When training camp opens Friday morning at Gillette Stadium,
Chad Jackson will be where he has been for the last six months: healing the ACL he tore in the AFC Championship Game.
According to a league source, the
Patriotswill do what everyone expects and place Jackson on the physically-unable-to-perform list in advance of the summer’s first practice.
Jackson is said to be able to sprint on the surgically repaired knee but still lacks the strength to cut and change direction. He is, however, considered to be significantly ahead of his recovery schedule.
Still, the Patriots will exercise caution and re-evaluate the receiver - who the team traded up to get with the 36th overall pick in the 2006 draft - in late August.
Source: Jackson to PUP list - N.E. Patriots - BostonHerald.com