Packers roundup: Position battles to watch in preseason finale

KANSAS CITY, MO - SEPTEMBER 01: The Kansas City Chiefs line up against the Green Bay Packers during the preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium on September 1, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - SEPTEMBER 01: The Kansas City Chiefs line up against the Green Bay Packers during the preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium on September 1, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /
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A roundup of the latest Green Bay Packers articles for Thursday, August 29.

Welcome to the Packers News Report. For the fourth and final time in preseason, it’s game day! The next time we can say that, it’ll be the regular season opener against the Chicago Bears, which is exactly a week away.

Ahead of tonight’s game, which position battles are you most interested to watch?

Adam Schefter of ESPN reported on Wednesday that the Packers have traded edge rusher Reggie Gilbert to the Tennessee Titans for a seventh-round pick. Assuming Gilbert wasn’t going to make the 53-man roster, that’s a good deal.

In today’s Packers News Report: five position battles to watch in tonight’s game, predicting who makes the practice squad, why winning nine games this season would be a failure, and more.

News and notes from around the internet

Five position battles to watch vs. Chiefs in preseason (Lombardi Ave)

Jesse Fry takes a look at five position battles to watch tonight in the final preseason game against the Chiefs.

Projecting the Green Bay Packers practice squad 2019 (Lombardi Ave)

Kevin Culligan looks at candidates to make Green Bay’s practice squad, and he also makes his predictions.

Nine-win season would be failure (Dairyland Express – Brian Sampson)

Brian Sampson of Dairyland Express writes about why a nine-win season would be a failure for Green Bay.

2019 NFL predictions: How will the NFC shake out? (NFL Mocks – Branden Peplowski)

Branden Peplowski of NFL Mocks has predicted win-loss records for every division in the NFC for the 2019 season.

More news and notes from around the internet

Robert Tonyan eager to be ‘super productive’ for Packers with enhanced TE opportunities (PackersNews.com – Tom Silverstein)

Breaking down every position on Packers roster ahead of preseason finale (Packers Wire – Zach Kruse)

Key Battles: Packers vs. Chiefs – The Preseason Finale (Cheesehead TV – David Michalski)

Where is the Packers’ secondary vulnerable and why should they get better? (Acme Packing Company – Peter Bukowski)

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We hope you enjoyed this edition of the Packers News Report.