Nine months after fearing his career might be over because of Crohn's disease, right tackle Seantrel Henderson lined up at his familiar spot along the Buffalo Bills offensive line in practice Monday.
"It kind of felt like playing the first game in the league again," said Henderson, a former Cretin-Derham Hall standout. "I was a little nervous. I've been out so long."
By passing his physical earlier in the day, Henderson took the next step in returning to football. He earned practice time with both starters and second-stringers.
"Very satisfying," said Henderson, a Bills starter since his rookie season in 2014. "My health is fine right now. I don't have any complications."
Henderson had experienced stomach pains since playing at college at Miami (Fla.). But he wasn't diagnosed with having inflammatory bowel disease until December, which led to him having two operations on his intestines.
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• Packers receiver Jordy Nelson, who missed all of last season because of a knee injury, was activated from the physically unable to perform list and returned to practice. He was limited to individual drills and primarily ran routes on air and caught passes
• Packers coach Mike McCarthy said JC Tretter earned the starting spot at center over Corey Linsley, who is on the PUP list because of a hamstring injury.
• Coach Gary Kubiak named Trevor Siemian the starter for the Broncos' third preseason game over Mark Sanchez and said he will decide next week who willstart the season opener.
