ARIZONA CARDINALS

Packers WR Adams to COVID-19 list, DC positive before Cards game

Oct 25, 2021, 7:53 AM | Updated: 1:15 pm

Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl receiver Davante Adams has been placed on the COVID-19 reserve, general manager Brian Gutekunst announced Monday.

Additionally, defensive coordinator Joe Barry will likely miss the Thursday Night Football game against the Arizona Cardinals after testing positive for COVID-19, head coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Monday.

Adams is quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ top option. The four-time Pro Bowler and All-Pro a season ago is third in the NFL with 744 receiving yards on 52 catches so far this season.

Vaccinated players and coaches can return after testing negative for coronavirus for two consecutive days. Adams is vaccinated, according to The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.

As for missing Barry, Green Bay (6-1) ranks sixth in the NFL by allowing only 210.6 passing yards per game. Football Outsiders has the defense rated 23rd in the NFL with a 19th-ranked pass defense and 30th-ranked rush defense by the site’s defense-adjusted value over average (DVOA) statistic.

The Packers are one of nine teams that have forced at least 10 turnovers so far this season, making for a +5 turnover differential through seven games.

Garafolo reports that Barry will virtually help his team plan for the Cardinals game during this short week, but the Packers will now have to deal something Arizona is familiar with over the past two games.

Arizona (7-0) lost head coach and offensive play-caller Kliff Kingsbury two days before a Week 6 game against the Cleveland Browns and did not have him around in person heading into the team’s Sunday victory against the Houston Texans. Kingsbury was cleared Sunday morning, hours before the Week 7 game that his team won, 31-5.

Barry’s Packers, who are coming off a 24-10 victory against the Washington Football Team, will ready for an Arizona offense that ranks seventh in offensive DVOA, per Football Outsiders.

The Cardinals are also seventh in the NFL by averaging 402 total yards per game with one game left in Week 7 (the New Orleans Saints visit the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football). Arizona is 11th in passing yards per game (265.6) but fifth in rushing yards per game (136.6).

Arizona Cardinals

Super Bowl NFL...

Dan Bickley

Lessons from the 2024 NFL season, and what the Cardinals need to flourish

Monti Ossenfort needs to pull the right levers, signing high-end talent in free agency and drafting impact players just like the Eagles did in 2024.

6 hours ago

Arizona Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort looks on. It's officially NFL mock draft season with Arizona's...

Tyler Drake

NFL mock draft tracker: What will Cardinals do with No. 16 pick?

A look across the NFL mock draft landscape when it comes to the Arizona Cardinals' No. 16 overall pick in this year's draft.

16 hours ago

Chiefs Eagles...

Associated Press

Eagles deny the Chiefs a Super Bowl 3-peat with dominant defense in rout

The Chiefs didn't come close to completing their 3-peat, as the Eagles' dominant defense led Philadelphia to a rout and Super Bowl victory.

1 day ago

Cooper DeJean...

Damon Allred

Eagles stun Chiefs with pick-6, shutout first half in Super Bowl

Cooper DeJean had more yards on his pick-six than Patrick Mahomes had to his own team as the Philadelphia Eagles blitzed the Kansas City Chiefs to a shutout first half.

1 day ago

Aaron Rodgers...

Associated Press

Jets tell Aaron Rodgers they’re ‘moving on’ from the QB for next season, report says

Aaron Rodgers is still contemplating whether to continue his playing career. If he does, it appears it won’t be with the New York Jets.

1 day ago

The Chiefs try to make history against the Eagles by winning a third consecutive Super Bowl, this t...

Associated Press

Chiefs aim to make history in city where they won their first Super Bowl

The Chiefs will try to make history against the Eagles by winning a third consecutive Super Bowl, this time in the same city where they won their first.

2 days ago

Packers WR Adams to COVID-19 list, DC positive before Cards game