You could argue, and I would, that the Green Bay Packers just suffered their first major injury of the season. The entire offense could die in a plane crash and we wouldn’t really care, but defensive lineman Letroy Guion’s injury makes a difference.
Guion has a sprained medial collateral ligament and could miss up to three weeks, according to Demovsky.
That makes the Packers’ thinnest position even thinner. They were already without one of their top three guys while Mike Pennel waits out his suspension. That will end after week four, which looks like the soonest Guion could be back.
So here’s your best-case scenario — Mike Daniels continues to play like an All-Pro and makes up for everyone else. Everyone else, at this point, are rookies Kenny Clark, Dean Lowry and second-year player Christian Ringo.
Ringo spent last season on the practice squad. As for the other two, the best thing we can say about Lowry is we don’t notice he’s on the field. Clark, as a first-round pick, has been a flaming disappointment to date.
But that’s the thing about Ted Thompson’s first-round picks. In most cases, they don’t blossom until four or five years down the road, if at all.
If the Detroit Lions had any running backs, we might be worried. As it is, the Packers should be fine in week 3 with the scrubs they have. The bye follows.