After suffering a concussion in week 1, we haven’t been expecting cornerback Sam Shields to play this week. He almost certainly won’t.
Shields has been listed as doubtful on the Friday injury report. Joining him with that designation are safety Chris Banjo and outside linebacker Jayrone Elliott. Receiver Trevor Davis is listed as questionable.
The only real game-changer here is Shields. With rookie Josh Hawkins still sidelined, the Packers technically only have three healthy corners. They are Damarious Randall, Quinten Rollins and LaDarius Gunter.
Rollins had some major brain farts in week one, getting beat badly twice on double moves. Gunter had one of those himself.
Realistically, the Packers have an additional cornerback in safety Micah Hyde. We expect them to be just fine, so long as there isn’t another injury. Similarly, we expect Rollins to tighten things up in week 2.
Considering Shields has had multiple concussions and missed three weeks with one last year, he could very well be out until after the bye in week 4.