Things couldn't have gone much worse for the Green Bay Packers in Week 9. Not only did the team suffer a dispiriting 16-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers, but they also saw two top pass-catchers go down with injuries.
MRI results reportedly confirmed that Packers star tight end Tucker Kraft suffered a season-ending torn ACL against Carolina -- on his 25th birthday, no less. His absence marks a devastating, irreplaceable blow to a Green Bay skill position corps that's ostensibly dropping like flies, including first-round rookie wide receiver Matthew Golden.
Golden exited in the third quarter of Green Bay's defeat at the hands of the Panthers due to a shoulder issue and didn't return.