Justin jefferson must lick his chops after the green bay packers suspended jaire alexander during sunday night’s game against the vikings, the team is without a quarterback.
They now have the two best corners. eric stokes was cut on saturday and placed on injured reserve just hours later with a hamstring injury.
He had no previous injuries.stokes has missed seven games this season and two games in 2023 due to a thigh injury. In december, the packers lost 34-20 to the tampa bay buccaneers. They defeated the carolina panthers 33-30 on sunday, the 17th. Stokes has five victories against carolina and six overall this season.
During his three-year nfl career, the 29th overall pick in the 2021 nfl draft has compiled 87 tackles, 14 passes defensed, and one intercept.
That’s bad news for the packers, who must figure out how to defend jefferson without two cornerbacks. Jefferson, who was injured in the vikings’ first game against the packers off injured reserve, has 29 receptions for 478 yards and four touchdowns in six career games with green bay. Jefferson had his best game against the packers last season on sept. 11, 2022, with nine catches for 184 yards and two touchdowns.
