Mike McCarthy, meeting with the media this afternoon, said that running back James Starks' knee injury was "better than what it looked. It did not look very good."

McCarthy said Starks may practice tomorrow and won't be ruled out for Thursday's game against the Lions.

In other injury news, McCarthy said wide receiver Greg Jennings had a knee bruise but that he expected him to practice tomorrow and that he would be fine for Thursday's game.

Offensive tackle Marshall Newhouse was added to the injury report with a knee injury but McCarthy indicated that he would be fine.

In regards to the team's schedule, McCartthy said "The challenge is the mental preparation. I'm not going to lose the game on Tuesday or Wednesday because we practiced too much." I don't even know what that means.