“We’re hopeful,” head coach Matt LaFleur said of Za’Darius Smith’s availability for practice this week.
The Green Bay Packers’ premier edge rusher has been sidelined for the last three weeks while dealing with a lingering back injury. Smith has not missed a single game in his two seasons with the Packers but needs to take the necessary steps on the practice field to play against the New Orleans Saints in the opener.
“We’ll see if he can get out there and do some individual today. Yeah, we’re hopeful,” said LaFleur.
According to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, Smith was indeed at Monday’s practice participating in group work.