Unlike last season, when the Packers waited until mid-December to make their second IR-return move, they are finished making such decisions before Thanksgiving.
UDFA wide receiver Jake Kumerow will represent Green Bay’s second recall. The team also brought wideout Trevor Davis off IR earlier this month. Kumerow, whom the Packers placed on IR just after finalizing their 53-man roster in September, will have 21 days to be activated.
While Kumerow hasn’t caught an NFL pass yet, despite being a fourth-year UDFA, this designation is notable because the Packers cannot bring anyone else off IR this season. The team waited until Week 15 last year to bring back Aaron Rodgers. That said, the Packers don’t have another obvious IR-return candidate. Muhammad Wilkerson, Davon House, Jake Ryan and Geronimo Allison are out for the year.
The Packers have six wide receivers on their active roster. With Davis, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, J’Mon Moore and Equanimeous St. Brown being recent draft picks, it will be interesting to see which one — if any — is bumped for a UDFA out of Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater. Kumerow, 26, caught on with the Packers via reserve/futures deal in January.
This is especially interesting because Rodgers himself was vouching for him during training camp and he showed flashes during preseason. Very intriguing indeed.