GREEN BAY, Wis. The Green Bay Packers had through the first half of the season. That changed on Sunday at Detroit. During a shocking 15-9 lo s to the Lions, four starters were unable to finish the game.- Outside linebacker Rashan Gary sustained a torn ACL. His season is over.- Cornerback Eric Stokes sustained knee and ankle Yu Darvish Jersey injuries. His season could be over.- Running back Aaron Jones and receiver Romeo Doubs suffered ankle injuries. Jones could play on Sunday against Dallas, according to coach Matt LaFleur. Doubs might be out through the bye with a high-ankle sprain, according to a source.The major blow was Garys knee injury, which came when he tried to change directions on the first play of the third quarter. A source on Tuesday would not elaborate beyond saying "it could have been worse." He projected a nine- to 11-month recovery, which is a bit longer than the standard comeback from a "clean" tear of the ligament.After a breakout season last year, Gary had hoped to emerge as one of the top edge defenders in the NFL this season. At one point, he had the fifth-shortest odds for NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Instead, his season ended with six sacks.Its a tremendous lo s, LaFleur said on Monday. Not only just from obviously a production standpoint. He is a guy that just competes at the highest level. He is one of the grittiest guys thats on this team. And just the effort that he brings on a daily basis is definitely going to be mi sed.Veteran Preston Smith will be joined by rookie Kingsley Enagbare as the starting tandem. Enagbare had zero sacks and, according to Pro Football Focus, zero quarterback pre sures in the first five games. He had two sacks and six pre sures the last four games.Hes been getting better Brandon Morrow Jersey week in and week out, . Hes starting to understand the standard of our room and being an outside linebacker here and understanding what it means to be a Packer. Im just happy that, the more reps that he gets, that hes taking full advantage. You see him getting better on the practice field, and what he does on the practice field translates to the game field. Im just happy for his succe s. Hes a hungry player.The other two outside linebackers on the payroll are Jonathan Garvin, who was a healthy scratch the previous two weeks before playing Chicago Cubs Jersey at Detroit, and practice-squad player LaDarius Hamilton.The other guys around on that defense and on our team are going to have to pick it up because its hard to replace a guy like that, LaFleur said. This guy just battles. You guys all see it, so hes an ultimate competitor.Also, linebacker Krys Barnes, after mi sing seven games with an ankle injury, suffered a concu sion. He was doing better as of Monday, a source said. Receiver Christian Watson, who suffered a concu sion at Buffalo last week, Steve Cishek Jersey did not suffer one when he was knocked out of the game at Detroit.Scroll to ContinueThat was all precautionary, LaFleur said. I think thats just kind of the times that we live in right now and with what transpired vs. Buffalo. But it was 100 percent ruled that it was not a concu sion. Matter of fact, he was dying to go back in the game, and we thought it was best to shut him down because of what transpired in Buffalo. To his credit, he was adamant and he cleared everything. So, I know he took a nice shot in the chest and he lost his breath for a minute. Its unfortunate.Receiver continues to be sore spot. Pun intended, in this case. Randall Cobb must spend one more week on injured reserve, Doubs is out, Allen Lazard is at le s than full strength and Sammy Watkins has been ineffective.It will be a big challenge against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Dallas is 6-2 and has given up le s than 20 points in six of eight games.Whats unfortunate is just thinking back to the last couple weeks, I feel like there has been more urgency and intentional practice in everything were doing and its not leading to the results we want, LaFleur said. So, I challenged everybody to dig a little bit deeper and continue to look at yourself and ask yourself, What can I do better? Because we need that, the collective effort in order for us to make that jump and come out in top. But everybodys extremely frustrated. I know in my time in the league, Ive never experienced a five-game losing streak. So, its been frustrating, Chicago Cubs Hats but it is what it is.Related Stories: Packers Lose to Lions
