The Packers’ Injury Situation Placed Them In The Middle Of The NFL

Tucker Kraft. Devonte Wyatt. Micah Parsons.

Yes, the Green Bay Packers were hit with some difficult injuries in 2025.

Guess what?

Their injury situation was no better or worse than most, and it placed them in the middle of the NFL in two key categories.

According to Sports Info Solutions, Green Bay finished 13^th in the NFL in most games missed to injury.

The website also measures “Total Points Missed” due to injury. To determine this statistic, the website measures how valuable each player was to his team’s ability to score or prevent points, using Expected Points Added as the currency. That figure is then multiplied by the number of games missed due to injury.

Green Bay finished 14^th in Total Points Missed.

The Packers finished the year with 15 players on the injured reserve list. Alphabetically, that list included safety Zayne Anderson, tight end John FitzPatrick, offensive tackle Travis Glover, cornerback Kamal Hadden, cornerback Nate Hobbs, center Elgton Jenkins, offensive guard/tackle Donovan Jennings, tight end Tucker Kraft, running back MarShawn Lloyd, wide receiver/cornerback Bo Melton, defensive end Micah Parsons, defensive tackle Jordan Riley, linebacker Kristian Welch, wide receiver Savion Williams and defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt.

Parsons was without question Green Bay’s best player and losing him was undoubtedly an enormous blow to the defense. In fact, Green Bay went 0-5 after Parsons was lost to a torn ACL midway through the Packers’ Week 15 loss to Denver.

Kraft was arguably the Packers’ second-most important player on offense after quarterback Jordan Love. And Wyatt was arguably Green Bay’s third most important defensive player after Parsons and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper.

Jenkins was a starter at center, but the Packers’ offensive line play actually improved when Sean Rhyan took over at that spot. The rest of that the Packers’ I.R. list consisted of backups and special teams players.

Still, that didn’t stop Green Bay from playing the injury card whenever possible.

“To be at your best, you need everybody available,” Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur said. “And we always talk about your best ability is your availability and it’s tough when you lose some guys.”

Chicago missed the most games due to injury with 336. Detroit was second at 326, while Buffalo (297), Arizona (296) and Pittsburgh (279) rounded out the top five.

Green Bay was 13^th with 237 games missed due to injury.

In the “Total Points Missed” category, Arizona was first with 266, followed by Washington (230), San Francisco (200), Buffalo (190) and Miami (182).

Green Bay was 14^th with 136.

Perception is reality, though, which is why the Packers tried selling the notion that injuries ruined their season. Instead, the reality was their injury situation placed them in the middle of the pack.

“I don’t think it made it easier,” LaFleur said of the injuries. “But we’re not going to live in that world because all they are is excuses. We’re going to take the guys that we have, we’re going to put them in the best position possible and, unfortunately, we didn’t do a good enough job of that.”

MOST GAMES MISSED, 2025 NFL SEASON

1. Chicago, 336

2. Detroit, 326

3. Buffalo, 297

4. Arizona, 296

5. Pittsburgh, 279

6. New York Giants, 278

7. San Francisco, 262

8. Los Angeles Chargers, 261

9. Tampa Bay, 250

10. Miami, 248

11. Indianapolis, 243

12. Houston, 241

13. Green Bay, 237

14. Dallas, 236

15. New Orleans, 234

16. New York Jets, 224

17. Washington, 222

18. Seattle, 216

19. Atlanta, 202

20. Kansas City, 199

21. Cleveland, 194

22. Baltimore, 183

23. Carolina, 182

24. Denver, 180

25. Tennessee, 176

26. Philadelphia, 176

27. Minnesota, 166

28. Cincinnati, 161

29. New England, 154

30. Jacksonville, 150

31. Los Angeles Rams, 145

32. Las Vegas, 94

TOTAL POINTS MISSED

1. Arizona, 266

2. Washington, 230

3. San Francisco, 200

4. Buffalo, 190

5. Miami, 182

6. Atlanta, 176

7. New York Giants, 172

8. New Orleans, 162

9. Cincinnati, 160

10. Detroit, 159

11. Tampa Bay, 154

12. Los Angeles Chargers, 148

13. Pittsburgh, 145

14. Green Bay, 136

15. Kansas City, 132

16. Indianapolis, 126

17. Carolina, 125

18. Chicago, 124

19. New York Jets, 105

20. Houston, 101

21. Baltimore, 100

22. Minnesota, 99

23. Tennessee, 97

24. Jacksonville, 94

25. Cleveland, 89

26. Philadelphia, 84

27. Las Vegas, 82

28. Denver, 77

29. Dallas, 75

30. Seattle, 75

31. Los Angeles Rams, 70

32. New England, 59

Total Points is a measure of how valuable each player was to his team’s ability to score or prevent points, using Expected Points Added as the currency.