Green Bay Packers vs. Washington commanders inactives: Zach Tom status revealed

The Green Bay Packers (1-0) and Washington Commanders (1-0) have released their inactives list ahead of their Week 2 matchup on Thursday. Packers starting right tackle Zach Tom (oblique) and starting left guard Aaron Banks (ankle/groin) are officially out.

Darian Kinnard will get the start in place of Tom. Jordan Morgan will replace Banks at left guard.

Packers Week 2 inactives

CB Bo Melton
S Zayne Anderson
OL Zach Tom
G Aaron Banks
TE Ben Sims
DL Warren Brinson

Commanders Week 2 inactives

P Mitch Wishnowsky
QB Josh Johnson (3rd QB)
RB Chris Rodriguez Jr.
LB Ale Kaho
LB Kain Medrano
T Trent Scott
T George Fant

Tom has quietly become one of the best right tackles in football, so his absence is a big one for Green Bay. Banks signed a four-year, $77 million deal with the Packers this offseason. The Packers will have to work around not having both against a Commanders defense which allowed just six points in their Week 1 win over the New York Giants (0-1).

Cornerback Nate Hobbs is active and will make his Packers debut. Hobbs has been sidelined with a knee injury and remained questionable on this week’s injury report.

Linebacker Micah Parsons (back) played 29 snaps in the Week 1 win over the Detroit Lions (0-1). Ian Rapoport of NFL Network said on the Prime Video pregame show that Green Bay plans to have Parsons on the field for more than 50% of the defensive snaps.

Parsons is looking forward to going head-to-head against the Commanders and quarterback Jayden Daniels. He has faced Daniels twice, compiling 4.5 sacks in those matchups. Containing Daniels will be key for the Packers, which Parsons is well aware of.

“I guess that just depends what type of players you got,” Parsons said Tuesday. “We got horse engines now, like I don’t see nobody outrunning me from the edge and stuff, and I played ’em a bunch. He knows it’s different. It’s different. He’s used to them 6-5, 260 D-ends. This thing 245, 250, you know what I mean? That engine’s a little bit different than them ’80s.

“For me, I don’t think it’s just pick and choosing. I just gotta make sure I get vertical if I’m gonna take the inside move and make sure that he don’t outrun me to our pinpoint. We gonna give up some 5-yard runs or he’s gonna get loose once or twice. But the thing is to make sure it’s not consecutive.”