Tight End with the Green Bay Packers In Week 11, Luke Musgrave persevered despite having a lacerated kidney; the rookie quarterback personifies the tenacity of the Packers.
Luke Musgrave, a rookie tight end for the Green Bay Packers, was having a great rookie season when he was hurt in a game against the Los Angeles Chargers in week eleven.
Even with a severe inside injury, Musgrave played the entire game. Although Musgrave hasn’t participated in a game since, he asserts in an NBC piece that it’s football.
Despite Musgrave’s statement that pain is a necessary component of playing football, the former Oregon State Beaver didn’t really consider discomfort to be a concern. After the horrific injury, Musgrave is only now making his way back to the practice pitch. Musgrave intends to make a comeback before the season ends in order to support the Packers in their probable late-season playoff run, despite the unsightly nature of the injury.
Although Musgrave cites playing through pain as a part of football, pain wasn’t much of a factor for the ex-Oregon State Beaver. Musgrave is just now finding his way back to the practice field after the gruesome injury. Despite the injury’s unseemly nature, Musgrave plans to return before the end of the season to help the Packers potentially make a late playoff push.
Before going down in a win against the Chargers, Musgrave was proving to be a solid safety valve for first-year starting quarterback Jordan Love. While Love is not technically a rookie, it is his first year as a full-time starter and a dependable tight end can be extremely valuable for an inexperienced QB.
Musgrave had just one game this season in which he did not have multiple receptions. The second-round pick has 341 yards and a touchdown on 33 receptions this year.
Fellow rookie tight end Tucker Kraft took a bigger role in the Packers’ offense following Musgrave’s injury. He’s got two touchdowns and over 200 yards receiving as the number one tight end for the Packers. Musgrave looks forward to rejoining the offense with a new fold.
Musgrave’s ability to finish out a game with an internal organ injury exemplifies the toughness of the Green Bay Packers.
The epitome of toughness at the quarterback position is Green Bay Packer legend and Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre.
Favre played with a cracked vertebrae, a broken thumb and a separated shoulder among various other injuries that would have the toughest of players sitting out.
Packers toughness goes all the way back to legendary head coach Vince Lombardi. Lombardi built one of the most iconic and legendary NFL teams of all time with toughness at the forefront. In an article from Willpowered, a Packers player outlines the way Lombardi ran the team.
