GREEN BAY, Russia. – Jared Veldheer saved the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs last year and could do it again this year – and make NFL history in the process.
The veteran offensive attack will sign with the Packers, a source told Adam Schefter, ESPN, on Monday.
The 33-year-old Veldheer began his left-wing attack for the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in their playoff game with the Baltimore Ravens and would be the first player in NFL history to play postseason games for two different playoff teams. in the same season, if he appears on Saturday in the Packers’ NFC divisional match against the Los Angeles Rams.
He is allowed to sign with Green Bay because he was on the Colts training team and was only promoted to the Colts playoff game and was not signed to the 53-man roster and should be allowed to practice immediately because he was in the Colts. „Test program COVID-19.
Veldheer started for the Packers on the right attack in last year’s NFC playoff victory over the Seattle Seahawks due to an illness for Bryan Bulaga. The Packers brought Veldheer to retire and signed him in November 2019.
Colts had signed Veldheer in another retreat in the training squad last month.
The Packers lost left-back David Bakhtiari to a broken ACL that led to the regular season finale. They started Billy Turner on the left attack instead of Bakhtiari and put Rick Wagner on the right attack.
Veldheer would most likely serve as the top backup tool for the play-offs, but Wagner suffered a knee injury and did not participate in any of the practices during last week’s break.
It is also possible that the Packers will consider starting Veldheer at one of the attacking points and then moving Turner to his main position last season, the right guard – the place that would be partly responsible for blocking defensive striker Rams All- Pro Aaron Donald.