The Green Bay Packers could get a key rookie pass-catcher back late in the season after the team activated tight end Luke Musgrave off injured reserve this week.
Musgrave suffered a lacerated kidney during the Packers’ Week 11 game against the Los Angeles Chargers and missed the following five games while on injured reserve.
He won’t play this week, but Musgrave had confidence he would see the field before the end of the year.
The rookie opened up about when he knew he had a severe injury and why he decided to play through it against the Chargers.
“I knew something was probably wrong, but I mean, that’s kinda football,” Musgrave said, via The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman. “You play through pain and then it usually hurts a little more after the game.”
Musgrave also told reporters he was later diagnosed as a Grade 4 laceration, with Grade 5 being the highest in severity.
The rookie tight end was in the midst of a solid season with the Packers: He caught 33 passes for 341 yards and a touchdown in 10 games.
Fellow rookie Tucker Kraft has filled in nicely while Musgrave has been out with 18 receptions for 216 yards and two touchdowns in five starts.
While Musgrave will likely be out another week, a return for him would bolster the 6-8 Packers’ slim chances to make the postseason if they can garner a win this weekend against the Carolina Panthers.
He would join the rest of the Packers’ youthful pass-catching group that includes Kraft and a bevy of second-year and rookie wideouts.
Green Bay will play the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears to end the year.
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