Players Returning
Key Players Getting Back On Practice Field
By Mike Spofford / Packers.com
Posted 09/02/2007
Despite having to put running back Noah Herron on injured reserve Sunday, the Packers took a turn for the better in the health department with the return to practice of several key performers. Running backs Brandon Jackson and Vernand Morency, wide receiver Donald Driver and defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila all participated in the opening jog-through portion of practice on Sunday afternoon, keeping them on track potentially to be available for next Sunday's season opener against Philadelphia. Morency and Driver were both limited in their work, and the practice was in shorts and jerseys (no pads), so it's difficult to say whether either would have participated in contact drills. More will be known about their status when the team practices in full pads on Monday. Jackson and Gbaja-Biamila did not appear to be limited. Seeing the running backs on the field was perhaps the most positive sign, in light of Herron's knee injury from the preseason finale against Tennessee being more serious than initially thought. General Manager Ted Thompson said an arthroscopic procedure was performed on the knee Saturday, and it didn't appear Herron would be healthy enough to play prior to the bye in Week 7, so the difficult decision to place him on injured reserve was made.
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By Mike Spofford / Packers.com
Posted 09/02/2007
Despite having to put running back Noah Herron on injured reserve Sunday, the Packers took a turn for the better in the health department with the return to practice of several key performers. Running backs Brandon Jackson and Vernand Morency, wide receiver Donald Driver and defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila all participated in the opening jog-through portion of practice on Sunday afternoon, keeping them on track potentially to be available for next Sunday's season opener against Philadelphia. Morency and Driver were both limited in their work, and the practice was in shorts and jerseys (no pads), so it's difficult to say whether either would have participated in contact drills. More will be known about their status when the team practices in full pads on Monday. Jackson and Gbaja-Biamila did not appear to be limited. Seeing the running backs on the field was perhaps the most positive sign, in light of Herron's knee injury from the preseason finale against Tennessee being more serious than initially thought. General Manager Ted Thompson said an arthroscopic procedure was performed on the knee Saturday, and it didn't appear Herron would be healthy enough to play prior to the bye in Week 7, so the difficult decision to place him on injured reserve was made.
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Published by PackerPundit On Monday, September 03, 2007 at 5:44 AM.
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