GREEN BAY -
Packers tight end Jermichael Finley has had a concussion before.
He is not entirely sure what he had last week qualified as one.
Finley was
cleared to return to full workouts Tuesday, saying he was thankful
trainers pulled him out of practice last week and put him through
the requisite concussion safety protocols. He was hurt when he
fell while running a pass pattern in Thursday's practice.
"I had run a
10-yard comeback route, and slipped," Finley said. "My
helmet came off and I busted my chin on the ground."
That's not what
happened to him when he was in college at Texas, though, when he
absorbed a huge hit and was diagnosed with his only previous
concussion.
"It wasn't
nowhere near like this. The one I had in college, I didn't know
nothing. This was pretty mild," he said. "I don't know
if it was (really) a concussion. I appreciate the Packers and the
training staff looking out for me and pulling me out."
Finley went
through all the testing and spent Friday and Saturday's practices
resting. He also joked about how hard some of the post-concussion
tests were.
"I told the
guys, 'If I was sober right now I couldn't do this. What kind of
test is this?'" he said. "But I went through multiple
tests and did well. . All the props to the training staff here for
pulling me out. There's tons of lawsuits going around with
concussions, so it was good looking by the Packers training
staff."