{"id":38807,"date":"2025-12-01T23:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38807"},"modified":"2025-12-01T23:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T23:20:18","slug":"packers-lose-defensive-lineman-devonte-wyatt-for-rest-of-season-with-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=38807","title":{"rendered":"Packers lose defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt for rest of season with ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DXIPA6WPBAI7BEWLKYPOJZVHOE.jpg&amp;w=1440&amp;impolicy=high_res\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"GR3UJ3YP2BGXLKB6YBRSV4ZBGU\" data-el=\"text\">GREEN BAY, Wis. \u2014 Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt won\u2019t play again this season after getting carted off the field with an ankle injury in a Thanksgiving Day victory over the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"IE6HBRHLQRBOFJ46IHJTZ2VNA4\" data-el=\"text\">Packers coach\u00a0Matt LaFleur had said\u00a0after the Packers\u2019\u00a031-24 triumph that \u201cit doesn\u2019t look good\u201d and that Wyatt probably wouldn\u2019t be able to return this season. LaFleur confirmed Monday that it was indeed a season-ending injury.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"7JCQCNOA3NF6JC3JHLQDIOEMRA\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cCertainly he\u2019s a guy that\u2019s going to be pretty tough to replace,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI think it just falls on everybody else kind of raising the level of their game.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"F2RRCEBLXNFBJAQKIQURTUUU4Q\" data-el=\"text\">Wyatt\u2019s injury comes as the Packers (8-3-1) prepare to close a stretch of three straight games against NFC North opponents by hosting the division-leading Chicago Bears (9-3) on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"S25MMCNV5NHO7BTJKHI42NQ22Q\" data-el=\"text\">The\u00a02022 first-round draft pick\u00a0from Georgia started each of the 10 games he played this season and had 27 tackles and four sacks. He missed victories over the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0and\u00a0Arizona Cardinals\u00a0in October with a knee issue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"O3CTP5P24JEGBC6BAK35WXHSDI\" data-el=\"text\">In his most recent full game before his injury at Detroit, Wyatt had two sacks as the Packers\u00a0beat the Minnesota Vikings\u00a023-6 on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"LJSBMXOYZZAJLI4PCD5HIGA4AY\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cHe was being very disruptive, both in the run game and in the pass game,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cHow I feel about that position is it typically takes a little bit of time. It can take a couple of years before guys really hit their stride, and I think what\u2019s unfortunate is he\u2019s definitely playing the best ball of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true article-body type-inline-ad subtype-mobile\" data-qa=\"article-body\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"32XXCBOGJZHDLEJ36NWYZVBFJI\" data-el=\"text\">The injury occurred late in the fourth quarter Thursday on a third down play that resulted in a Micah Parsons sack. Wyatt and teammate Warren Brinson were attempting to shed blocks. As Brinson fell, he rolled into Wyatt\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"TWDLC4JCY5EOJBT7LIAIHKTPN4\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cEverybody knows, football, it\u2019s 100% injury risk in this game,\u201d Brinson said. \u201cMan, I\u2019m sad that it had to be me that got Devonte hurt and you saw it after the play. After I stood up, I knew what happened right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"IDY7DNNXVBB53MKXE5GTBHNWQI\" data-el=\"text\">Brinson was on the field for half the Packers\u2019 defensive plays Thursday and could have an increased role with Wyatt injured. The rookie sixth-round pick will lean on the lessons he learned earlier this season from Wyatt and from former teammate Kenny Clark, who\u00a0went to Dallas\u00a0shortly before the season in\u00a0the trade\u00a0that brought Parsons to Green Bay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true article-body type-inline-ad subtype-mobile\" data-qa=\"article-body\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"PNSYUC447JC73OMYGULQEEIF2I\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cDevonte definitely (taught me about) the physicality of the game, how he approached every day just ready to work, wanting to go attack blocks, attack people, just playing the game super violent,\u201d Brinson said. \u201cKenny had that physicality part, but Kenny also had the mental edge of being a 10-year vet, so he was a guy where it comes to little nuances of football and learning about different things like backfield sets, splits, stuff like that, Kenny taught me a lot of stuff in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-custom_embed subtype-magnet\" data-qa=\"article-body\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"VTD4SVFIVJC4NGQAURP27PKD6Q\" data-el=\"text\">Nazir Stackhouse, a rookie undrafted free agent, may get more playing time now as well. Karl Brooks also could have more responsibilities once he returns from his ankle injury that sidelined him for the Lions game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"XMOOSMZ3QRBWRNHS6FKWCJNYLM\" data-el=\"text\">Brinson, Stackhouse and Wyatt all played together at Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true article-body type-inline-ad subtype-mobile\" data-qa=\"article-body\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body type-text\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"CAF2VYDAZREBLKHGKEBHN5XV2Y\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cThere\u2019s an elephant in the room, yes, can we sustain ourselves on the field with one of our best DTs getting out?\u201d Stackhouse said. \u201cYes, we can, and we\u2019re going to be able to prove that these last four or five games of the season. I just can\u2019t wait for the opportunity because we\u2019ve been doing nothing but busting our (butts) at practice, during camp. 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