In Wednesday morning’s cheese curds, we broke down the rough state of the Green Bay Packers’ roster after taking injuries and positive COVID-19 tests into account. This afternoon, the roster status got even worse with another five players placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Arguably the biggest name of the four new additions is starting defensive end Kingsley Keke. Keke was a surprise healthy scratch in last Saturday’s win over the Cleveland Browns, but has played about 50% of the Packers’ defensive snaps this season. Keke has accounted for 2.5 sacks, three pass breakups, and a forced fumble this season, but the team’s run defense struggled mightily against the Browns with him out and nose tackle Kenny Clark just returning from the COVID list himself.