Two more Packers players likely out for season with injuries suffered vs. Ravens

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The Green Bay Packers appear to have suffered four season-ending injuries coming out of last Saturday night's loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

In addition to cornerback Kamal Hadden (ankle) and defensive tackle Jordon Riley (Achilles), coach Matt LaFleur said Wednesday that he "does not anticipate" cornerback Nate Hobbs (knee) or safety/special teamer Zayne Anderson (ankle) returning to play this season.

Hadden and Riley were placed on season-ending injured reserve this week. As of Wednesday, it's unclear what the plan is for Hobbs and Anderson, but both could go on injured reserve to create roster spots as the Packers approach Sunday's regular season finale and the start of the postseason next week.

Hobbs was injured on a collision in the end zone while defending a scramble drill. Anderson was hurt covering the game's opening kickoff.

Hobbs, one of the team's prized free agent additions, played only 358 snaps over 11 games during an injury-riddled first season in Green Bay. He broke up two passes and had two tackles for loss while making five starts. Per Pro Football Focus, Hobbs allowed 17 of 25 passes to be completed against this coverage, resulting in 239 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 125.3.

Hobbs missed a big part of training camp and the start of the regular season with a knee injury that required surgery. He then missed three more games in November with a different knee ligament injury.

With both Hadden and Hobbs likely done for the season, the Packers signed cornerbacks Jaylin Simpson and Shemar Bartholomew from the practice squad to the 53-man roster on Tuesday.

Anderson, a core special teamer, was in on 13 special teams tackles this season. He is one of five players with at least 200 special teams snaps played for the Packers in 2025. Anderson now joins Nick Niemann and Kristian Welch as core special teamers lost for the season due to injury.

Anderson played on four different special teams groups: kickoff return, kickoff coverage, punt return and punt coverage.

On Riley, who is out for the season, LaFleur said the former Giant did a "great job" before going down with an Achilles injury.

"That's a big loss, losing him," LaFleur said. "He was a really pleasant surprise. You never know when you get a guy off someone's practice squad. For what he was able to do in a short time I thought was pretty impressive. He was great in the locker room, he fit in really well here. We have to get the next guy ready to go compete."

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