GREEN BAY, Delete. – Jared Veldheer saved the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs last year, and he could do it again this year – making NFL history in the process.
The attacking veteran will sign with the Packers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
Veldheer, 33, started Saturday at the left tackle for the Indianapolis Colts in their wildcard playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens and would be the first player in NFL history to play post-season games for two different playoffs in the same season. teams when he appears. in Packers’ NFC divisional playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday.
He is allowed to sign with Green Bay because he was on the Colts exhibition squad and was only raised for the Colts’ playoff game and was not signed on the 53-man roster, and he would be allowed to practice immediately for being in the Colts. Colts sat. COVID-19 test program.
Veldheer started last year for the Packers with a good tackle in the NFC division playoff victory over the Seattle Seahawks due to a Bryan Bulaga illness. The Packers had lured Veldheer out of retirement and contracted him in November 2019.
The Colts had brought Veldheer out of another retirement with their practice squad last month.
The Packers lost David Bakhtiari’s left tackle to a torn ACL leading up to the regular season finale. They started Billy Turner on the left tackle in Bakhtiari’s place and put Rick Wagner on the right tackle.
Field Lord would most likely serve as the best back-up tackle for the playoffs, but Wagner suffers from a knee injury and didn’t participate in any of the practices during last week’s bye.
It is also possible that the Packers are considering starting Veldheer at one of the tackle points and then returning Turner to his primary position from last season, the Judge Guard – the spot that would be partially responsible for blocking Rams’ defensive tackle. All-Pro, Aaron Donald.