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Green Bay --- In ditching the intrasquad scrimmage for a practice, the Packers were obviously looking to avoid injuries.

It was a much, much more tame brand of football Saturday at Lambeau Field. Yet they still didn't manage to escape without injuries.

Green Bay had one minor injury (B.J. Raji, ankle) and one potentially serious one.

Tight end Colt Lyerla said he suffered a “leg injury” after catching a pass and hurdling cornerback Jumal Rolle in a team period. Lyerla had crutches in his locker but wasn’t using them to walk across the locker room. The undrafted rookie isn’t sure what the extent of the injury is yet.

“I was just trying to make the most of my opportunity and I got a shot, I got a pass, caught it,” Lyerla said, “and had the adrenaline and tried to show a little bit of my athleticism.”

Lyerla was fresh off catching two touchdowns in one recent practice, and believed he was starting to work the rust off of not playing since September 2013.

Asked whether he’s optimistic with the leg, Lyerla said “it just happened, so we’ll see.” Through a rocky first week of camp that included multiple drops, Lyerla clearly wanted to get noticed by coaches.

Said Lyerla, “I don’t regret trying to make a play.”

The nose tackle Raji, meanwhile, injured his ankle toward the end of the practice.

“We were doing a 2-on-2 pass rush drill,” Raji said, “and I think the left tackle stepped on my ankle as I was trying to get up the field.”

While Raji did sit out the ensuing defensive line drill, he was scheduled to rest then anyways.

He expects to practice Monday.

“Unless anything drastic changes,” Raji said, “I don’t know why I won’t be out there Monday.”