Game Over for Atari Bigby?

August 1, 2010   ·   Patrick Teske   ·   Jump to comments


There is a development in one of the five rookie training camp stories I wrote about last week regarding the competition at safety between rookie 3rd round pick Morgan Burnett and Atari Bigby.

Bigby basically made his first appearance as a Packer in 2010 at the start of training camp missing all of the offseason activities in the hopes of getting a new contract.  Bigby ultimately signed his one year restricted free agent tender in order to be in camp on time.  Instead of being able to prove he is worthy of the new contract he is vocal about wanting, he is on the sidelines dealing with an injury situation again.

According to reports from Packer Training Camp, Bigby is unable to practice due to an injury to the same ankle that has slowed him for most of the last two seasons.  Bigby suggests the injury happened during conditioning drills upon arriving at training camp.  Given that he just signed a contract and is already injured, it'...

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