John Williams on the physically unable to perform list, the Packers’ starting offensive line should be: Rasheed Walker, Jordan Morgan, Elgton Jenkins, Sean Rhyan and Darian Kinnard (left to right).

If any of those expected starters drop out, though, Green Bay’s backup options will be Donovan Jennings, who has yet to play an NFL regular-season snap, Brant Banks, an undrafted rookie who was just called up to the active roster from the practice squad this week, and Smith, a practice squadder who was just signed by the team on Wednesday.

As we wrote on Friday, the Packers will be in pretty uncharted territory if they sustain even one more injury up front. It’s anyone’s guess how Jennings, Banks or Smith would perform against starting-caliber NFL athletes.

Beyond just the offensive impact, half of Green Bay’s preferred field goal protection unit will be out of action against Dallas, too. In need-to-win positions, the Packers like to have Tom, Banks and Belton on the field, on top of tight end Tucker Kraft, who has been taking breathers on special teams as of lately. Jenkins hasn’t been asked to play special teams at all this year, but with how dire the line situation is for the Packers, the 29-year-old might have to be asked to play on the field goal team in Week 4.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...s-smith-signed-aaron-banks-status-week-4-2025

 

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Week 4 NFL Discussion Thread

With the Green Bay Packers playing on Sunday Night Football against the Dallas Cowboys, let’s take a look at some of the earlier games that will be played in Week 4. As a reminder, the Seattle Seahawks took down the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday Night Football.

8:30 AM CT​

• Vikings (2-1) vs. Steelers (2-1) – NFL Network

Personally, I don’t have much faith in Carson Wentz in this one, but the Pittsburgh Steelers seem like a paper tiger.

Noon CT​

• Commanders (2-1) @ Falcons (1-2) – CBS
• Saints (0-3) @ Bills (3-0) – CBS
• Browns (1-2) @ Lions (2-1) – FOX
• Panthers (1-2) @ Patriots (1-2) – FOX
• Chargers (3-0) @ Giants (0-3) – CBS
• Eagles (3-0) @ Buccaneers (3-0) – FOX
• Titans (0-3) @ Texans (0-3) – CBS

It would be great if the Cleveland Browns’ defense looked as good against the Detroit Lions as it did against us last Sunday. Beyond that game, the Philadelphia Eagles’ visit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should have an impact on the NFC playoff race.

3:05 PM – 3:25 PM CT​

• Colts (3-0) @ Rams (2-1) – FOX
• Jaguars (2-1) @ 49ers (3-0) – FOX
• Ravens (1-2) @ Chiefs (1-2) – CBS
• Bears (1-2) @ Raiders (1-2) – CBS

The Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs were both teams that had Super Bowl aspirations going into this season, but are also both on the brink of being on the outside looking in, playoff-wise. Whoever loses will be used as a piñata for the next week.

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If you’re wondering which games you’ll be getting in your local area, here’s the national outlook via 506 Sports:

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/packers-game-day-threads/71730/week-4-nfl-discussion-thread

 

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Micah Parsons, Kenny Clark Named Honorary Captains for Packers-Cowboys

It’s been exactly a month since the blockbuster trade that saw Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for two first-round picks and veteran Kenny Clark. Tonight, the two teams face off under the lights in Dallas on Sunday Night Football while the rest of the world waits anxiously to see how the stars perform against their former teams.

Earlier today on the NFL on Fox pregame show, NFL Insider Jay Glazer revealed that both Parsons and Clark would be honorary captains for their respective teams tonight. He also noted that Parsons still owns his Dallas home and welcomed Packers coaches and players there last night ahead of the game. Glazer also spoke with Kenny Clark, who said he feels he’s been overlooked in the trade and added that he hopes to show the Packers tonight that they traded away the wrong guy.

“Jay, they’re not really gonna trade him, are they?” @JayGlazer recalls being at Packers camp when Green Bay GM Brian Gutekunst was skeptical that the Cowboys would actually trade Micah Parsons pic.twitter.com/3v7n3Qu7aB

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 28, 2025

Earlier this week Parsons said he still had his suite at AT&T Stadium, since he wasn’t allowed a refund after the trade, and had offered it to Kenny Clark. Tonight, though, it will be filled with Micah Parsons’ family, with Parsons saying the suite will be “packed out”.

Glazer also shared that during Packers training camp he spoke with GM Brian Gutekunst, who questioned just how serious the Cowboys were about trading Parsons. Glazer confirmed they were, and before long, Parsons was a Packer.

Now, all that’s left is to see who wins tonight’s head-to-head showdown…and whether the Packers can once again make Jerry Jones cry.

Source: https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/...k-named-honorary-captains-for-packers-cowboys