Packers-Bears Injury Report: Christian Watson Part of Huge List for Green Bay

The Green Bay Packers have been one of the healthiest teams in the NFL all season, but they are a beat-up bunch for the start of the workweek leading into Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Chicago Bears.

Coming off Sunday’s loss at the Vikings, ere is the list of players who did not go through the pre-practice stretch before the start of a walk-through practice:

Receiver Christian Watson: Watson was inactive for the loss at Minnesota because of a knee injury sustained during the first half a week earlier against the Saints.

Watson went through a pregame workout, but that was a rehab workout and not an attempt to play in the game.

“I just couldn’t do what I needed to do to be able to go,” he said after the game. “So, they didn’t let me go.”

Watson had a huge game against Chicago in November.

Linebacker Quay Walker: Walker missed the last two games with an ankle injury sustained at Seattle. Without him, Eric Wilson and Edgerrin Cooper were the every-down linebackers as Green Bay slammed the door on Aaron Jones.

Cornerback Jaire Alexander: Alexander missed a sixth consecutive game with a knee injury originally sustained at Jacksonville on Oct. 27.

“I don’t know,” coach Matt LaFleur said on Monday when asked if Alexander could return this season.

“I do know that he’s been dealing with swelling and he doesn’t feel right to go out there and play,” he added.

Alexander has played 35.2 percent of the defensive snaps this season, fourth-most at the position, but is tied for second on the team with seven passes defensed.

Alexander’s last game was a 10-snap appearance at Chicago on Nov. 17.

Safety Zayne Anderson: Because of injuries, Anderson started the last two weeks – the first two starts of his career – but he sustained a concussion while making a tackle on kickoff coverage early against Minnesota.

Safety Evan Williams: Williams missed the last two games with an injured quad sustained during the final practice before the New Orleans game.

Defensive end Brenton Cox: Cox played through an injury on a play similar to the one in which Packers tight end Tucker Kraft took out Vikings defensive end Pat Jones – a play that drew the ire of Vikings pass rusher Jonathan Greenard.

That Greenard was upset made LaFleur upset.

“It’s the same thing that their guys were doing to our defensive ends,” LaFleur said on Monday. “It’s a cross-sift. It’s a totally legal play. You’ve got to defeat the block, and there’s a lot of different ways to do it. Cox got sawed off by Johnny Mundt one time, and did it to us twice in the game.

“What are we talking about? I get it. As a defensive player, they don’t like it. I think Troy (Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations) already come out and said that he wants to eliminate low blocks around the league. But it’s part of the game. So, if you don’t want to get those types of blocks, you can’t be so out of control. We get it too with our defensive ends. If we’re flying off the ball, you’re going to get cross-sift(ed). That’s a way to try to slow down just the speed off the edge. It’s a great equalizer.”

Offensive tackle Andre Dillard: Dillard was out last week with a concussion.

Left guard Elgton Jenkins: Jenkins frequently gets a rest day; this might have been it.

Here is the list for Chicago: