NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Saints guard Andrus Peat was carted off the field with an ankle injury just before halftime Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers.
He was ruled out in the third quarter.
Peat was helped up by athletic trainers after being looked at on the field for a brief time.
Peat, a first-round draft pick in 2015, signed a five-year, $57.5 million contract extension with the Saints this offseason. He has started 68 games in six seasons, primarily at left guard, making the Pro Bowl as an alternate in each of the past two seasons.
Peat, 26, also missed time in training camp because of a hand injury and missed six games last year with a broken arm, among other injuries that sidelined him for nine games in his first four seasons.
Veteran Nick Easton replaced Peat in the lineup late in the first half -- as he did when Peat was injured last year. Easton actually started the first three games of this season at right guard, but he was replaced earlier Sunday night by rookie first-round draft pick Cesar Ruiz.
Ruiz was projected to start at right guard this season for the Saints but missed part of training camp and Week 1 with an ankle injury.