The first NFL roster cut-down of the season is fast approaching. On Monday, August 27th, the Green Bay Packers will need to have trimmed their roster down to 75 players from their current total of 90.
Injured Reserve
Green Bay Packers Safety Nick Collins Goes on Injured Reserve
Safety Nick Collins, a three-time Pro Bowler for the Green Bay Packers, will finish the year on injured reserve after suffering a neck injury against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The heartbreaking news was delivered as the first point of order in Mike McCarthy’s press conference this afternoon.
Bringing in the Cavalry: A Look at the Packers Injured Reserve
With the NFL lockout well into its fourth month now, there has been ample talk of which teams will fare better with a limited offseason. One of those teams, of course, is the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. But it’s not their championship status that has people convinced they’ll be ready. No, most people point to the (now cliché) fact that they have “16 players returning from injured reserve.”
Packers 2010 Yearbook Awards: Player Most Likely to Spend the Season on IR (excluding Justin Harrell)
Award #2: Green Bay Packer Most Likely to Spend the Season on IR (excluding Justin Harrell)
Bittersweet Super Bowl for Some Green Bay Packers Players
“Bitter sweet bitter sweet.”
That was the tweet from Nick Barnett on Monday after the NFC Championship Game, and it very succinctly described how some of the Green Bay Packers players on injured reserve must be feeling right now.