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Oren Burks Will Miss Packers’ Opener, Maybe More

The Green Bay Packers were already thin at inside linebacker with the season-ending injury to Jake Ryan. They just got thinner. Rookie Oren Burks will miss week 1 and possibly more games with a shoulder injury.

The good news is the injury isn’t season-ending.

The #Packers already lost Jake Ryan for the season, and now it’s likely that LB Oren Burks (shoulder) will miss the opener, I’m told. Could miss a week or two after that. But not nearly as serious as originally feared.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 31, 2018

This, along with the desire to add another veteran, is certainly why the Packers traded for Antonio Morrison.