The Green Bay Packers had a busy Tuesday, bringing in four players for workouts, and one of them, linebacker Chris Paul, has a history with our own Seattle Seahawks. While Green Bay is sorting out their potential roster moves, there are no reports yet that they’ve signed any of these guys. The Packers’ 53-man roster and practice squad are both full right now, after they moved Kristian Welch up to the active roster and brought running back Damon Bankston back to the practice squad today. They’re clearly looking for some help, especially with a significant injury hitting their linebacker corps.
The Veteran and The Hole at LB
The biggest name among the workout group is undoubtedly Deion Jones. This dude is a Will linebacker, which is the exact same spot where the Packers just lost Edgerrin Cooper for the entire year to an Achilles rupture. Talk about needing a fill-in, right? Jones kicked off his NFL career as a second-round pick with the Atlanta Falcons, even earning a Pro Bowl nod in his second season back in 2017. Here’s the kicker though: he hasn’t been a full-time starting linebacker since the 2021 season. Since then, Jones has bounced around more than a bouncy ball in a pinball machine, hitting up the Browns, Panthers, Bills, Buccaneers, and 49ers, making only eight starts over the last five years. He was originally retained by the Bucs this offseason on a reserve-futures deal after ending 2025 on their practice squad, then got released, signed by the Saints for about two weeks, and was traded to the 49ers for Zamir White before both were cut at the roster deadline. White got re-signed to the 49ers practice squad, but Jones didn’t. He’s looking for a landing spot, and Green Bay’s immediate need could be it.
A Look Back For a Guy The 12s Might Remember
Significantly younger than the 31-year-old (almost 32) Jones is Chris Paul, who is just 23 and a former fifth-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams. Paul is the guy with the brief Emerald City connection. He was scooped up by our Seattle Seahawks after the cutdown deadline in 2025. Unfortunately, he was later waived with an injury settlement at the 2026 cutdown deadline and has yet to play a single snap in the NFL. The other two guys Green Bay worked out were cornerbacks Cobee Bryant and Dwight McGlothern. Bryant was one of the hotter undrafted free agent names in 2025, playing in seven games as a rookie for the Atlanta Falcons before being waived and briefly re-signed to their practice squad in 2026. McGlothern signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent, spent three camps there, and was waived with an injury designation in August. He’s played in 15 NFL games, getting 50 defensive snaps and 37 special teams snaps, but has never made a start. It sounds like Green Bay is just looking for any help they can get to fill out their depth.
While Green Bay is digging through the waiver wire looking for a solution, our Seattle Seahawks are out here doing work on the field! This past weekend, the boys gave us something real to cheer about, taking down the Los Angeles Chargers 30-23 in a hard-fought battle. That’s the kind of early season win that builds confidence and shows what this team is capable of. Let’s keep that momentum rolling, 12s!
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Originally reported by Acme Packing Company.
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