Savage Returns, Focuses on ‘Long Season’

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers safety Darnell Savage returned to practice on Sunday and is trending toward being on the field to face the Minnesota Vikings in the season opener in two weeks.

“I love the pace we’re at right now,” Savage said afterward. “Just us keep communicating, being on the same page and just growing closer and closer. I feel like that’s the biggest thing for us. I feel like we have a very special locker room. We have a special group of guys in here, so it makes it easy. But we need to be intentional about being close and getting ready because it’s a long season.”

In his first day back since suffering the injury on Family Night on Aug. 5, Savage said he “play(ed) it…