GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers won’t have to shuffle their offensive line because center Evan Dietrich-Smith is going to give it a go on his sprained ankle.
Dietrich-Smith Dietrich-Smith was listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report after he sprained his ankle in practice on Wednesday. That, combined with the knee injury he sustained in the Thanksgiving game at the Detroit Lions, left his status in doubt for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons.
It means that the Packers won’t have to move right guard T.J. Lang to center and find a replacement for Lang.
Against the Lions, Lang played center after Dietrich-Smith left in the second quarter. It was only the second time in Lang’s career that he played center. Marshall Newhouse and Lane Taylor split playing time at right guard after Lang moved against the Lions.
Newhouse was a surprise inactive after coming down with flu-like symptoms. Running back Kahlil Bell, signed on Monday, also will not play.
Here’s the Packers’ full inactive list:
QB Aaron Rodgers (collarbone)
WR Chris Harper (healthy scratch)
RB Kahlil Bell (healthy scratch)
LB Nate Palmer (healthy scratch)
G/T Marshall Newhouse (illness)
DE C.J. Wilson (ankle)
DE Jerel Worthy (knee)