GREEN BAY — T.J. Lang couldn’t hide his tears as the Packers’ Pro Bowl guard was carted to the locker room after reinjuring his foot during Sunday’s NFC Championship Game in Atlanta.
It wasn’t the pain that triggered the emotions for Lang, though. The eighth-year veteran had endured a medley of hip, shoulder and foot issues without complaint all season.
It was the possibility he might have played his last down with the team that took a chance on a young left tackle out of Eastern Michigan in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.