Packers-Eagles Final Injury Report: Three Defensive Starters Questionable

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Jordan Love and Jalen Hurts will be the quarterbacking matchup, after all, when the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles battle in an NFC wild-card game on Sunday in Philadelphia.

Love, who missed most of last week’s loss to the Chicago Bears with an elbow injury, was full participation at practice on Thursday and again on Friday.

“He did well,” coach Matt LaFleur said of Love’s week. “Today was a good day.”

Meanwhile, Hurts, who missed most of the last three games with a concussion, is out of the concussion protocol. Like Love, he was full participation at practices on Thursday and Friday. Now, the final barrier standing between Hurts and Sunday has been cleared.

"He had a good week of practice. A really good week," Eagles coach Nick Sirianni told reporters in Philadelphia.

Both starting quarterbacks are off the final injury report of the week, as is Packers backup Malik Willis.

For the Packers, three defensive starters are questionable.

Safety Evan Williams (quad) and linebacker Quay Walker (ankle), who both missed the last three games, practiced all week as limited participation. Defensive tackle T.J. Slaton (ankle), who did not practice on Wednesday, was limited participation on Thursday and again on Friday.

Also questionable is key backup defensive end Brenton Cox (foot), who was inactive last week but limited participation at all three practices this week. He is fourth on the team with four sacks, even though he was inactive for every game until Week 11.

With reserve offensive tackle Andre Dillard (concussion), the Packers have a total of five players who are questionable.

Williams’ importance to the team is evident with one look at the team’s record.

“I think the main part of that is getting those practice reps, getting physically confident to a point to where you can look at your film at practice and be like, ‘That’s what I want it to look like once I step on the field on Sunday,’” he said.

Slaton, who has played well down the stretch as an anchor of one of the NFL’s top run defenses, will be a big asset – pun intended – against the Eagles’ biggest-in-the-league offensive line.

“They’ve got a great run game and he’s a really good run defender,” LaFleur said on Thursday. “He’s not only that, he’s a big body, and we don’t have anybody of his stature, really, on our roster, so he is, obviously, a big piece to what we do defensively.”

The only players on Green Bay’s active roster who did not practice on Friday were safety Zayne Anderson (concussion) and receiver Christian Watson (knee). They are out.

Watson, who suffered a torn ACL on Sunday against Chicago, could go on injured reserve on Saturday, though the Packers might not need his roster spot.

Love started poorly before getting hot in the Week 17 loss at Minnesota, then started poorly before he was injured in the Week 18 loss to Chicago.

He completed only 50 percent of his passes in the Week 1 loss to Philadelphia in Brazil.

“When we played them Week 1, we knew what kind of team they were based on last year and, yeah, they’re a really good defense,” Love said this week. “They’ve got really good players over there. Obviously, we played them, we saw what they’re about and we did some good things that game. Yeah, they’re a really good defense, really sound. It’s one of those games that everybody’s got to be at their best.”

The Packers will need him to be at his best, like he was in last year’s playoffs, if they are going to upset the powerful Eagles, who are 14-3.

The Eagles are incredibly healthy. Every starter who faced the Packers in Week 1 will play on Sunday.

Hurts finished fifth in the league in passer rating, including eighth in completion percentage and fourth in yards per attempt. Plus, he rushed for 630 yards and tied for fifth with 14 rushing touchdowns, giving him a pass-run total of 32 scores.

“We’re always careful with him,” Sirianni told reporters. “He's our quarterback, so we always want to be careful with him. We always think about his health, first and foremost, because you never want him not to be on the field.

“You always want Jalen Hurts on the field. You always feel better when Jalen Hurts is on the field. It's always part of our process and our plan to make sure that when he does carry the football on planned runs that we try to protect him.”

Hurts’ big-play receiver, AJ Brown, was full participation on Friday and is off the injury report.

Packers Final Injury Report

Out: S Zayne Anderson (concussion), WR Christian Watson (knee).

Questionable: DE Brenton Cox (foot), OT Andre Dillard (concussion), DT TJ Slaton (ankle), LB Quay Walker (ankle), S Evan Williams (quad).

Eagles Final Injury Report

Out: QB G Trevor Keegan (illness), DT Byron Young (hamstring).

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