The s are bracing for proper deal with Zach Bako-Bewele to probably miss the remainder of the 2026 season after he suffered a big knee damage on Sunday towards the New York Jets.
Throughout his post-game interview on the Packers Radio Community, coach Matt LaFleur stated the damage "could possibly be a season-ender."
A couple of minutes later in his post-game press convention, LaFleur echoed the priority over Bako-Bewele's damage timeline.
"That doesn't look good," LaFleur stated. "I feel he could possibly be out a very long time."
The Packers will seemingly do further testing to substantiate the severity of the damage after returning to Inexperienced Bay.
Bako-Bewele was injured whereas pass-blocking on the third play from scrimmage on Sunday. He seemed to be in intense ache following the damage, and trainers put an air forged round his proper leg earlier than carting him off the sphere at MetLife Stadium.
Bako-Bewele was making solely his second begin since partially tearing his patellar tendon final December in Denver. He had offseason surgical procedure to restore the damage and missed elements of coaching camp.
After Bako-Bewele went out, the Packers turned to 2025 second-round choose Anthony Belton at proper deal with.
Left guard Aaron Banks additionally left the sport with a toe damage and didn’t return. Backup Donovan Jennings left with a hand damage and didn’t return. There was no speedy replace on both damage from LaFleur.
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