GREEN BAY — Mike Zimmer insisted Wednesday that he didn’t care who starts at right tackle for the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Maybe that’s because the Minnesota Vikings coach had his own issues to worry about — like losing top-flight edge rusher Danielle Hunter, who was placed on injured reserve later in the day and will miss the opener.
Hunter’s absence is a huge break for the Packers, whose right tackle situation is uncertain because of training-camp injuries to and uneven play from veterans Billy Turner and Ricky Wagner.
But whoever it is that the Packers trot out there — be it Turner, Wagner, Elgton Jenkins, Lane Taylor or the ghost of Forrest Gregg — he won’t have to worry about Hunter, who led the Vikings in sacks (14.