How Much Did Injuries Hurt Packers? Here’s Surprising Data

The Green Bay Packers weren’t exactly firing on all cylinders, but they were 9-3-1 headed into a showdown at the Denver Broncos that was billed as a potential Super Bowl preview.

With Green Bay leading in the third quarter, Micah Parsons suffered a torn ACL. Without Parsons, one of the best players in the NFL, and Tucker Kraft, arguably the team’s best player on offense, the Packers’ goose was cooked.

However, after the season, general manager Brian Gutekunst wouldn’t use injuries as a crutch.

As it turns out, for good reason.

Aaron Schatz of FTN Fantasy had the Packers in the middle of the pack in his Adjusted Games Lost metric. AGL measures how often a team’s starters and other important players are sidelined by injuries or playing at less than 100 percent.

“The Packers were pretty average for injuries in 2025,” Schatz wrote in an e-mail. “They had some big injuries. Every team has some big injuries! The Micah Parsons injury was a big deal but he only missed three regular-season games. Compare that to, say, Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt combining to miss 28 games for the Chargers. 

“The defense in particular was really healthy. Other than Parsons, the only players with over 3 AGL were Devonte Wyatt, Nate Hobbs and Lukas Van Ness.”

No, Packers Weren’t Hammered by Injuries

The Packers ranked 15th overall in AGL. The Arizona Cardinals, who were coached by new Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, finished 32nd as the most-injured team in the NFL. In fact, the Cardinals were the second-most-injured team since Schatz began computing AGL in 2001.

That’s perhaps why Gutekunst, when he spoke to reporters at Lambeau Field after he and coach Matt LaFleur signed contract extensions, wouldn’t point to injuries as the reason the team finished the season on a five-game losing streak. Gutekunst has been around the sport long enough to know that injuries are a way of life in the NFL.

“I got one ring since I’ve been doing this, and it was the year that we had more injuries than I think any other, right?” Gutekunst said, pointing to the 2010 season. “So, like, it’s nothing against any other teams here. But you never feel like, ‘Hey, we can’t go win this game.’

“I fully expected where we were in the middle of the playoff game, to win that game and be heading to Seattle and win that game.”

Schatz’s numbers aren’t an anomaly. The Packers were 19th in Sports Info Solutions’ Total Points Missed metric; the Cardinals were 32nd in that, as well.

Timing Matters

The data doesn’t downplay the impact of the injuries to Parsons and Kraft. Rather, as Schatz said, no team is immune to injuries.

At the same time, the injuries to Parsons and Kraft were season-changers. That Parsons, in particular, played most of the season meant his absence didn’t have a dramatic impact on the numbers. Timing is everything. Green Bay’s championship outlook would have looked different had Parsons missed three early-season games and not three end-of-season games.