GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not all doom and gloom on the Green Bay Packers’ second injury report of the week.
Starting left tackle Jordan Morgan, who has been dealing with a knee injury since last month, was upgraded to a full practice participant on Thursday. That’s a good sign that the former first-round pick should be in the Packers’ starting lineup for Sunday’s opener against the Minnesota Vikings, barring any setbacks. The Packers still have one more practice on Friday and a walkthrough on Saturday before they depart for Minnesota.
For a moment, there was a chance—and there still is—that Morgan was in danger of missing the game. He’s one of three members of the Packers’ preferred starting offensive line listed on the injury report with a knee issue, along with left guard Aaron Banks and right tackle Zach Bako-Bewele. Banks has been managing tendinitis in his knee, and Bako-Bewele is still working back from the partially torn patellar tendon he sustained last season.
The Packers’ offensive line will need all the help it can get against Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, who is renowned for his chaotic blitz packages that wreak havoc on opposing quarterbacks. If the Packers are going to keep Jordan Love upright, they’ll need their offensive line at full capacity, or at the very least as close to it as humanly possible.
Other than Morgan being upgraded from his limited session on Wednesday, there were no other changes to the Packers’ injury report.
Full
OT Jordan Morgan (Knee)
Limited
OT Zach Bako-Bewele (Knee)
OG Aaron Banks (Knee)
DT Javon Hargrave (Knee)
EDGE Barryn Sorrell (Foot)
DT Devonte Wyatt (Ankle)
Did Not Participate
DT Warren Brinson (Calf)
LB Ty’Ron Hopper (Achilles)
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.