Packers offensive lineman Elgton Jenkins is believed to have suffered an ACL tear (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The team won’t know for sure until he undergoes additional testing, but the early indication is that this’ll be a season-ending injury. 
Jenkins, 26 in December, suffered the injury in the third quarter while getting ready to stuff Harrison Smith‘s blitz attempt. There didn’t seem to be contact on the play, but Smith was left writhing in pain and clutching his left knee. After that, Smith had to be carted off and replaced by backup Yosh Nijman at left tackle. The Packers went on to lose 34-31 to the Vikings, dropping them to 8-3 on the year.
Jenkins, a Pro Bowl left guard, has been filling in at left tackle for All-Pro David Bakhtiari. If Jenkins is done for the year, they’ll be left even thinner up front. Meanwhile, there’s no word on when Bakhtiari will bounce back from his own ACL recovery.
“I’m not going to get into it, guys,” head coach Matt LaFleur said last week when asked about Bakhtiari (via The State Journal). “You can ask a million different ways. I’m just going to tell you the same thing over and over. It’s day to day. It’s part of the process. He’s coming off a major injury. He’s doing everything in his power to get back as quickly as possible, and that’s just where we are right now.”
The Packers should know more about Jenkins’ condition by tomorrow morning. But, barring any unexpected good news, they’ll have to place the 6’5″, 311-pound lineman on season-ending IR.
Proofread then publish
Seems about right for GB. Just played against Minnesota with about half their starters.
Jenkins. Not Smith. For crying out loud if you can’t even remember who you’re writing about, slow down, proofread, phone a friend and quit worrying about being the first to report something.
This has been an absolutely unbelievable season for Green Bay as far as injuries are concerned. Not only in the tremendous amount of them, but to the players they are happening to. It seems every one of our key/best players are the ones getting injured and missing significant time. It’s unreal. Jaire Alexander, Zadarius Smith, David Bakhtiari, Aaron Jones, Davante Adams (one game), starting center Josh Myers, Kevin King (big loss?), #2 and #3 receivers Allen Lazard and MVS, and now Pro-bowler Elgton Jenkins. Plus whoever else I am forgetting. I suppose I can’t forget to add in the blatant liar Aaron Rodgers too, although that was his own fault, along with his doctor Tor Eckman. Talk about a snake-bit team.
Gary was out today, Tonyan is done for the season, Mercilus done as well.
This blows