{"id":1006629,"date":"2026-09-21T08:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1006629\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:03:22","slug":"packers-injury-updates-matt-lafleur-addresses-jayden-reed-and-zach-bako-bewele-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1006629\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers Injury Updates: Matt LaFleur addresses Jayden Reed and Zach Bako-Bewele injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Green Bay Packers lost two crucial players to their offense in the opening three plays of the game. First, slot receiver Jayden Reed was injured and left the field in a backboard. Immediately after that play, starting right tackle Zach Bako-Bewele, who had been dealing with recovery from patellar tendon surgery, was carted off the field in an inflatable cast. Usually, an inflatable cast means that there\u2019s a broken bone involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In the post-game press conference, head coach Matt LaFleur said that Reed has feeling and movement in his extremities, but that he will stay overnight in New York\/New Jersey for extra tests. Go ahead and assume it\u2019s going to be a while before you see Reed on the field again. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmepackingcompany.com\/green-bay-packers-depth-chart\/86749\/packers-snap-counts-green-bay-uses-8-offensive-linemen-vs-the-new-york-jets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Packers\u2019 receiver rotation is very, very rigid<\/a>, and Skyy Moore has been the full-time backup slot, with no one else getting those looks dating back to the preseason. The assumption, as long as Green Bay\u2019s plan doesn\u2019t change, is that Moore will replace Reed\u2019s reps moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Bako-Bewele\u2019s injury \u201ccould be out for a long time,\u201d according to LaFleur. Bako-Bewele\u2019s backup is Anthony Belton, who played the position for all but the three snaps that Bako-Bewele was on the field for. Belton has been the preferred backup at the position dating back to training camp, so it\u2019s safe to assume that that\u2019s where he\u2019s going to slide in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While it wasn\u2019t addressed specifically in the press conference, left guard Aaron Banks, who missed Week 1 with knee tendinitis, left the game on Sunday with a toe injury, too. He was initially replaced by Donovan Jennings and then rookie fifth-round pick Jager Burton. Injuries got so bad on the offensive line that at one point, the coaching staff discussed moving Tucker Kraft to offensive tackle until Jacob Monk was cleared by the medical staff. Jennings, Banks\u2019 replacement, also left the game with a hand injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">There are no updates on the injuries to Banks and Jennings. We\u2019ll know more on Monday, as the Packers will have to release injury reports starting tomorrow, because Green Bay will be playing the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Update: Jayden Reed tweeted out that he\u2019s feeling better.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Update: In an interview for the Packers\u2019 YouTube channel, LaFleur stated that Bako-Bewele\u2019s injury \u201ccould be a season-ender.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Green Bay Packers lost two crucial players to their offense in the opening three plays of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1006630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,26258,2702,2514,2513,6,428],"class_list":["post-1006629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-green-bay-packers-injuries","tag-green-bay-packers-news","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-nfl","tag-packers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117307991868448113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1006630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}