Veteran linebacker Chad Greenway, who is dealing with a wrist injury that head coach Mike Zimmer downplayed this morning, was dressed for practice today. But after participating in some of the individual drills at the start of the practice, Greenway spent the rest of the afternoon on the sideline.
Afterward, Greenway, who had a black brace on his right wrist, said he expects to practice tomorrow.
"It's feeling pretty good and hopefully we'll be able to push forward," Greenway said.
Still, the injury is worth monitoring because it is the same wrist that Greenway fractured a season ago, when he played all 16 games despite the injury. Greenway did not have surgery on it after the season, instead going the rest-and-rehab route.
Greenway playfully joked that Zimmer was overreacting a little bit by holding him out today.
"I think he just thinks I'm getting old maybe," Greenway said. "Obviously, when I had the issue with it last year it makes it a little more [noteworthy], wanting to take care of it. I know what it was like to go through the entire season with it last year and I don't want to go through that again. I think we did a good job of figuring it all out and getting it taken care of."
And no, if you're wondering, Greenway did not tweak his wrist pouring ice water on Mark Craig yesterday. He laughed when I asked him if that's what did it.
With Greenway and rookie Brandon Watts, who has a lower leg injury, watching from the sideline, second-year player Michael Mauti got an opportunity as the weak-side linebacker for the first-team defense. Hopefully for his sake, Mauti, who is firmly on the roster bubble, made a good impression.
