Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams remains in the concussion protocol but practiced again on Thursday.

“Davante is progressing very well,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said before Thursday’s padded practice. “He’s moving along. He’ll do some more today, so that’s positive signs based on his work from yesterday.”

As was the case on Wednesday, Adams was scheduled to go through individual drills.

Adams was knocked out of Thursday’s game against Chicago and hospitalized following a helmet-to-helmet hit by Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan. He remarkably could be back in the lineup against the Cowboys.

Receiver Randall Cobb, who was teammates with Trevathan at Kentucky, said Trevathan texted him to pass along a message to Adams.

“I’m just glad to see him walking again, more importantly,” Cobb said on Wednesday. “When I went to the hospital and saw him the other night, he was back to his normal self, joking around, trying to break out of the hospital. I’m just glad to see him in good health.”

Dating to college, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has seen several of his teammates go down in scary fashion. Having to start playing again is a huge challenge mentally, he said.

“I don’t know if there’s anything tougher than that,” Rodgers said on Wednesday. “I’ve been on the field for a number of them. Terrence Murphy my rookie year (2005) on a kickoff on ‘Monday Night Football,’ Jermichael (Finley), Nick Collins. Those are tough moments when you see your friends carted off, see them at the hospital. I was encouraged seeing Davante at the hospital – whatever time we were there, 1 or 2 in the morning – and he was in good spirits. I was there with Jermichael and Malachi (Dupre) and those were tough to see because they weren’t doing as well as Davante was. It is tough to refocus in those situations.”

Once again, inside linebacker Joe Thomas (ankle) was the only player to not practice. Running back Ty Montgomery (broken ribs)was limited for the second consecutive day. The only changes were to outside linebacker Nick Perry and cornerback Davon House, who moved from limited to full.

Dallas left tackle Tyron Smith and linebacker Sean Lee did not practice.

“Hopefully he’ll practice tomorrow and have a chance to play on Sunday,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said of Smith.

TEAM INJURY WED. THURS. FRI. STATUSWR Davante Adams Concussion Limited Limited LT David Bakhtiari Hamstring Limited Limited OLB Ahmad Brooks Back Limited Limited RT Bryan Bulaga Ankle Limited Limited DT Mike Daniels Hip Limited Limited CB Davon House Quad Limited Full RB Ty Montgomery Ribs Limited Limited OLB Nick Perry Hand Limited Full CB Quinten Rollins Ankle Full Full ILB Joe Thomas Ankle DNP DNP RB Jamaal Williams Knee Full FullCB Chidobe Awuzie Hamstring Full Full CB Anthony Brown Ankle Not listed Limited CB Nolan Carroll Concussion Full Full RT La'el Collins Ankle Full Full RB Ezekiel Elliott Chest Full Full S Kavon Frazier Knee Full Full G Chaz Green Hip Full Full LB Anthony Hitchens Knee Full Full LB Sean Lee Hamstring DNP DNP DT Stephen Paea Knee DNP DNP LT Tyron Smith Back Limited DNP DE Charles Tapper Foot Limited IR

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