Laser Gunns
13 years ago
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After leading the competition for outside linebacker early in training camp, Frank Zombo played with the second team for much of last week in Green Bay.

Now he’s been a dealt a far bigger setback.

Coach Mike McCarthy announced Monday that Zombo will miss a “significant amount of time” with a broken scapula. (That’s the shoulder blade, but the Packers called it scapula so we will too.)

Suddenly, Green Bay’s deep OLB group looks thin. Brad Jones, who was last year’s starter early, is also out of practice with a knee sprain. That leaves Erik Walden as the clear starter opposite Clay Matthews.

Most remarkable about Zombo’s injury: He played Friday’s preseason game against the Cardinals after suffering the injury in warm ups after colliding with fullback John Kuhn.

“That tells you something about Frank,” McCarthy said.

Yes it does. It’s painful just to hear about.

Gregg Rosenthal wrote:



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Pack93z
13 years ago
Well.. first that sucks.

This very well may change the roster makeup at the beginning of the season to account for Zombo being dinged.. namely keeping another backer.

Not good news if you are a WR, RB or TE.. probably absorbed out of your count in terms of flexibility.

The cut down to 53 in GB is going to be tough this season. not room for all of them.
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wpr
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13 years ago
ouch. I knew there would be a few players heading for the IR as cut downs approach. I never thought of Zombo being one of them.
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Rockmolder
13 years ago
Oh, oh, at least Elmore gets a chance to crack this rotation of mediocrity now!
millertime
13 years ago
I think this is 6-8 week recovery period. Too bad we can't put him on PUP. I guess he stays on active roster and we keep Lattimore or So-oto?
DoddPower
13 years ago
That's really unfortunate. If he somehow makes it back in 6-7 weeks it's not a huge deal, but I'd be surprised if he would be very effective for quite some time even after becoming "healthy." I wouldn't be shocked to see him placed on IR or even cut.
DakotaT
13 years ago

That's really unfortunate. If he somehow makes it back in 6-7 weeks it's not a huge deal, but I'd be surprised if he would be very effective for quite some time even after becoming "healthy." I wouldn't be shocked to see him placed on IR or even cut.

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Christ, there goes the Super Bowl. [sarcasm]

I like how you think Dodd, Zombo is a role player - nothing more, and replaceable - in fact the players are already on the team.

Get well FZ, but a broken shoulder blade is nothing to mess around with. Heal first, then play football.
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DoddPower
13 years ago
Yeah, I really doubt we have the roster flexibility to wait on him to get healthy quickly with no guarantee he will be effective anytime soon after healing. I imagine his strength will be down, range of motion limited, etc. It will take him some time to get back into full football shape. Ouch.
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13 years ago
He must have a seriously high pain tolerance, even by NFL standards, to play with this injury.
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Pack93z
13 years ago
Well.. we really don't have much to go on at the moment of how bad a "break" it is to be cutting him today. If it is bad.. I would guess IR.

But agreed... not something to fret to much about.
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