EmailPrintGreen Bay Packers linebacker Edgerrin Cooper suffered a season-ending Achilles tear during Sunday's 17-14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.Cooper underwent an MRI, which confirmed the nature of his injury.The third-year pro went down without contact and reached for his lower left leg well away from where safety Xavier McKinney sacked Buccaneers quarterback Jalon Daniels with 8:31 left in the third quarter.Green Bay led 17-7 in the third quarter when it looked like Cooper was going to blitz on third-and-8 from the Bucs' 37 on Tampa Bay's first possession of the second half. On the play, he looked behind him as if someone kicked him in the back of the leg, but there was no one there. Cooper then pounded his fists into the turf before the medical staff reached him. He could not put any weight on his left leg and was ruled out shortly after he was carted off the field.Cooper, a second-round pick in 2024, came into the game with 21 tackles, a team-best six tackles for loss and was second on the team with two sacks through the first three games. In 2 quarters Sunday, he added nine more tackles, including a sack.In the second quarter, Cooper's first interception of the season and second of his career helped give the Packers the lead. He picked off a Daniels pass with 36 seconds left in the first half that led to a 58-yard field goal by Trey Smack that put the Packers ahead 10-7 at halftime.The Packers (2-2) held on to win despite two fourth-quarter turnovers thanks in part to the defensive performance without Cooper. Defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon blitzed on the Bucs' final three plays, and the result was a sack by safety Evan Williams, a short completion and a near interception by cornerback Keisean Nixon.
