The Detroit Lions aren’t the only NFC North team with an impressive rookie tight end. Green Bay selected Luke Musgrave a few spots after Detroit took Sam LaPorta in the second round and has seen the Oregon State product quickly emerge as a good receiving weapon.
The Packers will miss Musgrave in the second meeting between the two teams. Musgrave is out with a lacerated kidney, an injury suffered in Green Bay’s Week 11 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
Head coach Matt LaFleur deemed Musgrave’s injury “pretty significant” in ruling out Musgrave. The rookie was hospitalized after suffering the injury, which appeared to soccer when he was tackled onto the point of the ball in the Chargers game.
Musgrave is third amongst rookie tight ends with 33 receptions for 341 yards in 10 games, trailing only LaPorta (50 catches, 492 yards) and Dalton Kincaid (51 catches, 436 yards). He caught one pass for one yard in Detroit’s Week 4 win in Green Bay.
