Javon Hargrave out for season with torn Achilles: Three trade targets for Packers

Green Bay is running short on healthy defensive linemen after losing Hargrave and Edgerrin Cooper to season-ending Achilles injuries

Javon Hargrave suffered the injury late in Green Bay The Packers' 31-7 win over the Bears was Green Bay's best and most important victory this season, a sign the team could be headed in the right direction after a rocky first few weeks. Headed in the wrong direction, though, is the team's health on defense. One week after the team lost standout linebacker Edgerrin Cooper for the season with a torn Achilles, defensive lineman Javon Hargrave suffered the same injury and is also done for the year, per ESPN. "That kind of takes the air out of the room a little bit, when you lose … not only a great player but a great guy, a key piece to this team, and it kind of puts a little bit of a cloud on the day," coach Matt LaFleur said.

The timing adds to that cloudiness; the injury occurred late in the blowout win, and he had to be carted off the field. Hargrave, a Pro Bowler in 2021 and 2023, signed a two-year, $23 million deal this offseason and was expected to bolster a Green Bay interior that struggled down the stretch of last year. Hargrave has played just a hair under the Packers' defensive snaps this year, and his injury is the third to the position group. Warren Brinson