The Green Bay Packers can’t complain much about their health situation going into “Sunday Night Football” against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt is back from a knee injury that made him miss the last two and a half games, a major boost for a defense that was much more dominant when Wyatt was available early in the season.

Wyatt hurt his knee in Week 4 against the Dallas Cowboys and, because of that, didn’t play against the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals. However, he returned to practice this week and participated in all activities on a limited basis, a positive indication that he would be available.

Now, Wyatt is officially active after being listed as questionable to play.

Packers inactives

• WR Dontayvion Wicks
• K Lucas Havrisik
• IOL Jacob Monk
• G Donovan Jennings
• EDGE Lukas Van Ness
• DT Warren Brinson

The kicker is up

After two weeks, veteran kicker Brandon McManus is back for the Packers. The team can’t be sad about what they got from backup Lucas Havrisik, who was perfect for Green Bay, but it’s obviously positive to have the reliable starter back.

Despite the quad injury suffered in practice two weeks ago, McManus returned to work this week and was able to kick on Thursday and Friday on a limited basis. Now, he’s active, and Havrisik is among the inactives.

Rookie Warren Brinson, meanwhile, is inactive. It’s unclear if that’s an injury issue, since he popped on the injury report on Friday with a hamstring injury, or if it’s just because he’s a healthy scratch. The fact is that the sixth-round rookie won’t be available to play against the Steelers.

Matthew Golden and Christian Watson together

As expected, both Matthew Golden and Christian Watson are active and will play together for the first time. The first-round rookie suffered a hip injury and was added to the injury report on Friday, but on Sunday morning it was reported by Ian Rapoport that he was expected to play.

Watson was activated from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list on Saturday, which was the clear indication he would play. The Packers still won’t have Jayden Reed (injured reserve, shoulder) and Dontayvion Wicks (out, calf), but the wide receiver room is much closer to its complete version.

Besides Wicks, edge defender Lukas Van Ness had also been ruled out on Friday due to a foot injury — it’s the second consecutive game that Van Ness misses.

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