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According to an NFL source, Starks was diagnosed with a knee injury, suffered during Sunday’s 23-14 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, and it’s serious enough that he might not play again the rest of the season. The source said the Packers are mulling placing Starks on injured reserve. “It’s not an ACL,” the source said, adding that the early evaluation was that the injury would not require surgery.
Reported by ESPNMilwuakee.com
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Still, as ESPNMilwaukee.com's Jason Wilde notes, with only four regular-season games left, the Packers likely will want Starks’ roster spot for a healthy player for the stretch run. Starks carried 15 times for 66 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown – only the Packers’ third rushing touchdown of the season – against the Vikings. With 5 minutes 22 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Vikings cornerback Josh Robinson hit him flush on the right knee and upended him on a run during the Packers’ 11-minute field-goal drive to seal the game. If Starks is done for the year, it leaves Green, Kuhn, Johnny White and practice-squad call-up DuJuan Harris, a first-year player from Troy, on the roster. Harris played in five games last season as a rookie with Jacksonville, rushing nine times for 42 yards. The Packers lost Cedric Benson to a Lisfranc foot sprain on Oct. 7, and despite being placed on IR with the designation to return, Benson will not play again this season after undergoing surgery last week.
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