As per team tradition, the Packers select game captains each week. Today’s captains will be WR Randall Cobb (offense), LB Clay Matthews (defense) and DB Micah Hyde (special teams).
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Packers added left tackle David Bakhtiari (back) to the injury report on Saturday. He’s questionable to play in Sunday’s opener against Jacksonville.
Bakhtiari has started 46 of a possible 48 regular-season games in his first three NFL seasons. He missed three starts last year (including playoffs) with an ankle injury, but didn’t miss a practice during training camp.
Rookie second-round pick Jason Spriggs is listed as the backup left tackle on the Packers’ depth chart.
The rest of the Packers’ injury report remains the same with tight end Justin Perillo (knee) and receiver Jeff Janis (hand) also questionable. Linebacker Jayrone Elliott (hamstring), safety Chris Banjo (hamstring) and receiver Trevor Davis (shoulder) are all listed as doubtful.
Rookie cornerback Josh Hawkins (hamstring) was ruled out on Friday.
– FOX Sports, now in its 23rd season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game to a regional audience.
– Play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt joins analyst John Lynch and sideline reporter Pam Oliver.
– Milwaukee’s WTMJ (620 AM), airing Green Bay games since November 1929, heads up the Packers Radio Network that is made up of 50 stations in five states. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) and two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst) call the action. McCarren first joined the team’s broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 22nd season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 18th season of broadcasts together.
– Westwood One Sports will air the game on radio across the country.John Sadak (play-by-play) and Jason Taylor (analyst) will call the action, with Scott Graham hosting the pregame and halftime shows.
– DIRECTV subscribers can watch the game on channel 711.
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GREEN BAY — The Packers pulled practice inside the Hutson Center on Tuesday due to inclement weather, but were still able to simulate the warm Jacksonville temperatures.
The Packers turned off the air conditioning and closed the doors to get the players used to the humid, 90-degree conditions expected for Sunday’s regular-season opener against the Jaguars.
Considering it was the team’s first practice in a week, Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy was pleased with how things went.
There are built-in challenges in preparing for an uncommon AFC opponent to start the season, but McCarthy noted that you have to be careful not to over-examine one foe.
The Packers began working on their installs for Jacksonville during training camp, sitting down with their veterans this past week to analyze the Jaguars’ third preseason game.
McCarthy said he doesn’t have any “big, immediate concerns” with any of Green Bay’s injured players and doesn’t anticipate any significant changes from last week in terms of availability.
As the Packers prepare to go in pads for Wednesday’s practice, there is excitement in the building on the eve of the first meaningful game in nearly nine moments.
“It’s exciting. It’s opening day,” McCarthy said. “This is the first game of the National Football League. Everybody has the same goal. That’s the way we approach it.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have decided to eschew their black, heat-absorbing home jerseys in Sunday’s season-opening game with the Packers. Instead, the Jaguars will wear white jerseys, forcing the Packers to wear their green jerseys traditionally reserved for home games at Lambeau Field. The forecast for Jacksonville on Sunday is a high of 92 degrees and sunny.
In recent seasons, the Packers also wore their green jerseys on the road in Miami in 2014 and Carolina in 2011.