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Posted Mar. 28, 2006
Murphy hopes to come back from neck injury
Receiver Terrence Murphy, the Packers’ second-round draft pick last year, sustained a neck injury in the fourth game of the season.
By Pete Dougherty
PackersNews.com
Though Terrence Murphy’s odds of continuing his NFL career might be only 50-50 at best, they’ve improved a little this offseason as he’s gotten further into a rehabilitation program for his injured neck.
Murphy’s prognosis is no small matter for the Packers, who invested a second-round draft pick in the receiver last year and considered him a promising player before he injured his neck in the fourth game of the season.
Tests last year showed Murphy has stenosis, or a narrowing of his spine in his neck, and the condition is career threatening. He’s sought the opinion of several neck specialists around the country and might not know until after the NFL draft in late April whether he will continue playing football.
Doug Hendrickson, one of Murphy’s agents, has presented an optimistic front about Murphy’s future from the start and continues to now. But the Packers also appear to be at least a little more optimistic that the rehabilitation has improved his chances from late last year and early in the offseason, when his return looked especially bleak.
“We’re waiting on more tests to come back,â€
Murphy hopes to come back from neck injury
Receiver Terrence Murphy, the Packers’ second-round draft pick last year, sustained a neck injury in the fourth game of the season.
By Pete Dougherty
PackersNews.com
Though Terrence Murphy’s odds of continuing his NFL career might be only 50-50 at best, they’ve improved a little this offseason as he’s gotten further into a rehabilitation program for his injured neck.
Murphy’s prognosis is no small matter for the Packers, who invested a second-round draft pick in the receiver last year and considered him a promising player before he injured his neck in the fourth game of the season.
Tests last year showed Murphy has stenosis, or a narrowing of his spine in his neck, and the condition is career threatening. He’s sought the opinion of several neck specialists around the country and might not know until after the NFL draft in late April whether he will continue playing football.
Doug Hendrickson, one of Murphy’s agents, has presented an optimistic front about Murphy’s future from the start and continues to now. But the Packers also appear to be at least a little more optimistic that the rehabilitation has improved his chances from late last year and early in the offseason, when his return looked especially bleak.
“We’re waiting on more tests to come back,â€