Savage making progress with high-ankle sprain

Green Bay — Safety Darnell Savage has quietly moved about the locker room the last couple of weeks, but he has yet to return to the field after suffering a high-ankle sprain against Dallas on Oct. 6. Such sprains often can take six weeks to heal, and the rookie starter out of Maryland can only bide his time.

“I’m good, obviously staying positive,” he said. “In football you can’t really control injuries so I’m just coming in here — they say if you have a positive mindset and vibe, you heal faster — so I’m just trying to be positive and do everything I can to get back.”

While Savage was able to make the step of shedding a protective walking boot, fellow safety Raven Greene is still wearing one on his right foot and using a scooter to move around.

When the team placed Greene on injured reserve Sept. 16 following his ankle injury against Minnesota in Week 2, the hope was he may have a chance to return in about 10 weeks. That would put him in the discussion for a potential return at the start of December.

The club has only one return designation from injured reserve left after they started the process for rookie tight end Jace Sternberger to come off IR last week.

In terms of immediate help on the back end, safety Ibraheim Campbell is eligible to come off the physically unable to perform list. He began practicing last week, so he can come off at any point.

The club must make a decision on Campbell’s status within the next two weeks, however. Campbell played three games with the Packers last season before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament Dec. 2.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Packers safety Darnell Savage is out of his walking boot and “staying positive” as he recovers from an ankle injury.