Found June 03, 2009 on Packers.com:
Although linebacker Nick Barnett's on-field work with the team during OTA workouts and mini-camp this month will be limited as he returns from a knee injury, he said Wednesday that he is on schedule with his rehabilitation and is confident he will be ready for the 2009 campaign. Barnett, who sustained a torn ACL in Green Bay's Week 10 contest at Minnesota last season, worked with the first defense at inside linebacker alongside A.J. Hawk during the jog-through portion of Wednesday's OTA workout on Clarke Hinkle Field. "I think I'm right on schedule," Barnett said. "We've got this full month of June. After this month I should be feeling really good, and then we've got all of July. "I don't know if I'll be participating in training camp at the beginning of it. I wouldn't say for sure, but at some point I am going to be in there in training camp." Barnett said he began running a few weeks ago, and has added some cutting,...
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