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Running again Pierre Strong Jr., previously of the Cleveland Browns.
The Green Bay Packers seem ready to say goodbye to a speedy playmaker on particular groups and a viable offensive reserve so as to reduce the roster down to the required 53 gamers by the top of this weekend.
Bill Huber of ON SI predicted on Tuesday, August 25 that operating again Pierre Strong Jr. will find yourself the odd man out within the Packers’ offensive backfield, even regardless of the big-play capability he brings to the desk.
“Strong’s skill has never been in doubt,” Huber wrote. “The 2022 fourth-round pick averaged 5.0 yards per carry during his first three seasons in the league. The big kickoff return against Denver made public what has been evident at practice, where Strong has hit on several cutback runs. A combo of Skyy Moore and Strong could provide an electric kickoff-return unit. Plus, Strong would provide insurance in the backfield.”
Pierre Strong Doesn’t Bring Enough to Running Back Position to Usurp Spot From Packers’ Top 3 Rushers
GettyGreen Bay Packers operating again Josh Jacobs.
The downside for Strong, nevertheless, is that there are three operating backs forward of him on the depth chart.
“The Packers will roll with Josh Jacobs, MarShawn Lloyd and Chris Brooks on their roster,” Huber continued. “Strong is explosive with the ball in his hands but the Packers want the ball in the hands of Jacobs and Lloyd.”
Jacobs had been battling a soft-tissue harm, although he just lately returned to the observe area and produced a high quality exhibiting.
“Josh Jacobs is taking team reps after returning from groin injury, and he looks fresh,” Ryan Wood of USA Today reported by way of social media on Monday. “Good burst in the middle on his inside zone runs.”
Jacobs can be going through off-field authorized issues that might probably lead to a punishment from the league, although the NFL has but to provide any indication that the Packers’ beginning operating again will face a suspension to begin the season.
Packers Running Back Marshawn Lloyd Has Remained Healthy All Offseason Long
GettyGreen Bay Packers operating again MarShawn Lloyd.
Lloyd, a third-round choose for Green Bay in 2024, has missed all however one common season recreation over the previous two years due to his accidents.
Had his troubles continued this summer time, Strong might have discovered his method into the highest three within the Packers’ backfield rotation. However, Lloyd has been wholesome basically all offseason, and security Evan Williams predicted just lately that the operating again goes to shock folks with how nicely he performs in 2026.
“I feel like a lot of people forgot what he is capable of,” Williams said of Lloyd in early August. “He shows up on a daily basis and puts in the work and is flying a million miles per hour.”
Brooks, who will battle Lloyd for touches behind Jacobs so long as the starter stays wholesome, is coming into his fourth NFL marketing campaign and has tallied 395 dashing yards and one landing on 4.8 yards per carry over the course of his profession. He has additionally recorded 24 receptions for 160 yards.
Max Dible covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a concentrate on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He coated native and statewide information as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as information director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group’s household of Big Island radio stations earlier than becoming a member of Heavy. More about Max Dible