{"id":272629,"date":"2025-11-05T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272629\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:13:14","slug":"packers-announce-8-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272629\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers announce 8 roster moves"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the NFL trade deadline came and went<\/a> without the Green Bay Packers making a trade, the team announced eight \u2014 that\u2019s right, eight \u2014 roster moves on Tuesday<\/a>. Let\u2019s take you through these moves one by one to explain what happened, since there was so much change.<\/p>\n

TE Tucker Kraft to the injured reserve<\/p>\n

This was expected, as Tucker Kraft reportedly tore his ACL<\/a> in the Packers\u2019 loss to the Carolina Panthers. If his recovery timeline matches up with receiver Christian Watson\u2019s ACL recovery over the last year, Kraft should be back around the start of the 2026 regular season.<\/p>\n

The Packers have liked Josh Whyle for a while, as they brought him in for a pre-draft visit back in 2023<\/a>. Generally, when available, Green Bay likes to get its hands on visitors. In his first two years of his NFL career, Whyle played 501 offensive snaps (including seven starts) and 177 special teams snaps for the Tennessee Titans. When Whyle was waived by the Titans at the roster cutdown deadline this summer, the Packers signed him to their practice squad.<\/p>\n

So, moving forward, Green Bay\u2019s tight ends on the active roster will be Luke Musgrave, John FitzPatrick and Whyle, as Ben Sims, who was previously on the 53-man roster for the last three seasons, was waived by the Packers two weeks ago and was claimed by the Minnesota<\/a> Vikings, the team that originally signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2023. Like Whyle, Sims was also a pre-draft visitor. Pay attention to the Packers\u2019 visitors! They tell you who they\u2019re interested in!<\/p>\n

TEs McCallan Castles and Drake Dabney to the practice squad<\/p>\n

To backfill for Whyle on the practice squad, who is backfilling for Kraft on the 53, the Packers signed two tight ends today: McCallan Castles and Drake Dabney. Castles had a workout with Green Bay on Monday<\/a> and has previously spent time with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n

Dabney was a surprise signing in the NFL this offseason, as he worked his way onto the Tennessee Titans\u2019 summer roster off the strength of his performance as a tryout player at the team\u2019s rookie minicamp. He was waived at the cutdown deadline, signed to the practice squad and was waived by the team in mid-September. Since then, he\u2019s had workouts with the New England Patriots and Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

Packers defensive end Arron Mosby has already exhausted his three practice-squad call-ups this season, so Green Bay\u2019s options were the following: They either had to play without Mosby, using him only as a practice player moving forward, or he\u2019d have to be called up to the active roster to participate in games. The Packers chose the latter.<\/p>\n

In truth, Mosby is more of a special teams player than a true defender. He\u2019s played both off-ball and line of scrimmage roles in the NFL, lining up on defense 152 times to 325 special teams snaps over 22 career regular-season games. This year, he\u2019s played 51 special teams plays over three games to 0 on the defensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n

This is probably a sign that Lukas Van Ness won\u2019t be active this week, as the Packers do not need Mosby if he\u2019s the team\u2019s sixth defensive end behind Micah Parsons, Rashan Gary, LVN, Kingsley Enagbare and Barryn Sorrell on gamedays.<\/p>\n

LB Kristian Welch to the practice squad<\/p>\n

As expected, Kristian Welch, who was promoted to the 53-man roster last week and was released by the team this week, was added back to the Packers\u2019 practice squad. This is sort of an interesting way of doing things, if the team ultimately wanted Mosby on the 53-man roster over Welch. One benefit to playing Welch up last week, though, is that Welch wasn\u2019t subject to waivers, as he\u2019s a vested veteran, unlike Mosby.<\/p>\n

Now, since the trade deadline has passed, all players, including vested veterans, are subject to waivers. So while Mosby\u2019s practice squad elevations have been exhausted, Welch\u2019s three promotions have been preserved. In the meantime, neither of those players was available to be plucked by teams on waivers. Remember, a practice squad poach forces the poaching team to guarantee the player\u2019s roster spot for three weeks. If a player is simply claimed off waivers, though, there are no rules about how quickly the claiming team can release the player and create a spot on the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n

Assume that Welch, who played 10 special teams snaps last week, will get a practice squad call-up to the gameday roster for as long as linebacker Nick Niemann is on the injured reserve. Without Niemann, the Packers only have four linebackers on their 53-man roster: Mike linebacker Quay Walker, Will linebacker Edgerrin Cooper, Sam linebacker Isaiah McDuffie and backup Ty\u2019Ron Hopper.<\/p>\n

Welch joins undrafted rookie linebacker Jamon Johnson on the practice squad. If Welch\u2019s call-ups get exhausted before Niemann\u2019s return, Johnson being activated for gamedays is a possibility down the stretch.<\/p>\n

WR Michael Woods II to the practice squad<\/p>\n

This is the weird one. Michael Woods is a former draft pick who has dealt with multiple injuries during his career, most importantly an Achilles rupture but most recently a hand injury<\/a>, and doesn\u2019t have a history as a returner. Still, the Packers chose to sign him on Tuesday, despite already having four receivers on the practice squad. At some point, you can expect Green Bay to drop one of these receivers to make room for another position in practice.<\/p>\n

OL Lecitus Smith released from the practice squad<\/p>\n

This summer, with offensive line injuries mounting, the Packers signed Lecitus Smith to his fourth stint with the team. Now that Jacob Monk is off the injured reserve, as he\u2019s recovered from his hamstring injury, it doesn\u2019t seem like Green Bay feels the need to have a practice squad center anymore.<\/p>\n

Beyond the 10 offensive linemen on the Packers\u2019 53-man roster, the team still has offensive linemen Brant Banks and Dalton Cooper on its practice squad. Banks was previously called up to the 53-man roster against the Dallas Cowboys, when he allowed a blocked PAT, and was later claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans for a week before landing back with the Packers\u2019 practice squad. Cooper was a pre-draft visitor for Green Bay this summer. Pay attention to visitors!<\/p>\n

Okay, now that we\u2019ve caught you up, let\u2019s give you what the Packers\u2019 roster looks like this second. That was a lot of information to take in.<\/p>\n

Packers 53-man roster update<\/p>\n

QB-2: Jordan Love and Malik WillisRB-3: Josh Jacobs, Emanuel Wilson and Chris BrooksWR-6: Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, Dontayvion Wicks, Malik Heath and Savion WilliamsTE-3: Luke Musgrave, John FitzPatrick and Josh WhyleOL-10: Rasheed Walker, Aaron Banks, Elgton Jenkins, Jordan Morgan, Zach Tom, Sean Rhyan, Anthony Belton, Darian Kinnard, Jacob Monk and Donovan JenningsDE-6: Micah Parsons, Rashan Gary, Lukas Van Ness, Kingsley Enagbare, Barryn Sorrell and Arron MosbyDT-5: Devonte Wyatt, Colby Wooden, Karl Brooks, Nazir Stackhouse and Warren BrinsonLB-4: Quay Walker, Edgerrin Cooper, Isaiah McDuffie and Ty\u2019Ron HopperCB-5: Keisean Nixon, Carrington Valentine, Nate Hobbs, Bo Melton and Kamal HaddenS-5: Xavier McKinney, Evan Williams, Javon Bullard, Zayne Anderson and Kitan OladapoK-2: Brandon McManus and Lucas HavrisikP-1: Daniel WhelanLS-1: Matt Orzech<\/p>\n

Packers practice squad update<\/p>\n

QB-1: Clayton TuneRB-1: Pierre Strong Jr.WR-4: Isaiah Neyor, Will Sheppard, Jakobie Keeney-James and Michael Woods IITE-2: McCallan Castles and Drake DabneyOL-2: Brant Banks and Dalton CooperDE-0: NoneDT-1: James EsterLB-2: Kristian Welch and Jamon JohnsonCB-1: Tyron HerringS-2: Jonathan Baldwin and Jaylin SimpsonInternational Exemption-1: DT Dante Barnett<\/p>\n

Packers injury list update<\/p>\n

Season-ending IR: OL Travis GloverIR, designated to return: RB MarShawn LloydIR: WR Jayden Reed, TE Tucker Kraft, DE Brenton Cox Jr. and LB Nick NiemannPUP: OL John Williams and DE Collin Oliver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the NFL trade deadline came and went without the Green Bay Packers making a trade, the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[18813,18814,18811,18815,349,99],"class_list":["post-272629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-green-bay-packers-depth-chart","tag-green-bay-packers-injuries","tag-green-bay-packers-news","tag-green-bay-packers-roster","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}