GREEN BAY – Through all the injury issues the Packers encountered during the first month of the regular season, their defense always had an ace up its sleeve in Morgan Burnett.
Safety, cornerback or inside linebacker, the eighth-year veteran did it in the name of team. Need someone to relay calls from coordinator Dom Capers? Burnett handled that, too.
So it not only robbed the defense of its key communicator when Burnett pulled out of the Packers’ eventual 35-31 win over the Dallas Cowboys last month with a hamstring injury, but it also left Green Bay without arguably its most versatile player.