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And so it continues...

Packers 2007 first-round pick Justin Harrell is still injured -- as he has been for most of his brief NFL career -- and the team hopes he's healthy enough to report to training camp in six weeks or so.

Rob Reischel of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asks if Harrell is "injury prone or simply unlucky" before correctly answering his own question: "Truthfully, Green Bay Packer fans could care less. All they know is defensive tackle Justin Harrell's run of inactivity marches on."

Certainly, part of it is luck, but Harrell has an extensive injury history dating back to high school.

[In high school] he battled shin splints and had a bad lower back. At Tennessee, Harrell underwent surgery for shin splints on his right leg in 2003 and missed more than half of spring practice that year. That August, Harrell broke a bone in his right ankle and missed the first five games of the season.

It all makes you wonder why Green Bay thought Harrell was worth the16th-overall pick in the draft. Whatever, the Packers need him healthy for 2008; he's supposed to help fill the void left by Corey Williams, who was traded to Cleveland earlier this offseason.

Right now, though, that job belongs to Johnny Jolly, who's currently ... recovering from an injury.

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.