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When Packers right tackle Bryan Bulaga had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, the timeline for his return to the lineup was given at six weeks.

That happened about three weeks ago, so it seems safe to say that Bulaga’s recovery is progressing ahead of schedule. Bulaga took part in Wednesday’s practice as a limited participant and said things felt well enough that he expects to step things up during Thursday’s session.

“It wasn’t a heavy workload day like it is tomorrow,” Bulaga said, via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “But I was able to participate in everything that we did. Tomorrow, it’s going to be a bigger test, putting pads on, going against bull-rushes and different moves and seeing how it reacts. Again, we’ll see how it feels tomorrow morning, see Doc [Patrick McKenzie], see the trainers and re-evaluate and go from there.”

Bulaga didn’t make any guesses about his status for this weekend’s game against the Rams, but another smooth practice session on Thursday would certainly seem to make his presence in the lineup a possibility for a Packers team that hardly missed a beat without him.