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GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2013 The Green Bay Packers placed defensive end Micah Parsons on injured reserve on Wednesday and filled his spot with running back MarShawn Lloyd.<\/p>\n

His place on the 53-man roster won\u2019t be for long, though. It\u2019s merely a procedural move.<\/p>\n

Lloyd was designated for return from injured reserve on Dec. 1. Lloyd, who was placed on injured reserve at the end of training camp due to a hamstring injury sustained during the preseason, suffered another hamstring injury at practice on Thursday. With his 21-day return-to-play window closing in a few days, there was no chance he\u2019d be healthy before the window closed.<\/p>\n

So, the Packers activated him from injured reserve on Wednesday but will place him back on injured reserve this week. By doing so, if the Packers\u2019 season is alive in four weeks, they\u2019ll be able to designate him for return again, if for no other reason than to get him some more work on the practice field to get him ready for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis explosiveness is great,\u201d offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich said on Wednesday. \u201cObviously, his injury bug is extremely unfortunate. I mean, there\u2019s not much more I can say about it other than he has a lot of potential. But, at some point, we got to get him out there so he can realize that potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Packers have done this before.<\/p>\n

With Lloyd.<\/p>\n

Lloyd was nearing a return from injured reserve last season before he needed an appendectomy. So, the Packers placed Lloyd on the reserve\/non-football illness list. Ultimately, another hamstring injury shut him down for the season.<\/p>\n

A third-round pick in 2024, Lloyd has played 10 snaps in one career game. There were 19 offensive players drafted in the third round of that draft. The other 18 have played at least 125, with six playing more than 1,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things that\u2019s very, very, very unfortunate because this guy has worked his ass off to battle back,\u201d coach Matt LaFleur said this week. \u201cTo be in that spot again, it\u2019s just what do you say to him? We\u2019ll continue to investigate and try to figure out why this keeps occurring but it\u2019s certainly unfortunate, and I feel bad \u2013 I really do. I feel extremely bad for MarShawn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once Lloyd is sent back to injured reserve, the Packers once again will have an open roster spot. That could go to defensive end Brenton Cox, who has been full participation at practice. His return-to-play window also was opened on Dec. 1.<\/p>\n

The Packers had one of the top defenses in the NFL last season without Parsons and they\u2019ll try to do it again, starting on Saturday night against the Chicago Bears with first place in the NFC North on the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m upset for the player,\u201d defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley said. \u201cI care about these guys. Devonte Wyatt, he\u2019s out for the year; that\u2019s upsetting to me. We have other guys. (Lukas) Van Ness hasn\u2019t played a whole lot this year; those are upsetting. Micah\u2019s out, it\u2019s the same thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut my responsibility is to this defense and to the Green Bay Packers, and we\u2019ve got really good players in the room that we need to lead and we need to coach and we need to press on. So, certainly, it\u2019s upsetting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid I have a few moments where seeing Micah and looking him in the eye and seeing him sitting there, that\u2019s hard. It\u2019d be hard for anybody who cares about somebody. I mean, I love the guy. But then you wake up and you get back to work and you have to move on. I mean, that\u2019s part of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a short week, there wasn\u2019t much time for grieving for Hafley or the players. A huge game is on the horizon.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou learn that you\u2019ve just got to keep moving forward,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you are the leader, people are going to look to you and how you respond to things. And that\u2019s how I\u2019m looking at our players right now, our coaches right now, and it is go forward to the Bears as hard and as fast as we can, and I\u2019ve got all the confidence in the world in the guys in the room right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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