Injuries often play a big part in the success or failure as a football team during any given year. But the correlated property can also be observed: Important players returning from injury-plagued seasons can individually improve or provide a substantial boost the next year.
This is one area of optimism for the 2023 Green Bay Packers because injuries played such a big role in the downfall of the 2022 team.
The offensive line never got settled. Receivers were shuffling in and out of the lineup. The future Hall of Fame quarterback dealt with a broken thumb. The pass-rush and coverage units on defense both took big personnel hits due to injury.
Matt LaFleur’s team will return for training camp later this month as a healthy football team.
Here are seven Packers players with an opportunity to shake off injuries from 2022 and re-emerge (or continue on) as healthy and dominant players in 2023: