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Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst first told reporters on Tuesday that starting quarterback Jordan Love has undergone a procedure on his left thumb to repair ligament damage he suffered during his last play during last Saturday night's preseason game against the New York Jets. Gutekunst indicated that the hope is Love will return to practice next week and should not miss any regular season time. Matt LaFleur expects Love to be ready for Week 1, but the missed reps with young receivers could sting.

Love as a first-year starter in 2023 completed 64.2 percent of his passes for 4,159 yards, with 32 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. Love in 2024 completed 63.1 percent of his passes for 3,389 yards, with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.

Packers Preseason Stock Report: Who’s Rising… and Who’s in Trouble?

The Packers’ first preseason game is in the books — and the 30-10 loss to the Jets gave us plenty to talk about. Aaron Nagler breaks down the first stock report of the summer, with arrows pointing up for some surprising names… and down for others who need to bounce back fast.

Defensive Front Shows Promise: 5 Takeaways

If Saturday is any indication, the Packers could have some enviable depth at both defensive tackle and end, as Green Bay’s most promising performances of the night came from their defensive front.

From looking like he would be struggling to keep his job, Colby Wooden suddenly looks like a new player. Sporting a bulkier frame, he has earned positive reviews in camp and backed up the hype in the first preseason game as a consistently disruptive force.

Meanwhile, the rookie duo from Georgia of Nazir Stackhouse and Warren Brinson also made their presence felt on the interior, continuing their upward trajectory which has built throughout the summer.

At EDGE, Barryn Sorrell is already showing why he was viewed as a steal in the fourth round, rushing with power and professionalism to put the Jets quarterback under pressure regularly.

Brenton Cox Jr and Kingsley Enagbare made their own strong cases for roster spots and playing time with some notable plays. Lukas Van Ness only played one drive with the starting defense, but looked more confident and impactful, giving credence to the optimism around his camp.

Be sure to check out four more takeaways from the first preseason game.

Urgency Needed in WR Room

The first play of the Green Bay Packers preseason was a microcosm of much of the 2024 season. The play was a dropped pass by Romeo Doubs. After leading the league in dropped passes, the Packers pass catchers had a poor showing on Saturday against the New York Jets with five more drops.

If there was ever a way for the Packers offense to show improvement from 2024 to 2025 it will most likely come from their wide receiver room.

The foursome of players who were 2022 and 2023 draft picks have all had glimpses of becoming a reliable starting wide receiver, but have also all shown inconsistency. This foursome is Romeo Doubs, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks. All four guys have struggled with drops, consistently getting open and being reliable redzone targets.

One major difference from both 1996 and 2010 is having more experience at wide receiver to go along with the young, up-and-comers. If this year’s group is to take that next step, it will have to come with one of them becoming a standout, without the help of a veteran to learn from.

Barryn Down on the QB

One of the most unique stories from the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay will forever be that of Texas edge rusher Barryn Sorrell staying in the green room for Day 3, as he wanted to hear his name called and walk the stage, no matter how late he was picked. Not only did he get his draft moment, but it ended up being in front of the fans of the team that drafted him, the Green Bay Packers.

As a result of his unique draft day experience, being immediately embraced with cheers and open arms by his new fans, Sorrell seemed like he was ready to run through a brick wall for the Packers right then and there. So far through training camp and preseason, it looks like he's doing exactly that. Saturday night against the Jets, Sorrell was one of the only bright spots in what head coach Matt LaFleur called a "sloppy" and "humbling" experience. He played 39 snaps total, with 22 of those snaps being on the pass rush. Sorrell was credited with two QB pressures, and his 28.6% pass rush win rate was 11th among pass rushers in week 1 of the preseason.

Rashan Gary and Lukas Van Ness will likely be the top 2 pass rushers heading into the season. Enagbare and Brenton Cox are the most likely third and fourth options, but if his camp and preseason continue as they have, Barryn Sorrell could find himself in a consistent rotation with those two for defensive snaps in 2025.

The Packers need relentless pass rushers to improve what was a poor showing last season. Barryn Sorrell's drive can help provide that extra spark this season.

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Advanced Stats for Packers Fans 101: EPA

Welcome back to the final installment of Advanced Stats for Packers Fans. For this installment, we’re going to be providing an overview of the most prevalent advanced stat found in discussions around the league today: Expected Points Added, or EPA.

EPA is based on a simple idea that we’ve already covered a number of times through this series: not all yards gained are equal. When we discussed success rate in part one, yards gained was compared against a simple pass/fail formula, based on how many yards you were gaining towards a first down (or touchdown). In part two, we found that DVOA compared the yards a team gained in a play, compared it to a league average and adjusted for a number of variables, and then returned a quantifiable number.

EPA operates in a similar way. EPA finds its foundation in a very simple concept inherently known by all football fans: it’s better to have the ball closer to the endzone than further from the endzone. We can almost see hundreds of Cheesehead TV readers all rolling their eyes at once.

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Will This be Brenton Cox Jr.’s Season?

The inconsistency of the Green Bay Packers’ pass rush of 2024 has been thoroughly dissected this off-season. It was fits and starts, and often just plain frustrating to watch. The Packers responded by drafting a pair of young pass-rushers in Barryn Sorrell and Collin Oliver. But Brenton Cox Jr. might be the most interesting young commodity in the EDGE room. The former undrafted free agent enters his third pro season with the memory of a late-season spark still bouncing around the minds of Packers fans.

He barely put cleat to grass during his rookie season and was a healthy scratch last season until the team moved on from veteran EDGE rusher Preston Smith last year at the trade deadline. From that point on, Cox was not just in the rotation, he was a key contributor who showed flashes of making good on his size and strength. The 6-foot-4, 250-pounder scored only a just-above-average 6.25 RAS (Relative Athletic Score) coming out of college, but his strength is easy to see. He’s also a large human being. And he apparently is having a strong camp thus far.

When he wore a Packers uniform last season starting in Week 10, he quickly made his presence known, with three tackles, a pair of quarterback hits and a sack in the Packers’ 20-19 win over the Chicago Bears. Over the course of his abbreviated season, he totaled 12 total tackles, four sacks and a forced fumble, while totaling seven hits of the quarterback. And that was in just 160 defensive snaps.

What Cox might do with a full season’s worth of work is yet to be seen. If the light truly has flicked on for the third-year pass rusher, who knows? But it sure sounds like he’s figuring things out and primed to be a key part of the rotation in 2025.

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