Green Bay Packers will be getting a significant boost on their defense. Raven Greene practiced with the Packers for the first time since his injury in Week 3. Many people believed that Greene would be done for the season. Packers kept open an IR return spot in case Greene could come back. This seems like that is becoming a reality. Adding Greene to this talented defense could be a difference for the Packers and might be something that could take the Packers over the top in the NFC.

Greene is a talented safety that showed promise in the preseason and the first game of the season before getting hurt against Minnesota. The hype became real for him especially when it came to stopping the run. Greene played a rover-like safety where he acted more like a linebacker than a safety. He excelled at that position in the first game of the season, and Packers sorely missed him after that. Green Bay had one of the worst run defenses in football through the first eight weeks of the season. Some wondered if Greene was healthy, would things have been different?

While their run defense has gotten somewhat better (Let’s not talk about Detroit), they can still use a guy like Greene in the middle of their defense. Even if he’s not starting, Greene can still give the Packers 10 to 20 snaps per game and be a force, especially on obvious running downs. Ibraheim Campbell is taking most of the ‘rover’ safety snaps that belonged to Greene earlier this season, but they’re still should be a place for him in the upcoming game against Green Bay’s opponent. Adding a talented player to the defense this late in the season will always help the team.

We’ll see if Greene is suiting up for the Green and Gold on Sunday night. Besides Corey Linsley, Green Bay could have an extremely healthy roster heading into their playoff game.

Charlie.