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Packers Hit With Injury Early; Driver Fails Physical, Humphrey Carted Off Field

Training camp has not gotten off on the right foot for the Green Bay Packers. Even before the first practice began, they found themselves to be one man short after wide receiver Donald Driver failed a team physical.

"He has a re-occurring injury with the shoulder that he hurt last year, so, he will be day-to-day with the shoulder," McCarthy said.
Day-to-day should be considered an optimistic diagnosis. Unfortunately, Driver may not return to the field until August 11th at the earliest. Even when he does return, he's going to have a lot of catching up to do. Thankfully for the Packers, he's a veteran who won't struggle too much after missing a little over two weeks of camp.

In addition to Driver, the Packers suffered another loss yesterday. Tight end Tory Humphrey injured his ankle during practice and had to be carted off the field. The team has not given specifics on how severe the injury is, but it doesn't sound pretty.

Other Injury Notes: Defensive tackles Ryan Pickett and Johnny Jolly also missed practice due to failed physicals, while rookie running back DeShawn Wynn sat out with a stomach virus.

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