Broncos' Dre Greenlaw Move Sparks Sudden Personnel Shake-up
It's official. The Denver Broncos have activated linebaker Dre Greenlaw from injured reserve. The team announced the move on Saturday evening, along with several others.
The Broncos also announced that quarterback Sam Ehlinger, who was
The moves bring the Broncos to 17 players on the practice squad. Teams are allowed only 16 players on the practice squad, but the Broncos have an International Player exemption with Australian-born tight end Patrick Murtagh, so they get to carry 17.
Ehlinger Stays in the Fold
It's great that the Broncos were able to keep Ehlinger around, but the one downside is that he won't be allowed to dress as the third emergency quarterback. Teams have 53 players on the roster, 46 of whom cannot dress (for what reason, no one knows).
Of the seven inactives each week, one of them can dress so long as he's designated the third emergency quarterback. The caveat is that that player has to be on the 53-man roster. The practice squad doesn't count.
However, the Broncos can elevate Ehlinger on a gameday and have him dress. Honestly, though, with Bo Nix being a second-year quarterback, and his backup, Jarrett Stidham, being a young seventh-year pro, only a true calamity would result in the Broncos being without a quarterback on gameday.
Nix has yet to miss a start since arriving as a first-round pick last year. And he's yet to pop up on the injury report this season. And Stidham is fully healthy as the No. 2.
The Broncos have yet to announce any Week 7 practice squad elevations, so we'll keep an eye out for that. They've elevated at least one player in each game this season.
If the Broncos can defeat the Giants at Mile High, they'll have a 5-2 record, which would be the team's best start through the first seven weeks since 2016. That 2016 team may have been sans Peyton Manning, but it was chock-full of players from the Super Bowl 50 championship team, including most starters.
That was also Gary Kubiak's last season as Broncos head coach, leading the team to a 9-7 record. The Broncos just missed the playoffs, but it was actually the team's last plus-.500 finish until the 2024 team, led by Sean Payton and quarterbacked by Nix, who won 10 games and made the playoffs.
Alas, the Broncos were convincingly dispatched by the Buffalo Bills in the Wildcard Round of the playoffs, but they finally snapped the postseason drought. A 5-2 to the 2025 season would keep the Broncos in the co-lead of the AFC West alongside the Los Angeles Chargers, who have the same record currently, but own the tiebreaker, having vanquished Denver in Week 3.
The Broncos will see the Chargers again in the regular-season finale. Depending on how things shape up, that game could be for all the divisional marbles. First thing's first; defeating the resurgent Giants.
BREAKING: Packers Get Murky Josh Jacobs Injury Update Ahead of Cardinals Game
The Green Bay Packers enter Week 7 with a 3-1-1 record with a road game against the Arizona Cardinals.
While the Packers were hoping that wide receiver Christian Watson would make his season debut this weekend, he was ruled out on Friday as he waits at least another week to make his return from a torn ACL.
Entering the weekend, the Packers also had a big injury question about running back Josh Jacobs.
Jacobs was listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report with a calf injury and an illness, and Adam Schefter of ESPN dropped an update late Saturday night.
“Packers RB Josh Jacobs, listed as questionable for Sunday due to illness and a calf injury, is now being considered a “true game-time decision” for Sunday’s matchup vs. the Cardinals, per source. The team says it does not expect to know whether he can play until Sunday. If Jacobs is unable to play, Packers RB Emanuel Wilson would be the expected starter,” Schefter wrote on X.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network also reported a similar statement shortly after Schefter.
“Packers standout RB Josh Jacobs, dealing with an illness and a calf strain, is up in the air regarding his status on Sunday, per me and
If Jcobs can’t go, it looks to be Emanuel Wilson who will start. Wilson has just 18 carries for 84 yards this season.
Josh Jacobs Played Sick In Week 6
In Week 6, the Packers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, 27-18. In that game, Jacobs had 18 carries for 93 yards and two touchdowns.
To make it even more impressive, Jacobs admitted he was sick during the game and was throwing up.
“Throwing up during the game, after,” Jacobs said, via Wes Hodkiewicz of Packers.com. “I really don’t know where it came from. I just kind of woke up this morning just not feeling my best. But I told ’em, the last time that I felt that way, I had 130 (yards) and two touchdowns. So it is what it is.”
Yet, he was able to be efficient despite the illness.
Packers Made a RB Move on Saturday
Jacobs did practice fully on Friday, but the latest reports from Schefter and Rapoport cast some doubt on whether or not he will suit up.
To put that even more into question, the Packers elevated running back Pierre Strong Jr. from the practice squad earlier on Saturday.
While it could be nothing, bringing up another running back one day before the game is an interesting move, especially given Jacobs’ injury and illness.
This season, Jacobs has 359 yards with six touchdowns on 98 carries, and he is the only Packers RB with more than 100 yards, so not having him available would be a tough blow.
The Packers and Cardinals kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday.
