GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Indianapolis Colts defensive captain Gary Brackett left with a right hand injury late in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game with the Green Bay Packers.
Brackett, the starting middle linebacker, was trying to tackle Ryan Grant on a short gain when it appeared teammate Philip Wheeler came crashing through and hit Brackett’s hand on his helmet.
More than a half-dozen trainers and Colts personnel surrounded Brackett, who left for the locker room a few minutes later with a towel wrapped over the right hand and forearm.
The team said he was questionable to return.
The 30-year-old Brackett signed a $33 million, five-year deal in the offseason to stay with the Colts hours after he officially became an unrestricted free agent.
