GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The only backup linebackers the Green Bay Packers will have available for Sunday's game at the Baltimore Ravens are a trio of unheralded rookies.
And even they aren't completely healthy.
Rookie Sam Barrington, a seventh-round draft pick and the only available backup for inside linebackers A.J. Hawk and Jamari Lattimore, did not practice on Friday because of a hip injury but was listed as probable.
On the outside, undrafted rookie Andy Mulumba and rookie sixth-round draft pick Nate Palmer will be the only backups for starters Mike Neal and Nick Perry, one of whom will start in place of Clay Matthews (thumb). Mulumba practiced on Friday for the first time this week after sustaining an ankle injury against the Lions, while Palmer has played in only one of the first four games and saw action only on special teams.
Rob Demovsky  wrote: