GLENDALE, Ariz. – All the focus was on who the Green Bay Packers didn’t have on Thursday night at the Arizona Cardinals: no Davante Adams, no Allen Lazard, no Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
No chance, right?
Wrong.
Yes, the Packers were missing their top-three receivers – Adams and Lazard on the COVID-19 list and Valdes-Scantling not quite ready to return from a hamstring injury. That was in addition to the three Pro Bowlers – left tackle David Bakhtiari, outside linebacker Za'Darius Smith and cornerback Jaire Alexander – who were never going to play on Thursday.