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Packers LB Oren Burks appears to have avoided serious injury Green Bay Packers fans flew into panic mode just before kickoff of Friday's preseason game against the Oakland Raiders Youth Kevin King Jersey , and with good reason. With the team already down one starting inside linebacker, Jake Ryan, their promising third round rookie suffered an injury in warm-ups that ended up making him a scratch for the game.After two impressive early performances from Oren Burks, who had the starting job essentially thrust upon him, seeing him hurt seriously would be one of the last things the team could afford. The team even traded for a linebacker on Sunday, acquiring Antonio Morrison from the Colts, which seemed to indicate that Burks could miss significant time.Luckily however, it appears that Burks' shoulder injury is not very serious. Head coach Mike McCarthy said as much in his Sunday press conference, and although he did not give a timeline for Burks' return, he said the injury should not be "a long term deal." Still, any time off for Burks - whether he misses only the preseason finale or if his absence extends into the regular season - will mean more responsibilities for the team's other linebackers. That group includes top backups Ahmad Thomas and Greer Martini in particular, but also the newly-arrived Morrison. Martini started next to Blake Martinez in Burks' place on Friday night, with Thomas taking the field on passing downs.Morrison's immediate role is unclear, but the former Colt was acquired on Sunday in exchange for cornerback Lenzy Pipkins. He was drafted a few picks ahead of Martinez in 2016 and is coming off a season that saw him start 15 games, but a new front office in Indy and several new linebackers had him on the outside of the roster bubble looking in. Now he'll have just under a week to demonstrate that he is worthy of a spot on the Packers' 53.When Burks does return, expect him to rejoin the starting lineup rght away. Through two preseason games he has looked like every bit the athletic, instinctive player that he was made out to be , chasing ball carriers sideline to sideline and being a pest for opposing running backs in the passing game as well. If his return does indeed come sooner rather than later Youth Jaire Alexander Jersey , that will bode well for the defense as a whole. In dealing Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Ty Montgomery, the Green Bay Packers traded away two players who spoke in varying degrees in recent weeks about their respective futures with the team.What happens on the field always comes first, general manager Brian Gutekunst said Wednesday, though other factors aren't ignored either."So I think you take everything into consideration when you make these kinds of decisions," Gutekunst said before practice. "But performance comes first. That's always kind of the major factor in these decisions."But everything's taken into account," he added. "It's never usually just one thing."Clinton-Dix, a starting safety, went to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a 2019 fourth-round pick. Playing under the fifth-year option of his rookie contract, Clinton-Dix is eligible for free agency this offseason.Montgomery, a fourth-year running back, was traded to the Baltimore Ravens for a seventh-round pick in 2020. He moves on two days after fumbling a kickoff return with about two minutes left in a 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday after being told by coaches to take a touchback if the kick went into the end zone. The turnover cost the Packers a chance to drive for a potential winning score.Montgomery seemed uncertain about his future on Monday. He lost snaps in the Rams game after Aaron Jones was elevated to starter."I don't fully understand what my role is right now, what I'm supposed to be doing, how I'm supposed to help this team," Montgomery said Monday.Montgomery said that he made a "split-second decision" in taking the ball out on the kick return because he did not want to take a chance of putting the game in the hands of officials. He also spoke Monday about criticism from an anonymous player that came up in an NFL story , adding that he wanted that player to talk to him.Now what had been a three-man backfield is down to Jones and Jamaal Williams. Jones is averaging 6.2 yards a carry."It's not a personal slight or trying to create an angle here of negativity," coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday. "This is part of the business but, more importantly, when opportunities arise Womens Tramon Williams Jersey , we're more focused on the culture and the people in that culture taking advantage of this opportunity."McCarthy thanked Montgomery and Clinton-Dix for their contributions and wished them the best. He said that they represented the Packers "very well" during their tenures.Clinton-Dix led the Packers with three interceptions, giving him 14 over 71 regular-season games in Green Bay, including 65 starts. Still, the safety position was mired by inconsistent play.Clinton-Dix also talked about his future in an interview on Oct. 10 with the Wisconsin State-Journal ."Right now, I'm playing each and every game like it's my last. I don't think I'm going to be here next year," Clinton-Dix said then.Gutekunst said that while he was aware of what players were saying, that "it's not as concerning, to me it's more about their play and their performance and things like that. Any time there's comments that come out of our locker room, I pay attention to it."The moves didn't signify the Packers were already looking ahead to next year, he added. At 3-3-1, the Packers are still firmly in the muddled NFC North race with a tough game at New England on Sunday night."I don't necessarily think there's a message it sends to the locker room," Gutekunst said. "I think the decisions that we make are always in the best interest of our team, not only in the short term but the long term, as well."But I think our locker room knows where we're headed," he added. "I think we're humming at the right time and I think there (are) a lot of positive things going forward."Receiver Davante Adams said the deals shouldn't be taken personally in the locker room."It's just a part of the game," Adams said. "It's going to be a lot of different factors that lead into people coming and going for many years to come. I wouldn't take it as a warning for anybody or anything like that."NOTES: RB Tra Carson was added to the active roster from the practice squad, while RB Lavon Coleman was added to the practice squad. Carson was signed to the practice squad on Oct. 9 after being waived/injured by the Bengals in Week 2. The second-year player was signed by the Bengals as undrafted free agent out of Texas A&M in 2016.s://apnews/NFL and s://AP_NFL