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12-17-2007, 01:48 PM
Hall may miss rest of regular season
Fullback Korey Hall likely will miss the rest of the regular season after suffering a hip strain in Sunday's win at St. Louis, but he should be back in time for the divisional playoffs.
"I'm confident that he'll be on the roster" for the playoffs, coach Mike McCarthy said today, adding that Hall suffered "a different type of muscle strain" and "may be (out) a couple weeks." John Kuhn will take over the starting job, and McCarthy indicated the team won't make a roster move to get another healthy fullback on the roster.
Defensive tackle Ryan Pickett suffered the only other significant injury Sunday, McCarthy said. Pickett has a groin strain and is day to day.
Defensive tackle Justin Harrell injured the tip of a thumb but returned to the game and should be fine. McCarthy said he wasn't sure whether Harrell would play with a cast or a wrap on the thumb.
Safety Nick Collins should play this week after being pulled from Sunday's game. He had lower back pain but was disappointed he didn't finish that game, McCarthy said.
Also from McCarthy ...
* The Packers won't rest healthy players as long as they have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. "We need to be 13-2 when we come back from Chicago."
* Both of QB Brett Favre's interceptions were "minus throws" but not particularly bad decisions.
* Sunday's special-teams performance was the most dominant McCarthy has been a part of.
* The interior offensive line graded out "just OK" on Sunday and was better in pass blocking than run blocking.
-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com
Fullback Korey Hall likely will miss the rest of the regular season after suffering a hip strain in Sunday's win at St. Louis, but he should be back in time for the divisional playoffs.
"I'm confident that he'll be on the roster" for the playoffs, coach Mike McCarthy said today, adding that Hall suffered "a different type of muscle strain" and "may be (out) a couple weeks." John Kuhn will take over the starting job, and McCarthy indicated the team won't make a roster move to get another healthy fullback on the roster.
Defensive tackle Ryan Pickett suffered the only other significant injury Sunday, McCarthy said. Pickett has a groin strain and is day to day.
Defensive tackle Justin Harrell injured the tip of a thumb but returned to the game and should be fine. McCarthy said he wasn't sure whether Harrell would play with a cast or a wrap on the thumb.
Safety Nick Collins should play this week after being pulled from Sunday's game. He had lower back pain but was disappointed he didn't finish that game, McCarthy said.
Also from McCarthy ...
* The Packers won't rest healthy players as long as they have a shot at the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. "We need to be 13-2 when we come back from Chicago."
* Both of QB Brett Favre's interceptions were "minus throws" but not particularly bad decisions.
* Sunday's special-teams performance was the most dominant McCarthy has been a part of.
* The interior offensive line graded out "just OK" on Sunday and was better in pass blocking than run blocking.
-- Tom Pelissero, tpelisse@greenbaypressgazette.com