According to The Packers Wire’s Zach Kruse, Green Bay has protected the following practice-squadders for this week: defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson, defensive lineman R.J. McIntosh, kicker J.J. Molson and receiver/returner David Moore. Notable is the fact that quarterback Kurt Benkert, typically protected when healthy, was not protected this week.
McIntosh and Molson didn’t play a snap for the team in the regular season, but both have been protected several times, with Molson being a weekly insurance policy in case something happened to starting place kicker Mason Crosby. Anderson has played on the defensive side of the ball, recording 15 or more snaps against the Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions in Weeks 15, 17 and 18, respectively.