Green 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.
Packers linebacker Edgerrin Cooper will miss the rest of the season with a torn Achilles. Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images 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.