The Packers walked out of Detroit with more than a divisional loss on their hands. They also left with their offensive line taking another punch, and Jordan Love is about to feel it.
Fifth-year center Sean Rhyan is believed to have suffered a high-ankle sprain in Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Lions, according to Ian Rapoport of ESPN and NFL Network. X-rays came back negative, but Rhyan is set for an MRI on Monday. Rapoport noted that injuries of this type usually come with a four- to six-week recovery window.
Green Bay may already be down another center by the time it takes the field again. Backup Jacob Monk also left Sunday’s game with a quadriceps injury and is not expected to be available for Thursday night’s matchup against the Carolina Panthers. That likely means John Williams will be the next man up in the middle.
Williams handled his latest run of snaps against Detroit without allowing a sack. Over 58 offensive snaps, he gave up one hit, two hurries and three pressures, according to Pro Football Focus.
The bigger picture hasn’t changed for the Packers: this line has been under siege all season, and the damage keeps stacking up. Love has already spent stretches under heavy pressure, and Green Bay’s battered interior has made life even harder by limiting the run game. A returning Josh Jacobs couldn’t fully ease that burden.
Now the Packers are scrambling again, turning to lesser-known bodies to keep the front together. Sean Rhyan will be sidelined while Green Bay tries to navigate a November stretch that includes the New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams. First up is Carolina, with the Packers sitting at 4-3 and the Panthers at 3-3 heading into Thursday night at Lambeau.
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Tom Brady added to the noise from the Fox booth, pushing back hard on several of the rulings and making it clear he did not agree with how the game was being officiated. For Packers fans, the frustration was obvious: a divisional game slipped away in the final moments, and the calls around it only gave them more to argue about long after the kick sailed through. [Read more 🡒]
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Packers Loss To Lions Sparks A Frustrated Micah Parsons Response
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Even while rehabbing a knee injury and not playing, Micah Parsons made his displeasure clear afterward on social media, a reaction that fit the mood around a game the Packers let get away. The officiating call became the flash point, but it landed against a backdrop of missed chances that made an already painful division loss feel even harder to swallow. [Read more 🡒]