“He’s good,” a source said of running back MarShawn Lloyd, the third-round pick who missed the end of training camp with a hamstring injury.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers rookie running back MarShawn Lloyd will open the season on the 53-man roster rather than injured reserve.
“That’s the goal. I’m hoping for that,” Lloyd said after sitting out the preseason finale against the Ravens. “It’s day by day, really. I wouldn’t be able to tell exactly, but I’m feeling pretty good. “As far as the plays, I’m good with the plays,” Lloyd said. “I didn’t have pretty much no camp, so it’s more the physical. Like, I’m in shape regular-wise, but I’ve got to get back into football shape. But I don’t care. As long as I’m getting in shape as I go, I’ll be ready to go.”
Lloyd wasted no time in showing that dynamic during the offseason practices. However, after dealing with injuries during his college career, he missed two big chunks of training camp. One black eye on his college career is he fumbled eight times in 325 career touches. For sake of comparison, AJ Dillon has fumbled only three times in 683 touches with the Packers, including zero in exactly 200 touches last year.
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