GREEN BAY – When the NFL sent out its daily league-wide injury report Wednesday, 29 players were listed on it with hamstring injuries – and that was without the reports of the San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals, whose reports had not yet been filed at the time.
The Green Bay Packers had three of them.
Yes, it's not just the local club that has a hamstring problem, even though theirs seems to be worse than others'.
"There you go," said Packers coach Mike McCarthy, whose team will be without starting inside linebacker Brad Jones Sunday at Baltimore because of a hamstring injury.
Here's a look at the full, official injury report from Wednesday:
For the record, here are the other players across the league listed with hamstring injuries: New York Giants cornerback Jayron Hosley and defensive end Damontre Moore; Chicago Bears safety Anthony Walters; Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Dwan Edwards and safety Robert Lester; Minnesota Vikings safety Jamarca Sanford; Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Michael Boley; Detroit Lions cornerback Chris Houston; Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert; New Orleans Saints defensive end Tom Johnson; New England Patriots safety Tavon Wilson; Oakland Raiders safety Rashad Jennings and running back Darren McFadden (hamstring); Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams (hamstring), safety Mark Barron and cornerback Rashaan Melvin; New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes, cornerback Dee Milliner and running back Chris Ivory; Houston Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins; Tennessee Titans linebackers Patrick Bailey and Zaviar Gooden and cornerback Blidi Wreh-Wilson; and Dallas Cowboys running back Lance Dunbar and wide receiver Miles Austin.
Back in Green Bay, McCarthy acknowledged that the medical staff is very cautious about not having players with hamstring injuries return prematurely, but that it can be hard to prevent.
"You've got to look at everything involved. You've got to look at the individual, how he initially injured it, the rehab, the testing in the rehab," McCarthy said. "The players' communication is a big part of that. Some guys try to play a little sooner than others. The individual is a big part of the diagnosis, the rehab and the timing of when he comes back. That's why just to generalize, saying 'Hey, there's a hamstring problem,' I think is inaccurate.
"We've looked at every single one of those. They're individual injuries. Brad Jones' injury is the hamstring on the other leg, so what's that tell you?"
Indeed, Jones' hamstring injury is not a recurrence of the one that he suffered Aug. 23 in a preseason game against Seattle. Bush, meanwhile, did reinjure the hamstring that had sidelined him earlier this season. Bush returned to action last Sunday against Detroit after missing the previous two games.
While Hayward was ruled out last week and then took part in Thursday's practice, the Packers didn't rule him out on Wednesday even though he was unable to practice.
"He's getting better," McCarthy said. "A little sore after what he went through last week. We'll see where he is tomorrow. This time last week, he was able to do some individual work on Thursday. So that's the hope."
With Matthews sidelined, Mulumba is the third outside linebacker and figures to see some action Sunday against the Ravens if he's OK. He played 17 snaps against the Lions.
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