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By Michael Cohen of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 20, 2015 0
Green Bay — The 14th practice of training camp came and went Thursday for the Green Bay Packers, and for the 13th consecutive time wide receiver Jared Abbrederis did not take the field as he recovers from a concussion.
The injury, suffered July 30, called into question a potential problem that was examined by front offices during the NFL scouting combine in 2014. At the time, executives in personnel from four teams told the Journal Sentinel about what they believed to be a pattern of concussions for Abbrederis, a former Wisconsin Badger.
"I've heard it's three or four," a personnel director for an NFL team said at the combine. "I've got to find out the depth of it."
But in a telephone interview Thursday, Scott Abbrederis, Jared's father, said he is not concerned or nervous about a potential string of concussions for his son. Some of the previous head injuries, he said, have not been definitively labeled concussions, and the family is confident the right course of action is being taken.
"No," Scott Abbrederis said when asked if he worries about a trend of concussions. "Because I don't even know if there are multiple ones, you know? It was never definitive. There has never been a real definitive — nobody ever knows what them things are about. That's the junky thing. We just kind of wait and see and we'll trust that the right things will happen when they happen. We're good."
Scott Abbrederis said he has spoken to his son sparingly so far during training camp, which follows their usual pattern of less-frequent contact during football season. They talk mostly via text message, he said, but he declined to share details of those conversations.
"I'll withhold comment due to the fact that I've been down this line in the past, and I'm not going to tell you anything until (the Green Bay Packers) are willing to tell what's going on," Scott Abbrederis said. "So we'll leave it as a personal note, and I just want to make sure I'm following suit with what the Packers organization would want out there. I'll just hold my tongue.
"If the Packers didn't release anything then I can't release anything."
The snippets of conversation with his son are the only updates the Abbrederis family has received about the situation, Scott Abbrederis said, and they have not seen Jared since before training camp began.
"I'd like to hear myself, you know?" Scott Abbrederis said. "I never hear much....I'm in limbo like you. I'll know when it's out."
Abbrederis said during the scouting combine in 2014 that he had suffered one concussion. It was against Oregon State in 2012 and sidelined him for one game.
He also endured head injuries against Penn State in November 2012 and against Northwestern in October 2013.
Bakhtiari not concerned: Starting left tackle David Bakhtiari missed his fourth consecutive practice Thursday as he continued to rehab an injured knee, but he dismissed the idea that the issue will linger into the regular season.
"I'm not concerned (about that)," Bakhtiari said. "I don't think Coach (Mike) McCarthy is either."
In a brief interview that was equal parts terse and uncomfortable, Bakhtiari offered the first details about his condition since his uncharacteristic performance against New England last week. Bakhtiari, who started against the Patriots, yielded two sacks and was beaten repeatedly in three series of work with the first-team offense.
He would not say whether the injury was suffered before or during the game.
"Like you guys said, was your knee bothering you? Yeah," Bakhtiari said. "If you don't see normal David Bakhtiari then what do you see? I'm not going to answer your questions, but you can paint your own picture. Like I said, build a puzzle.
"I don't know which questions I can answer and can't answer. All I know is I'm unable to practice. I'm not practicing. Whatever Coach McCarthy says is what you all should know. And that's as far as I will go. So whatever questions that he hasn't answered that you'd like me to answer, I won't answer."
His status for the second exhibition game against Pittsburgh on Sunday remains uncertain, though McCarthy said earlier in the week it would be a "stretch" for Bakhtiari to play.
The knee, Bakhtiari said, "doesn't feel like my normal knee," and the result was his entrance into the rehab program that has sidelined him since the weekend.
"Coach McCarthy and the training staff decided to take the necessary precautions for the knee program, and that's withholding me from practice," Bakhtiari said, "and I don't know what it's going to be for the game."
Health watch: Defensive coordinator Dom Capers said linebacker Clay Matthews' status for the Pittsburgh game has not been decided.
Matthews has been battling an elbow injury this week and hasn't practiced in full.
"Again, that depends on his health," Capers said of Matthews playing. "If he's healthy then he'll probably have a certain number of reps. I don't know how that's going to work out this week.
"He's been taking some medication for his inflammation."
Matthews also has been dealing with knee soreness.
Veteran end Mike Daniels appears to be a no-go Sunday. Daniels has an ankle injury that has held him out since Aug. 10.
Defensive line coach Mike Trgovac said he didn't think it was anything as serious as the ankle injury Datone Jones suffered last year.
"Mike's been a very durable guy," Trgovac said.
Tom Silverstein and Bob McGinn of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.
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Michael Cohen covers the Green Bay Packers for the Journal Sentinel.
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