GREEN BAY, Wis. — Only one of the Green Bay Packers’ three questionable players will be held out of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.
Defensive tackle Anthony Campbell, who has been hindered by an ankle injury, will miss his third consecutive game. Guard Jager Burton and defensive tackle Javon Hargrave will both play.
Burton has been battling back spasms throughout the week, but he’ll be available. Ditto for Hargrave, who was a late addition to the injury report on Friday with a toe issue, but he’ll play, too. Hargrave’s latest ailment is in what has otherwise been an injury-plagued first season in Green Bay. He’s only missed one game, but Hargrave has now dealt with a knee injury, a toe injury, and a concussion.
Offensive lineman Donovan Jennings, meanwhile, is a healthy scratch.
Guards Aaron Banks and Jacob Monk are both going to be unavailable versus the Bears. Banks, who hasn’t practiced since Sept. 18, is also battling a toe injury that is compounded by the knee tendinitis that has followed him since the start of training camp. He’ll now miss his third consecutive game.
Banks is in the second year of a four-year contract he signed with the Packers, and he hasn’t had a clean bill of health for most of it so far. The Packers signed 34-year-old veteran Laken Tomlinson to fill the void at left guard, but his debut last week was encouraging enough that he could potentially hold the job for the remainder of the season, considering Banks’ erratic health.
Monk was able to practice in a limited capacity on Friday as he fights through a quadriceps injury. He started the Packers’ first three games at right guard, but his injury forced them to explore other options. They started Travis Glover in his place against the Buccaneers, but, as with left guard, the Packers outsourced to improve the position. They signed 36-year-old Kevin Zeitler last week, and the expectation is that he’ll be making his debut on Sunday at right guard.
That’s three different guards—all of whom have started games for the Packers this season—that will be out of the lineup. The hope is that it won’t prove to be too costly, considering the Packers finally have a sense of stability at each of the offensive line’s interior positions.
Inactives
OG Aaron Banks (Toe/Knee)
OG Jacob Monk (Quadriceps)
OG Donovan Jennings (Healthy)
DT Anthony Campbell (Ankle)
Zachary Jacobson is the author of The Packer Dispatch. He is entering his 12th season covering the Green Bay Packers after spending seven as the Editor-in-Chief of Packer Report. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. Follow him on Twitter @zachjacobson or contact him via email at itszachariahj@gmail.com.