Packers Promote Innis Gaines With Jaire Alexander Ailing
The Green Bay Packers’ suddenly shorthanded secondary was bolstered with the promotion of Innis Gaines from the practice squad.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Life happens quickly in the NFL. According to a source, the Green Bay Packers promoted defensive back Innis Gaines from the practice squad on Saturday to provide much-needed depth to their suddenly shorthanded secondary for Sunday at the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Packers had 52 players on their roster so didn’t need to make a corresponding move.
Listed as a safety by the Packers, Gaines spent all of training camp and the preseason as the primary backup in the slot. That’s where he went through drills at practice this week.