{"id":34738,"date":"2025-10-06T22:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34738"},"modified":"2025-10-06T22:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T22:47:34","slug":"packers-show-their-true-intentions-to-survive-while-a-key-piece-remains-sidelined-with-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34738","title":{"rendered":"Packers show their true intentions to survive while a key piece remains sidelined with injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/Mzk6MDAwMDAwMDAwMjc5MDQz\/usatsi_26708581.jpg\" alt=\"Green Bay Packers Coach Matt LaFleur, left, talks with General Manager Brian Gutekunst during practice on July 25, 2025, at Ray Nitschke Field in Ashwaubenon, Wis.\n\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0spent a lot of draft capital to\u00a0acquire edge defender Micah Parsons\u00a0and\u00a0offensive lineman Darian Kinnard, so it\u2019s reasonable to think that general manager Brian Gutekunst won\u2019t go out there making big in-season moves.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the\u00a0loss of Devonte Wyatt for some unspecified time\u00a0\u2014 head coach Matt LaFleur said he\u2019s week-to-week with a\u00a0knee injury\u00a0\u2014 is a big blow to the defensive front, but it\u2019s hard to imagine the Packers making a big trade or an expensive free agent signing at this point.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">Therefore, Green Bay just wants to study some depth options and move on with what it already has on the roster.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"pro-scout-s-due-diligence\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-m-font-size\">Pro scout\u2019s due diligence<\/h2>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">On Monday, the Packers tried out five interior defensive linemen. All of them are lower-level prospects, including two veterans and three rookies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Packers tried out several interior defensive linemen today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JhjRdJVnu7\">pic.twitter.com\/JhjRdJVnu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wendell Ferreira (@wendellfp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendellfp\/status\/1975303743135752338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><strong>DT Tommy Akingbesote<\/strong><br \/>\nSeventh-round pick by the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0this year, spent some time with the\u00a0Carolina Panthers\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DT Anthony Campbell<\/strong><br \/>\nUndrafted rookie out of Miami, signed with the\u00a0Seattle Seahawks\u00a0after the draft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NT Keondre Coburn<\/strong><br \/>\nA nose tackle, Coburn has more experience. A sixth-round pick in 2023, he\u2019s played for the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs,\u00a0Denver Broncos,\u00a0Tennessee Titans, and\u00a0Las Vegas Raiders. He played college football at Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\"><strong>DT Fabien Lovett<\/strong><br \/>\nLovett went undrafted last year and spent his rookie season on the Chiefs\u2019 practice squad. This year, he was with the\u00a0New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DT Omari Thomas<\/strong><br \/>\nThomas\u00a0played college football at Tennessee. Undrafted, he played his rookie camp and preseason\u00a0with the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\" data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\">At least so far, the Packers haven\u2019t signed any of them to the practice squad. Second-year defensive tackle James Ester, undrafted in 2024, is already there.<\/p>\n<p>Without Devonte Wyatt, who did not practice on Monday, the Packers are expected to start Karl Brooks and Colby Wooden at defensive tackle versus the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0next Sunday. The depth options behind them are undrafted rookie Nazir Stackhouse, a run-stuffing nose tackle who struggled against the Dallas Cowboys, and sixth-rounder Warren Brinson, who was inactive for gameday through the first month of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Green Bay Packers\u00a0spent a lot of draft capital to\u00a0acquire edge defender Micah Parsons\u00a0and\u00a0offensive lineman Darian Kinnard, so it\u2019s reasonable to think that general manager Brian Gutekunst won\u2019t&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-bay-packers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Packers show their true intentions to survive while a key piece remains sidelined with injury - 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