Omar Brown was set to spend Saturday night in an Indianapolis-area hospital after the Green Bay Packers safety sustained what was described as a “chest contusion” during the Packers’ 23-19 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday.

“It’s a scary deal,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said.

Brown, who was the hero of the team’s annual “Family Night” practice at Lambeau Field on Aug. 2 when he intercepted three passes, left the field on a cart at the end of the third quarter wearing an oxygen mask and holding his stomach area.

Brown then left Lucas Oil Stadium and was taken to the hospital while the game continued. It was unclear when he suffered the injury.

Brown was challenging for a spot on the 53-man roster and was seeing additional action with two safeties sidelined with injuries — first-team All-Pro Xavier McKinney (calf) and reserve Zayne Anderson (knee) — and Evan Williams and Javon Bullard among the team’s two dozen healthy scratches for Saturday’s game.

The Packers also lost rookie defensive end Barryn Sorrell to a first-half knee injury. LaFleur said Sorrell would be evaluated once the team returned to Green Bay.

Lloyd’s bad luck continues? | Second-year running back MarShawn Lloyd had been waiting for what felt like forever for Saturday’s game, having been limited to one preseason game and one regular-season game during his injury-riddled rookie season last year.

Now, it looks like he may have sustained yet another injury. On the Packers TV Network broadcast, Lloyd was said to have experienced hamstring tightness.

A third-round pick a year ago, Lloyd started the game with No. 1 running back Josh Jacobs getting the day off. While he didn’t find much running room (six carries, 15 yards, with his longest run going for 4 yards), he delivered the Packers’ biggest offensive play of the game, a 33-yard downfield catch on a wheel route from Malik Willis in the first half.

But Lloyd left the game after that play and did not return. Asked if Lloyd was OK, LaFleur replied, “We’ll see.”

Belton’s tough day | Second-round pick Anthony Belton was one of the Packers’ few bright spots in last week’s 30-10 loss to the New York Jets. Against the Colts, he had a tough go of it.

Belton, who started at right tackle in place of an inactive Zach Tom, was flagged five (!) times during the first half, for a false start, an unnecessary roughness penalty for shoving a defender along the sideline when the play was over, a facemask personal foul at the end of running back Emanuel Wilson’s lost fumble, and back-to-back illegal formation penalties for not being lined up sufficiently close to the line of scrimmage.

It was so bad that LaFleur chased down Belton at the end of the first half to give him an earful on their way off the field. Afterward, LaFleur acknowledged that the coaches have to reevaluate how they are having their linemen align after Kadeem Telfort also was flagged for not being on the line of scrimmage.

“We’ve got to do a better job. We coach [the tackles] to line up off the guard, so we might have to look at our guards and see about their alignment, see if they’re too far back,” LaFleur said. “Guys have to dial in and focus and make sure they’re doing all the little things the right way.”

Bo on the go | With the Packers down so many wide receivers, Bo Melton probably could have played both ways on Saturday. Instead, he stayed put at his new position — cornerback — and broke up his first pass at his new spot.

It came in the second quarter, when Melton deflected an Anthony Richardson pass intended for Ashton Duhlin. Melton’s teammates celebrated like crazy. Melton also had three tackles.

“It felt good. I did like 20 handshakes,” Melton said, smiling. “It was a good time. Everybody was hyped. It felt like a touchdown for me. It just felt good to be out there.”

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