The Green Bay Packers will likely be without No. 1 receiver Jordy Nelson for another week. Now they have to worry about No. 2 receiver Davante Adams, it appears.
Adams injured his ankle in the Packers’ divisional round win. The initial prognosis doesn’t sound promising.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Adams will likely be shut down until Saturday.
Not great news from McCarthy on #Packers WR Davante Adams' ankle: "Curious to see him move. I don't think he'll practice until Saturday."
— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) January 18, 2017
If you’re keeping score, that’s the same timetable the Packers gave Nelson last week. At least initially…
Early in the week, Nelson was scheduled to practice on Saturday, which would determine his availability for Sunday’s game. Instead, the Packers ruled him out on Friday and he didn’t practice at all.
Also troubling is the fact that Adams dealt with a fairly serious ankle injury last season. That injury cost him three games and he was ineffective in a number of others.
The Packers receiving corps could be down to Randall Cobb, Geronimo Allison, Jeff Janis and Trevor Davis on Sunday. If that’s the case, McCarthy is going to have to get even more creative than he has been thus far.