Jenkins Catches Break with Bye

While this week’s bye was welcomed by all 53 of the Green Bay Packers Tuesday — as evidenced by the Amazing Race along Highway 172 as the players hustled to Austin Straubel airport to leave town — no one needs the five days off more than defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins.

For while a number of veterans — especially quarterback Brett Favre and cornerbacks Al Harris and Charles Woodson — are taking the time off to nurse bothersome aches and pains, Jenkins has dealt with more nagging injuries than anyone else during the team’s 5-1 start. None of the injuries has been enough to force him to miss a game, but they’ve taken their toll on a player who looked like a Pro Bowl candidate during the preseason.

“I feel more beat up than I have in any other year,” Jenkins said. “I’ll probably feel better (after the bye), because I don’t think I can feel any worse than I do now.”

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