Green Bay gets injury notices on receiver and kicker for Giants matchup

Green Bay’s head coach, Matt LaFleur, did not fan the flames of controversy. After hinting midweek that “every place is a competition,” the Packers head coach reaffirmed that Brandon McManus remains Green Bay’s shooting guard, while Lukas Havrisik remains in the on-call role.

LaFleur’s message was to just ride the veteran, gauge his health and pick the option that gives Green Bay the best chance to win tough games.

With this, Adam Schefter reported two late calls for the week at Giants: McManus was added to the injury report with a right quad strain and is questionable, and wide receiver Malik Heath will not make the trip and is out due to what the team called a coaching decision. That combination forces contingency planning on special teams and reduces option depth in the receiving room right before kickoff.

As a practical matter, worrying about fours narrows Green Bay’s fourth-level calculus and appetite for long-range scoring, especially in the perimeter. If McManus can’t go, the staff will turn to the next plan and emphasize red-zone efficiency on more than 50 attempts.

Field position, kickoffs, and late-half management are all sharpened under the questionable label, so expect the Packers to rely on clock control and short-yardage aggression to avoid coin flips.

Heath’s scratch changes the back end of the rotation and special teams roles. Targets will shrink toward the primary pass catchers, with backup snaps going to packages that emphasize spacing and movement rather than major personnel changes in a short week. The goal is pure surgery for Jordan Love, not heroics.

LaFleur struck an optimistic tone ahead of this tripinsisting that confidence comes from a week’s work and reflection, and that the group has solved both. The message after the Eagles’ loss was one of response, not resignation: put together good practices, then cash in on them between the lines.

And the bottom line for Sunday is: neat situational football. If Green Bay protects the ball, finishes drives without asking a compromised kicker to beat it, and keeps the game running on Lion’s timing instead of desperation, the matchup at MetLife is built to stabilize the season.