Hargrave is hurt, and Green Bay's interior has no one behind him

Javon Hargrave is dealing with both a knee injury and a concussion, which moves this from a depth concern to something more immediate. He was the only defensive tackle who logged meaningful snaps last season — Aiulua Fanene and Karl Brooks are next on the depth chart, and neither has produced at the level you'd expect from a starter. That is not a knock on them individually; it's just where the roster stands.

I noted last week that the defensive front was already showing up on the injury report, with Barryn Sorrell listed as questionable. Hargrave's situation adds a different layer. Sorrell is an edge player; Hargrave is the interior anchor. Losing both, even temporarily, leaves Green Bay without proven production at two distinct points along the defensive line heading into Week 2.

The concussion piece matters separately from the knee. Concussion protocol has its own timeline and cannot be managed around. Even if the knee is minor, Hargrave does not return until he clears protocol — and at 33, this is also the kind of accumulation that front offices quietly track. The team needs flagged this position before the season started, and the situation has not improved.

My read: Green Bay probably works out interior linemen this week. Whether anyone available changes the calculus is a different question, but the roster as currently constructed has one proven DT and two players behind him who have not been tested in a meaningful game.