(WNFL) – One things the Green Bay Packers do well is develop players.
That starts in practice with coach Matt LaFleur and his staff giving players reps in practice.
In his Monday meeting with the media, LaFleur said that there’s a value in giving a lot of guys reps.
He added they want to have a lot of players ready to go if needed.
Lloyd goes to injured reserve: The Green Bay Packers signed running back Chris Brooks to the active roster from the practice squad and placed running back MarShawn Lloyd on injured reserve. General Manager Brian Gutekunst announced the transactions on Tuesday.
Brooks (6-1, 219), a second-year player out of BYU, joined the Packers’ practice squad on Sept. 3. He was originally signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on May 12, 2023. Brooks played in nine games for the Dolphins as a rookie last season, recording 19 carries for 106 yards (5.6 avg.), and appeared in a postseason contest. He spent four years at the University of California-Berkeley (2018-21) before spending one season at BYU (2022), where he registered 130 carries for 817 yards (6.3 avg.) and six TDs. His rushing average ranked No. 4 in single-season school history.
Amaze your friends: There’s plenty of interesting things to know heading into this Sunday’s Green Bay Packers/Tennessee Titans football game.
- It is the earliest visit to Nashville to play the Titans and the second-earliest visit against the franchise (Week 1 at Houston Oilers in 1983).
- The two teams have played 14 times with an overall point differential of 15 points.
- Green Bay and Tennessee have split the last four matchups, with the Packers scoring 40 and 55 points in their two victories.
- This will be the Packers’ fourth game at Tennessee and the first since 2016.
- The last time Green Bay won a road game against the franchise was in 1992 in Houston against the Oilers.
- Overall, the two franchises have faced off 14 times during the regular season, with the Titans holding an 8-6 (.571) advantage in the series.
- This is the first time since 2000 that the Packers have played two of their first three games vs. AFC teams.
- Under Head Coach Matt LaFleur, Green Bay is 15-9 against AFC teams, a .625 winning percentage that is No. 2 among NFC teams (Seattle Seahawks, 16-9, .640) and No. 4 among all teams since 2019 (Kansas City Chiefs, 46-16, .742 / Buffalo Bills, 41-19, .683).
- The Packers have started 1-1 for the fourth straight year, and in each of the previous three seasons, they have gone on to be 2-1.
- Green Bay has started 1-1 or better in the first two games of the season for 18 consecutive years (2007-24)
- With a win over Indianapolis in Week 2, Green Bay has won 12 straight home openers (2013-24), the longest winning streak in home openers in team history and the longest current winning streak in the league. It also tied for the second-longest winning streak in home openers in NFL history behind only Miami (13 from 1976-88).
- With the victory in Week 2, the Packers became the first team in NFL history to reach 800 regular-season wins.
- The temperature at kickoff in Week 2 was 85 degrees, tied for the second-warmest home game in franchise history (since 1959) behind only an 89-degree game vs. Cincinnati on Sept. 24, 2017.
- Dating back to 2008, the six times the Packers have lost the season opener, they won in Week 2 (2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024).
Packers Everywhere heads to Broadway in Nashville: Packers fans are invited to bring the spirit of Green Bay to Nashville a day early with a Packers Everywhere pep rally at 6 p.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 21.
The festivities will take place at Nashville Underground located at 105 Broadway, Nashville. Pre-rally festivities and prizing will begin at 4 p.m.
Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy will take part in the pre-gameday excitement by greeting fans and participating in a Q-and-A session with Packers Everywhere host, Rebecca Zaccard. Packers alumni Chad Clifton and Scott Wells will attend to socialize and take photos with fans and will share their thoughts on the next day’s game against the Titans.
A roundtable discussion with packers.com’s Wes Hodkiewicz and Mike Spofford will conclude the event.
If you’re headed to Nashville, here’s a link to Nashville Underground so you can check out this night spot owned by Joey and Gavin DeGraw. https://www.nashunderground.com/
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