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          No go: Jordy Nelson placed on PUP, won't practice when camp opens

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          Nelson setback a result of overcompensation (0:52)

          Ed Werder and Louis Riddick examine what Jordy Nelson's setback in his recovery from a torn ACL means for the Packers and his status for the start of the season. (0:52)

          • Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2016, 06:20 PM ET
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              Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him on Twitter at @RobDemovsky.
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          GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers aren’t ready to put Jordy Nelson on the practice field just yet, even though he’s 11 months removed from the torn ACL that wiped out his 2015 season.

          The team placed the Pro Bowl receiver on the physically unable to perform list when players reported for the start of training camp. The transactions were turned into the NFL office at the close of business Monday.

          It means Nelson won’t practice on Tuesday, when the Packers go through their first workout at 8:15 a.m. local time. They have non-padded practices scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday before their first full-pads practice on Thursday.

          Coach Mike McCarthy wouldn’t discuss Nelson’s status earlier during his news conference to open training earlier on Monday, but McCarthy hinted this offseason that there might be one player coming off an injury who isn’t cleared for the start of camp.

          It turned out there were six: Nelson, tight end Jared Cook, receiver Ty Montgomery, guard T.J. Lang, center Corey Linsley and linebacker Sam Barrington. All six still count against the 90-man offseason roster limit and can be activated at any time during the preseason.

          Cook, the Packers’ one significant free-agent signing this year, underwent foot surgery in June and missed the last few weeks of the offseason program. Montgomery had ankle surgery in December and last played in Week 6. Lang underwent shoulder surgery early in the offseason, while Linsley sat out all the offseason practices but would not disclose the reason. Barrington hasn’t practiced since he broke his foot in last year’s regular-season opener.

          With five preseason games in 2016 instead of the usual four (beginning with the Aug. 7 Hall of Fame game), there's less urgency to rush back players coming off injury. Even healthy veteran players probably won't much play, if at all, in the first preseason game.

          The Packers made two other roster moves on Monday. They released defensive end B.J. McBryde, who spent part of last season on the practice squad, and rookie running back Don Jackson with the non-football injury designation. It leaves Green Bay with 88 players on the roster.