{"id":309865,"date":"2025-08-23T00:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/309865\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:16:10","slug":"packers-vs-seahawks-what-to-watch-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/309865\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers vs. Seahawks: What to watch for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GREEN BAY \u2013 The Packers wrap up the 2025 preseason against the Seahawks on Saturday at Lambeau Field.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some topics of interest:<\/p>\n<p>Every NFL team must cut its roster to 53 players by 3 p.m. CT Tuesday, so this is the final audition for those vying for a spot.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s impossible to know exactly how many roster berths are up for grabs in this last game, but some are certainly undecided. Injury situations will factor into Tuesday&#8217;s decisions, along with special-teams abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Who amongst <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/malik-heath\/\" title=\"Malik Heath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Heath<\/a>, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/julian-hicks\/\" title=\"Julian Hicks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Hicks<\/a> and others will make that final push at wide receiver? Or <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/amar-johnson\/\" title=\"Amar Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amar Johnson<\/a>, <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/israel-abanikanda\/\" title=\"Israel Abanikanda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel Abanikanda<\/a> and others at running back? And on and on.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just about the 53-man roster, either. After the waiver period expires Wednesday, teams will re-sign players to the practice squad, so those spots are on the line, too. Final impressions matter.<\/p>\n<p>Third quarterback uncertain<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Matt LaFleur indicated <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/malik-willis\/\" title=\"Malik Willis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Willis<\/a> will most likely start Saturday&#8217;s game as <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/jordan-love\/\" title=\"Jordan Love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Love<\/a>&#8216;s top backup, but the race for the third spot between <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/sean-clifford\/\" title=\"Sean Clifford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Clifford<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/team\/players-roster\/taylor-elgersma\/\" title=\"Taylor Elgersma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Elgersma<\/a> is going down to the wire.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether the Packers would keep a third QB on the 53-man roster, or have that player on the practice squad. It&#8217;s most likely the latter. In any event, the third-year pro Clifford and Canadian rookie Elgersma are battling for one spot.<\/p>\n<p>Elgersma got the larger amount of playing time in the second preseason game in Indianapolis, with Clifford finishing the contest. Both played well and led scoring drives. It&#8217;s tough to gauge which way this one will go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREEN BAY \u2013 The Packers wrap up the 2025 preseason against the Seahawks on Saturday at Lambeau Field.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,2514,2513,34,507,506,31439,6,428,57143],"class_list":{"0":"post-309865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-bay","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-greenbay","12":"tag-greenbaypackers","13":"tag-homepage-cp","14":"tag-news-national-feature","15":"tag-news-stories","16":"tag-news-training-camp","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-packers","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks-at-green-bay-packers-2025-pre-3"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115075205283084041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}