{"id":89088,"date":"2025-09-06T22:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89088"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:48:27","slug":"packers-fans-stunned-as-team-adds-cb-amid-serious-questions-surrounding-48-million-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89088","title":{"rendered":"Packers Fans Stunned as Team Adds CB Amid Serious Questions Surrounding $48 Million Starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2190413512-e1753754656995.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2190413512-e1753754656995.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2190413512-e1753754656995.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2190413512-e1753754656995.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Packers Add CB to Active Roster With $48 Million Starter's Status in Question\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay Packers cornerback Nate Hobbs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The biggest injury issue looming for the Green Bay Packers involves superstar edge rusher Micah Parsons and how much he might play in his first game with the franchise after minimal work during the preseason and a nagging back problem.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps a more critical question for the Packers is how the defense will navigate the absence of starter Nate Hobbs should he prove unable to play against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on Sunday, September 7. Green Bay elevated a player from the practice squad Saturday as a precaution, which doesn\u2019t necessarily mean Hobbs is out but also isn\u2019t the best indicator for his immediate health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Packers have elevated cornerback Micah Robinson for game day,\u201d Jason B. Hirschhorn reported via X. \u201cNate Hobbs is officially questionable to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"0dd950d25152d29b7443895ce1939006\">\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/by_JBH\/status\/1964420136741511543\">\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Packers have elevated cornerback Micah Robinson for game day.<\/p>\n<p>Nate Hobbs is officially questionable to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason B. Hirschhorn (@by_JBH) September 6, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hobbs is battling a knee issue that kept him out of practice Wednesday and rendered him a limited participant on Thursday and Friday, per the team\u2019s official injury report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNate\u2019s a dog. He\u2019s a great competitor, and that\u2019s why we got him,\u201d Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said Friday. \u201cHe\u2019s really worked hard at doing all the little things to put him in this position to potentially play on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Packers Were Thin at Cornerback Before Nate Hobbs\u2019 Injury<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5106512\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-1845981130.jpg?resize=267,150 267w\" alt=\"Packers Add CB to Active Roster With $48 Million Starter's Status in Question\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5106512\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5106512\">GettyGreen Bay Packers cornerback Nate Hobbs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Green Bay is already weak at the cornerback position, and losing one of their starters on the outside in Hobbs would make Sunday against a potent Lions offense that much more difficult for everyone involved.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers added Hobbs this offseason on a four-year deal worth $48 million total. The 26-year-old was a fifth-round pick of the Las Vegas Raiders out of Illinois in the 2021 NFL draft and played his first four seasons with that franchise before becoming a free agent in March.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Football Focus ranked Hobbs 73rd out of 116 cornerbacks who saw enough snaps to qualify at the position last season. His counterpart on the other side of the defense is Keisean Nixon, whom PFF ranked 62nd overall.<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay has quality safeties, one of whom \u2014 second-year player Javon Bullard \u2014 is the likely nickel cornerback when the team puts five defensive backs on the field, which is a commentary on how thin the secondary was even before Hobbs\u2019 injury.<\/p>\n<p>Bo Melton and Carrington Valentine are the Packers\u2019 second-string cornerbacks, while Robinson \u2014 a seventh-round rookie out of Tulane \u2014 joins the active roster as a depth option.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Micah Parsons Can Help Cover Up Injuries, Deficiencies in Packers Secondary<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5477870\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2166366122-1-e1756822648639.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Packers Add CB to Active Roster With $48 Million Starter's Status in Question\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5477870\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5477870\">GettyGreen Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Green Bay has one of the better safety rooms in the league, so that should help cover up the step back at cornerback the secondary will take if Hobbs sits.<\/p>\n<p>And if Parsons can play a meaningful role, that will also greatly aid the defensive backfield any time he can get pressure and force Jared Goff to throw the football sooner than he wants\/make a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter updated the expectations for Parsons on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMicah Parsons, who is listed as questionable for Sunday due to a back injury, is expected to make his Packers\u2019 debut vs. the Lions, but he also is not expected to be in on every down, per sources,\u201d Schefter said. \u201cThe Packers still are figuring out how much to play him; it will be some, but not the full amount.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max Dible covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group&#8217;s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy. More about Max Dible<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Packers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packers starting CB Nate Hobbs may miss the opener against the Lions, which is why Green Bay elevated rookie Micah Robinson to active status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":89089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Packers Fans Stunned as Team Adds CB Amid Serious Questions Surrounding $48 Million Starter - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89088\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Packers Fans Stunned as Team Adds CB Amid Serious Questions Surrounding $48 Million Starter - 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