The Packers stuck with kicker Trey Smack after his misses from 26 and 35 in a 20-17 loss to the Lions last week. It’s looking like a bad decision.
The sixth-round rookie hit the left upright on a PAT try with 5:08 remaining in the first quarter, his third missed extra point of the season. He has now missed eight kicks.
The Packers lead the Panthers 6-3.
Packers wide receiver Coleman Owen fumbled the opening kickoff, and linebacker Nick Hampton recovered for the Panthers. Carolina gained only 8 yards in the drive before Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 39-yard field goal.
The Packers took the lead on their second possession, with Jordan Love hitting Tucker Kraft for a 12-yard score.
They converted a third-and-11 on an incomplete pass from Love to Matthew Golden, when Panthers rookie Will Lee was called for pass interference.
Love is 5-of-7 for 43 yards and a touchdown.
The Packers will have wide receiver Matthew Golden (shoulder/foot), defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt (ankle) and cornerback Keisean Nixon (shoulder).
All three were questionable to play.
Golden and Wyatt were limited in Wednesday’s practice, while Nixon was not on the report until Thursday morning.
The Packers’ inactives are tight end Jonnu Smith, running back Kaleb Johnson, linebacker Zaire Franklin (shin), offensive lineman Donovan Jennings, offensive lineman Sean Rhyan (ankle) and offensive lineman Travis Glover (knee).
The Panthers won’t have defensive tackle Bobby Brown, who is inactive with his hand injury. Brown was questionable to play after back-to-back full practices.
The team’s other inactives are tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders, outside linebacker Jaelan Phillips (hamstring), quarterback Haynes King, running back AJ Dillon, offensive guard Damien Lewis (knee) and offensive guard Torricelli Simpkins (ankle).
The Packers elevated edge rusher Arron Mosby from the practice squad to the active roster, the team announced Thursday.
The Packers play the Panthers on Thursday Night Football.
Edge rusher Brenton Cox Jr. is questionable with a quad injury.
Mosby, 27, has played one game for the Packers this season, seeing action on 24 special teams snaps against the Cowboys. He made one tackle.
He played three games for the Panthers in 2022 and has appeared in 29 games for the Packers over the past three seasons. Mosby has totaled 22 tackles, half a sack and two passes defensed in his career.
The Panthers placed cornerback Akayleb Evans on injured reserve, the team announced.
They had already ruled him out for tonight with knee and triceps injuries.
Evans started the past three games after the Panthers placed cornerbacks Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson on injured reserve. Evans will now miss at least the next four games.
The Panthers’ four cornerbacks for tonight are Will Lee, Chau Smith-Wade, Malcolm DeWalt and Marco Wilson.
The team announced they signed DeWalt to the 53-player roster on Thursday. He signed to the practice squad last week and arrived Sunday.
He was a healthy scratch in all six games on the Falcons’ active roster this season.
The Panthers elevated Wilson and guard Jake Curhan from the practice squad to the game-day roster.
Wilson was the most experienced of the six corners on the practice squad this week, with 64 appearances and 37 starts, mostly with Arizona. The former Florida product has also spent time with the Patriots, Bengals and Dolphins before signing to the Panthers’ practice squad earlier this month.
Curhan played 13 games for the Panthers last year, with one start in the regular season against the Rams. Against Green Bay last year, he subbed into the game and played both guard spots in the same game.
He joins Damien Lewis and Torricelli Simpkins III at the position for tonight against the Packers.
The Packers made a late change to their injury report for Thursday night’s home game against the Panthers.
Cornerback Keisean Nixon is now called questionable to play. Nixon is dealing with a shoulder injury and he was not on the reports that the team issued on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nixon has started all seven games this season and he had an interception in the season-opening loss to the Vikings. He also has 43 tackles, five tackles for loss and a half-sack on the season.
Brandon Cisse is the other starter at cornerback for Green Bay with Benjamin St-Juste and Carrington Valentine also on the depth chart.
