A roundup of what's happening on the Green Bay Packers beat.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Packers could have used a tight end like Brandon Bostick in last Thursday's season opener at the Seahawks.
Maybe Aaron Rodgers would have averaged better than 5.7 yards per passing attempt if he had a tight end that could stretch the field.
He could have that this week if all goes well for Bostick, who sustained an injury to his fibula on Aug. 16 and has been out ever since. Bostick is scheduled to meet with team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie on Wednesday to see if he will be cleared to return.
"Hopefully I get some good news from the doctors," Bostick said Monday.
Bostick made the trip to Seattle and although he already was ruled out for the game, he went through a lengthy workout on the field several hours before kickoff.
"Just wanted to see where I was," Bostick said. "I thought I progressed."
Bostick said his leg felt fine and that he planned to go through another workout on Tuesday.
"I feel fine, but there's a difference between actually playing and just walking around," he said. "I'll see how I feel when I come in on Wednesday."
Rookie Richard Rodgers started at tight end against the Seahawks but left in the first half after a neck injury. He returned in the second half but played only three more snaps and did not have a pass thrown his way. Andrew Quarless got the rest of the tight end snaps and caught three passes for 26 yards.
In case you missed it on ESPN.com:
Linebacker Brad Jones' grip on a starting spot may be slipping after a shaky performance in the opener. It could one of the changes defensive coordinator Dom Capers is mulling this week.
Rookie center Corey Linsley admitted that he was briefly rattled by Bruce Irvin's attempt to intimidate him before the opener.
Through the first 14 games of Week 1, only one team missed more tackles than the Packers.
If there was one positive from the loss to the Seahawks, perhaps it was that Clay Matthews came out of the game feeling confident that his twice-broken right thumb will hold up.
If you don't follow me on Twitter, then you may not have seen that the Packers worked out six players on Monday: They were: running back Lache Seastrunk (Baylor), running back Jeremy Stewart (Stanford), tackle Erle Ladson (Delaware), tackle Mitchell Van Dyk (Portland State), defensive tackle Euclid Cummings (Georgia Tech) and defensive end Joe Kruger (Utah). Seastrunk was a sixth-round pick of the Washington Redskins this year, while Van Dyk was a seventh-round pick by the St. Louis Rams. Kruger was a seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013.
Best of the rest:
At ESPNWisconsin.com, Jason Wilde wrote that right tackle Bryan Bulaga's status for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets is uncertain and if Derek Sherrod has to play again, he will need to be better than he was against the Seahawks.
In the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Weston Hodkiewicz wrote that Capers isn't going to dump the 4-3 defense that he unveiled with mixed results last week.
In the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, former Packers safety LeRoy Butler returns for another season of his Xs and Os videos hosted by beat writer Tom Silverstein.
