Green Bay Packers Pass Rusher Suffers Troubling Injuries During OTAs (REPORT)

Green Bay Packers second-year pass rusher Lukas Van Ness suffered a painful injury during voluntary OTAs that forced him to miss Wednesday’s practice. At this point in the offseason, the Packers have few players dealing with injuries.

The Green Bay Packers have several injuries

Zach Tom and Tucker Kraft are dealing with chest injuries from weightlifting, so they will miss the OTAs this spring. They hope to return to training camp one day. Tom and Kraft joined head coach Matt LaFleur this offseason as victims of the Packers’ bench press.

The Packers also had veterans who missed voluntary training. During his press conference, Lafleur joked that Rashan Gary, Elgton Jenkins and Preston Smith missed practice on Wednesday because they were angry with their head coach.

Lukas Van Ness broke the tip of his thumb

LaFleur also explained why Van Ness missed. According to Matt Schneidman with The AthleticLaFleur said Van Ness broke the tip of his thumb:

“(Van Ness) broke his thumb a little bit. Just the tip,” LaFleur said.

It is unclear when Van Ness will return

LaFleur did not indicate when the Packers expect Van Ness to return. One would assume this wouldn’t have much impact on his offseason, and certainly not on training camp. Van Ness may have to pack his affected tip until it heals, but he should be able to play in Week 1 of the regular season.

Still, the tip of a thumb is an unfortunate place for a bone fracture. That part of the hand makes a lot of contact with other objects. Hopefully Van Ness doesn’t touch too many surfaces with his tip before he fully heals.

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