Nelson, Hayward Cleared; Neal, Rollins Out

The news is good for a number of Green Bay Packers who sat out during minicamp and OTAs because of injuries. Primary among them are receiver Jordy Nelson and cornerback Casey Hayward.Both players have been medically cleared and are expected to be ready to practice on Thursday morning when the Packers open camp.

Nelson had offseason hip surgery and Hayward was dealing with a foot injury. Oft-injured linebacker Nick Perry, who missed time with a shoulder injury, was also cleared on Wednesday.

The news wasn’t as good for another veteran outside linebacker.

Mike Neal, who has some kind of phantom injury, flunked his physical and was put on the physically unable to perform list. He was joined there…