The Green Bay Packers are looking to bounce back against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. After winning three straight the Packers suffered a brutal loss to the New York Giants on Monday Night. Today, they added a piece to the defense that could help… a lot.
The Green Bay Packers Add A Major Piece To Their Defense Prior To Their Bout Against The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
According to Paul Bretl of USA Today:
Ahead of their matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Green Bay Packers activated Eric Stokes from IR and added him back to the 53-man roster.
“It would be great to end on a positive note these last four games,” said Stokes on Friday. “It would be great just to build for next year. Build for everything and build for the playoffs. It’s going to be fun.”
Green Bay’s decision to add Stokes back to the active roster was an anticipated move. Stokes has been a full participant in practice the last two weeks. The team also released cornerback Kyu Blu Kelly earlier in the week, opening up a roster spot, and the deadline to activate Stokes or have him revert back to season-ending IR is this upcoming Monday.
How Will Stokes Impact The Defense?
When he suffered his hamstring injury against Denver, he had played just four special teams snaps. There is, however, a different cornerback situation for Green Bay this time around. Currently, Raul Douglas is in Buffalo, and Jaire Alexander’s availability is unknown.
Stokes could see an increased role in the Packers secondary on Sunday. That is something the coaching staff seems to be on board with as well:
“We’d love to get him some snaps,” said Matt LaFleur about getting Stokes on the field defensively before the season ends. “He’s played some really good ball for us. We’re hoping that he’d be back before now and I know this has been frustrating for him. But I think hopefully we are getting close to that day.”
It will be interesting to see how much of an impact Stokes has against an elite wide receiving corps with Tampa Bay.
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