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Injury report: Rookie Sternberger placed on IR

The Packers will fill the roster spot by promoting receiver Allen Lazard from the practice squad.
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Injury report: Rookie Sternberger placed on IR
Injury report: Rookie Sternberger placed on IR

The Green Bay Packers have placed tight end Jace Sternberger on injured reserve due to the ankle injury sustained in the preseason finale against Kansas City.

The injury was the latest blow that curtailed the third-round pick’s development. He suffered a concussion in the joint practices against Houston and played in only one of the preseason games. That, of course, was against the Chiefs, when he caught 1-of-4 passes for 2 yards and a touchdown.

Teams are allowed to bring two players back from injured reserve. In Sternberger’s case, he could begin practicing after Week 6 and make his NFL debut in Week 9. Considering the Packers knew they were drafting a talented but unpolished player, no doubt they want to get him on the practice field.

According to a source, receiver Allen Lazard will be promoted from the practice squad and take Sternberger’s place on the roster. Lazard will give the Packers a sixth receiver in the presumed absence of rookie Darrius Shepherd, who did not practice this week. There already was concern about whether the Packers would be able to keep Lazard on the practice squad; the Packers poached Lazard off Jacksonville’s practice squad in December and the 6-foot-5 former Iowa State star had a strong training camp and preseason.

Even removing Sternberger from the injury report, the Packers listed 19 players on their injury report. Offensive lineman Alex Light and cornerback Tramon Williams were added to the list. Of the 19, 13 were full participation, so the Packers will head to Chicago with few injury concerns.

While the team's practice week is done, it will turn in an injury report on Wednesday with the usual game designations.

PACKERS

DNP – ILB Oren Burks (chest), WR Darrius Shepherd (hamstring).

Limited – TE Jimmy Graham (finger), CB Ka’Dar Hollman (neck), CB Kevin King (hamstring), Tramon Williams (knee).

Full – DT Montravius Adams (groin), DT Fadol Brown (calf), RT Bryan Bulaga (rest), DT Kenny Clark (ankle), CB Josh Jackson (Achilles), RB Aaron Jones (hamstring), DT Tyler Lancaster (ankle), OT Alex Light (wrist), G Cole Madison (ankle), ILB Blake Martinez (back), S Will Redmond (ankle), FB Danny Vitale (calf), RB Jamaal Williams (hamstring).

BEARS

Limited – TE Trey Burton (groin), OL Rashaad Coward (elbow), DT Bilal Nichols (knee).

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Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.

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