The Green Bay Packers listed their top three receivers on their Wednesday injury report. Of those three, Davante Adams — who was limited with a calf injury — seems like the only decent bet to play on Sunday.
Update: Adams’ calf injury has taken a turn for the worse. Coach Mike McCarthy said he wouldn’t practice on Thursday and would only do rehab.
Geronimo Allison sat out with a concussion. Randall Cobb is still out with a hamstring injury he said he had no chance of playing on last week.
That could leave the Packers with just Adams (if he plays) and their three rookie receivers against the Lions. Surely, that will go a long way to correcting the team’s offensive issues.
Of the three rookies, only Marquez Valdes-Scantling has seen significant snaps. He has tallied 74, but 54 of those came just last week. Valdes-Scantling has two catches for 54 yards on the season.
J’Mon Moore only saw his first action last week, getting 11 snaps. He has no catches. Equanimeous St. Brown hasn’t played a down.
That certainly isn’t ideal for a quarterback who — by his own standards — has been struggling a bit and hates throwing to rookies.
If things play out like this — without Allison and Cobb — expect a heavy dose of Adams (if he plays) and tight end Jimmy Graham. You should also expect a heavy dose of Aaron Jones and the Packers other running backs. The Lions have the worst rushing defense in the league by a wide margin.