Earlier this offseason, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst admitted that the team was underprepared by only carrying five off-ball linebackers during the 2024 season, their first under new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and his 4-3 scheme. So it was a shock to many on Tuesday when the Packers only kept four linebackers, Edgerrin Cooper, Quay Walker, Isaiah McDuffie and Ty’Ron Hopper, on the team’s initial 53-man roster.

Tomorrow is a new day, though, and it comes with new rules. Per the NFL’s cutdown regulations, only two players were allowed to be put on the injured reserve with a designation to return while the team shaved its roster from 90 to 53. If the Packers wanted to put any other players on the IR on Tuesday, it had to be the season-ending variety, which they di

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