{"id":36495,"date":"2025-10-26T22:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36495"},"modified":"2025-10-26T22:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T22:59:32","slug":"breaking-ten-most-important-packers-for-sunday-against-aaron-rodgers-led-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=36495","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Ten Most Important Packers for Sunday Against Aaron Rodgers-Led Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 The Green Bay Packers have looked like only a slightly above-average team since their 2-0 start. They will have to deliver a significantly above-average game to end their 54-year losing streak in Pittsburgh against the Steelers.<\/p>\n

For Green Bay to win, these 10 players must step up.<\/p>\n

No. 10: WR Christian Watson<\/h2>\n

Christian Watson will be playing his first game in 294 days as he completes his comeback from a torn ACL. Watson isn\u2019t going to play 50 snaps. Heck, he might not play 25. But he will be a key player with Dontayvion Wicks out with a calf injury and Matthew Golden perhaps limited by a hip injury.<\/p>\n

Watson isn\u2019t just a premier stretch-the-field player for an offense that likes to stretch the field. He\u2019s also an excellent point-of-attack blocker. Whether he\u2019s catching the ball or blocking, he needs to play a big role in a few big plays.<\/p>\n

No. 9: LG Aaron Banks<\/h2>\n

Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward is one of the best in the business. Last season, he was selected for his seventh Pro Bowl and was a first-team All-Pro with eight sacks, 12 tackles for losses, 20 quarterback hits and an incredible 11 pass deflections.<\/p>\n

Heyward lines up almost exclusively at right defensive tackle, meaning a lot of snaps against left guard Aaron Banks, Green Bay\u2019s big-budget free-agent acquisition. Heyward has only 1.5 sacks, two tackles for losses and four quarterback hits this season, but he\u2019s eighth in pass-rush win rate among defensive tackles, according to Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood D-tackle,\u201d said center Elgton Jenkins, who will have to help Banks. \u201cKnows how to rush the passer, knows what offense wants to do. He\u2019s smart, strong. We just got to go out there, execute and do our job and compete.\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 8 DT Devonte Wyatt<\/h2>\n

Devonte Wyatt is back after missing the last two games \u2013 and most of the last four games \u2013 with a knee injury. He\u2019s Green Bay\u2019s best player at the position. Among defensive tackles, he is second in pass-rush win rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a huge impact,\u201d defensive end Micah Parsons said. \u201cI think he makes my life easier. He understands how to rush, how to play, his play style. I just think he brings guys along. His energy\u2019s contagious. He sets the standard in the room. You can tell he learned after some really good guys, and he just carries it with him every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has that \u2018G\u2019 mentality, that dawg mentality and he\u2019s just fun to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 7: LB Quay Walker<\/h2>\n

Linebacker Quay Walker entered Week 8 ranked 11th with 59 tackles. He has 1.5 sacks, four tackles for losses, five quarterback hits and two pass deflections.<\/p>\n

Walker will play a big role in limiting Pittsburgh\u2019s sputtering running attack and its premier group of tight ends. Pittsburgh\u2019s three-headed tight end attack scored four touchdowns in last week\u2019s loss to the Bengals.<\/p>\n

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Walker is playing for his next contract and is well on his way to getting it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you for asking about Quay,\u201d defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said. \u201cI think Quay is playing at an elite level right now. His communication, the way he\u2019s calling things out, the way he\u2019s studying the game, the way he\u2019s practicing, his leadership on our team, to me, is at a whole different level on the field and off the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then you see what he\u2019s able to do in the run game and then last week, when he had an opportunity to go one-on-one with some of those backs and really do a nice job on the pressures, he\u2019s taken a step and I really do believe there\u2019s more room. I believe he\u2019s going to get better and better, and I think there\u2019s more ways that we can use him to do that the more that he can absorb and he\u2019s been able to do that. I love being around the guy right now and I give him a ton of credit. He\u2019s doing an awesome job.\u201d<\/p>\n

No. 6: RB Josh Jacobs<\/h2>\n

Josh Jacobs is the heartbeat of Green Bay\u2019s offense. After playing through illness in a win against the Bengals and a calf injury in the win against the Cardinals, he\u2019s mostly healthy and ready to roll against Pittsburgh\u2019s inconsistent run defense.<\/p>\n

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In the second half of our weekly two-story package, here are three reasons why the #Packers<\/a> will beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh for the first time since Bart Starr was Green Bay's quarterback. \u2b07\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/X4OI9qbCbR<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bill Huber (@BillHuberNFL) October 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n