{"id":10040,"date":"2024-11-19T00:29:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2024-11-19T00:29:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T00:29:15","slug":"packers-lose-rookie-to-potential-season-ending-medical-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10040","title":{"rendered":"Packers Lose Rookie to Potential Season-Ending Medical Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185274498-e1731967077401.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185274498-e1731967077401.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185274498-e1731967077401.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2185274498-e1731967077401.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Packers Lose Rookie to Potential Season-Ending Medical Setback\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Packers head coach Matt LaFleur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Green Bay Packers running back MarShawn Lloyd has experienced another medical setback amid an unfortunate 2024 rookie season filled with injuries \u2014 and this time, it could force the team to shut him down for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The latest trouble for Lloyd began on the morning of November 15 ahead of the Packers\u2019 final practice for Week 11\u2019s matchup with the Chicago Bears. According to head coach Matt LaFleur, Lloyd felt pain in his abdomen before Friday\u2019s practice, and the team\u2019s training staff determined he had appendicitis \u2014 which will sideline him indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>As of November 15, LaFleur did not know whether Lloyd had undergone surgery yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t make this stuff up,\u201d LaFleur told reporters last Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame because he was making progress [with his previous ankle injury], but he\u2019ll rebound. I\u2019m confident in that. That\u2019s what I told him. But it is a shame, certainly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd \u2014 a 2024 third-round pick \u2014 has not played for the Packers since making his NFL debut on September 15 in Week 2\u2019s game against the Indianapolis Colts. He rushed six times for 15 yards but sprained his ankle in the 16-10 win, landing him on the injured reserve list. He had only just returned to practice for the first time on November 11.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN\u2019s Rob Demovsky, there is also fear that Lloyd might have to miss the rest of the season with his new issue \u2014 unless the NFL is willing to grant leniency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince Lloyd\u2019s 21-day practice window [to return from IR] opened already and an appendectomy usually requires several weeks recovery, the Packers are talking to the NFL to see if there\u2019s a way he can still play later on,\u201d Demovsky wrote on X on Friday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mm-id=\"_0m2mt464p\">MarShawn Lloyd Cursed With Rookie Injury Troubles<\/h2>\n<p>The Packers selected Lloyd in the third round of the 2024 NFL draft thinking he could help them right away on offense and plug into their system as a complementary back to 2024 free agent signing and former NFL rushing leader Josh Jacobs. Since the summer, though, several injury issues have made it difficult for Lloyd to stay on the practice field.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd missed portions of his first NFL training camp with hip and hamstring injuries, the latter of which held him out of the Packers\u2019 season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles in Brazil on September 6. While Lloyd returned and played his first career snaps in Week 2 against the Colts, he suffered a high-ankle sprain in the game that forced the team to place him on injured reserve on September 17.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side, the Packers should have an avenue for keeping Lloyd in play for the later portion of the 2024 season despite his newest medical issue with his appendix.<\/p>\n<p>Since NFL teams are allowed to designate an individual player to return from injured reserve twice in a given season, the Packers could clear Lloyd of his ankle injury and activate him from the injured reserve list to the 53-man roster. They could then place him back on IR to give him more time to recover from his appendicitis, shutting him down until at least Week 16 but keeping the window open for him to play again in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, the Packers did activate Lloyd from injured reserve on November 18, but it is uncertain whether they will place him back on the injured list, as theorized above.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-mm-id=\"_0m2mt464p\">With MarShawn Lloyd Out, Emanuel Wilson Remains RB2<\/h2>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0m2mt464p\">With Lloyd out indefinitely, the Packers should continue to rely on second-year running back Emanuel Wilson as their No. 2 option in the backfield for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0m2mt464p\">Wilson\u2019s workload has been on the lighter side with Jacobs averaging 17.6 carries per game over the first 11 weeks of the regular season, but he has been relatively effective when the Packers have called upon him. Wilson has averaged 4.8 yards per attempt on 57 carries and caught nine of 12 passing targets for 47 yards over the first 10 games. He has also scored the first two touchdowns of his career, one rushing and one receiving.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_0m2mt464p\">While Jacobs remains the clear-cut No. 1 option in the backfield with 838 rushing yards \u2014 third-most in the NFL \u2014 Wilson\u2019s emergence has allowed the Packers to stay rolling out of the backfield without Lloyd. They are also playing without veteran A.J. Dillon, whom they expected to have in the mix but lost to a season-ending injury in August.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan J. Wilson is a sports reporter who covers the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. He has previously covered all levels of sports \u2014 high school, college and pro \u2014 for a variety of publications including The Indianapolis Star, The News-Gazette, Springfield State-Journal Register and Peoria Journal Star. 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