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SI.com - NFL - Favre pulled out of Packers' OTAs with sore shoulder - Thursday June 14, 2007 7:32PM

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Brett Favre won't be doing any heavy throwing again for a while. Swinging a softball bat also might pose a challenge.

The Green Bay Packers quarterback said Thursday that he has a sore right shoulder -- his throwing shoulder -- which prematurely ended his participation in the organized team activities.

"I probably could practice, but it really don't make a lot of sense to go out and make it any worse," Favre said. "I think it's probably just tendinitis or something like that."

The team held Favre out of practice Wednesday and Thursday.

Coach Mike McCarthy said the medical staff doesn't consider the injury to be serious.

Favre, however, won't be on the field next Monday and Tuesday, when the Packers conclude their workouts.

That means Favre will have been on the field for seven of the 12 organizied-team-activity practices, which have been spread out over three weeks. He also was held out of the first workout May 30.

Despite the physical setback, McCarthy was pleased with Favre's work both on and off the field as the team turns its sights to the start of training camp in late July.

"The biggest thing we got out of Brett being here No. 1 is to be around the younger guys (and) doing the adjustments we've made in our scheme getting ready for the season," McCarthy said. "I was late for practice today because I was with Brett going through some of the red-zone and third-down adjustments that we've made, just finalizing that and making sure were on the same page."

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