Green Bay Packers have suspended a key player...

The Green Bay Packers trailed 21-17 when Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden was injured and carted off the field. The game was suspended with 10:29 to play.

In the long history of football, never has an NFL preseason game felt more meaningless than the Green Bay Packers’ game against the New England Patriots on Saturday night at Lambeau Field.

With 10:29 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Packers looking to rally, Green Bay’s Sean Clifford completed a pass to Malik Heath to convert a key third down.

On the play, Isaiah Bolden, a rookie cornerback from Jackson State, was hit by teammate Calvin Munson.

With Bolden lying motionless on the field, it was obvious immediately that this wasn’t just any other injury.

The trainers rushed onto the field. Several minutes later, Bolden was carted off the field, his arms immobilized.

Anyone hoping to see a hopeful thumbs-up signal was disappointed.

By Sunday morning, the news was much more encouraging. In a statement released by the Patriots:

“After undergoing a series of evaluations and being held for overnight observations, Patriots cornerback Isaiah Bolden has been released from the Aurora Bay Medical Center in Green Bay.”

The Patriots were set to fly back Foxborough on Sunday rather than go through another set of joint practices at the Tennessee Titans.

While trainers tended to Bolden on Saturday night, Packers coach Matt LaFleur and Patriots coach Bill Belichick talked as their players took a knee.

With Bolden taken to the locker room, LaFleur and Belichick walked to the Patriots’ huddle. Moments later, via Commissioner Roger Goodell, it was announced the game had been suspended.