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Green Bay - The Packers have all hands on deck for their first day of preparations for the Chicago Bears game.

Every single player on the 53-man roster (the Packers only have 52 right now) took part in practice in some fashion.

Linebacker Clay Matthews, who dropped out of the Lions game on Sunday with a groin pull, was taking part in all the individual drills and seemed to be moving around fine. He didn't seem to be limited in how hard he could work.

The media does not get to watch team drills, so it's not clear if he took part in those. Coach Mike McCarthy may address that in his post-practice press conference.

Either way, it looks promising for Matthews to be in the lineup Sunday at Soldier Field.

Returning to practice was LB Brad Jones, following two weeks off due to a thigh injury. Jones also took part in individual drills at what seemed to be full speed.

The Packers will have a big choice to make Sunday: go back to Jones at inside linebacker or stick with backup Jamari Lattimore, who has played solidly.

We will have the injury report and any updates from McCarthy and the locker room later this afternoon.