The Green Bay Packers will be without cornerback Jaire Alexander on Sunday against the New England Patriots. Alexander, who is nursing a groin injury, is inactive for Week 4.
Buy Packers TicketsThe team’s other five inactive players are rookies. The Packers need only six inactive players because they have only 52 players on the active roster.
Here’s a quick look at the inactive list for the Packers in Week 4:
Inactive list
CB Jaire Alexander
OT Rasheed Walker
OL Sean Rhyan
WR Samori Toure
DL Jonathan Ford
Alexander injured his groin on the sixth play of scrimmage during last week’s win in Tampa Bay. He missed the rest of the contest and was only able to practice in a limited capacity two days this week. Rasul Douglas and Eric Stokes will start at cornerback with Keisean Nixon as the nickel. Rookie Caleb Jones, who was ruled out on Friday, is now on the non-football illness list. Walker, Rhyan, Toure and Ford are healthy scratches.
Who’s in
The Packers will return rookie receiver Christian Watson, who missed last week with a hamstring injury. Also active is offensive tackle Yosh Nijman, who was a late add to the injury report with an illness. Only Alexander and Nijman had injury designations this week.
Patriots inactive list
QB Mac Jones
DL Guy Lawrence
WR Jakobi Meyers
CB Jalen Mills
CB Joshua Bledsoe
The Patriots will start Brian Hoyer at quarterback. Lawrence and Mills are preferred starters on defense.
