'Tremendous loss': Pack LB Gary out for season

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Packers already cognize they mislaid 1 starter for the remainder of the play and are disquieted astir the anticipation of losing another.

That was conscionable portion of the fallout from Sunday's 15-9 loss astatine the Detroit Lions successful which 9 players were injured oregon needed aesculapian treatment.

The astir terrible was to extracurricular linebacker Rashan Gary, who suffered a torn ACL successful his close knee. Coach Matt LaFleur confirmed connected Monday that Gary's play is over.

LaFleur besides said there's interest that cornerback Eric Stokes' injuries were terrible capable to beryllium season-ending. Stokes had a footwear connected his close ft and was connected crutches aft helium suffered ankle and genu injuries.

Gary has been the Packers' astir effectual pass-rusher and possibly their champion antiaircraft subordinate this play with six sacks and 31 pressures. According to ESPN Stats & Information research, helium ranked 3rd successful the NFL successful pressures done Sunday's games.

"It's a tremendous nonaccomplishment -- not lone conscionable from evidently a accumulation standpoint, just, man, helium is simply a feline that conscionable competes astatine the highest level," LaFleur said. "He is 1 of the grittiest guys that's connected this team. And conscionable the effort that helium brings connected a regular ground is decidedly going to beryllium missed. The different guys astir connected that defence and connected our squad are going to person to prime it up due to the fact that it's hard to regenerate a feline similar that."

Gary, a first-round draught prime successful 2019, was a premier campaigner for a declaration extension. The Packers exercised the fifth-year enactment connected his rookie deal, and that is guaranteed for $10.89 million. Now, it's unclear whether helium adjacent volition beryllium acceptable for the commencement of adjacent season.

Receiver Romeo Doubs and moving backmost Aaron Jones some suffered ankle injuries against the Lions. LaFleur would not regularisation retired the anticipation that Jones could play Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. Doubs' injury, portion not season-ending, could support him retired for aggregate weeks.

Two different players, receiver Christian Watson and linebacker Krys Barnes, were taken disconnected the tract to beryllium evaluated for concussions and did not decorativeness the game. Barnes was placed successful the concussion protocol, but LaFleur said Monday that Watson did not endure a concussion adjacent though helium was held retired for the remainder of the game.

"That was each precautionary, and I deliberation that's conscionable benignant of the times that we unrecorded successful close present and with what transpired vs. Buffalo," LaFleur said. "But it was 100% ruled that it was not a concussion. Matter of fact, helium was dying to spell backmost successful the game, and we thought it was champion to unopen him down due to the fact that of what transpired successful Buffalo."

While each that was going on, near tackle David Bakhtiari's recurring genu issues kept him retired for astir of the 2nd half; helium returned for the Packers' last series. Right defender Jon Runyan (knee) and choky extremity Robert Tonyan (cramps) besides came retired of the crippled concisely but returned.

The Packers (3-6) person mislaid 5 consecutive games and big the Cowboys (6-2) connected Sunday.