Packers LB Edgerrin Cooper Carted Off With Brutal Achilles Injury Against Bucs

The Green Bay Packers just took the kind of defensive hit that makes you want to turn off the television and stare at the ceiling.

Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper was carted off the field during Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. According to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo, the team immediately ruled him out with an Achilles injury.

"Mike Garafolo reported Cooper was ruled out with an Achilles injury after being carted off."

Green Bay was cruising with a 17-7 lead in Tampa Bay when the cart came out. Losing a starting-caliber linebacker in the middle of a solid road performance is the exact definition of a pyrrhic victory.

When a team rules a guy out with an "Achilles injury" before the cart even makes it to the locker room, you do not need a medical degree to know the vibes are horrific. That is the NFL equivalent of a mechanic looking at your engine and just slowly shaking his head.

For anyone holding Packers defensive props or live-betting the under, the math just changed. Taking a thumper like Cooper out of the middle of the field opens up a whole new world of underneath routes for the Buccaneers to exploit as they try to climb out of a ten-point hole.

The Packers will inevitably send Cooper for an MRI to confirm what the medical staff already suspects. Until then, Green Bay has to figure out how to patch a massive hole in their front seven while trying to close out a road win.