Packers' Brandon Cisse doesn't expect to miss time with knee injury

DENVER – Brandon Cisse‘s welcome-to-the-NFL moment hasn’t come yet on the Green Bay Packersstarting defense, but there’s always punt coverage.

The Packers rookie found himself on the wrong end of a Denver Broncos double-team block covering a punt late in the first quarter. Cisse said he felt “a little something” in his knee as he limped toward the sideline, eventually visiting the blue medical tent. He did not play again in the Packers’ 33-13 win in their second preseason game, replaced by veteran cornerback Benjamin St-Juste.

Cisse said he does not expect to miss any time with the injury.

“I just got beat up a little bit,” Cisse said. “Nothing serious at all. I was trying to go back in. Just being precautionary. I’m fine. Nothing to worry about. I wanted to go back in.”

Cisse wasn’t in the medical tent long. Immediately after exiting, he crouched in his defensive stance and backpedaled. He also made cuts while on the sideline, moving without assistance, before riding a stationary bike.

Eventually Cisse returned to the bench, but not before checking in briefly with coach Matt LaFleur. The darling of this training camp and a surefire starter Week 1, Cisse never visited the locker room for further evaluation. He smiled while talking with teammates, relieved his injury was not serious.

The Packers will continue evaluating Cisse when they return from Denver before deciding if he’s cleared to practice next week, but the rookie does not expect the injury to be a setback.

“I’m fine,” Cisse said. “I’m a competitor. I know when something really hurts. I was just saying I felt a little something. I got to play better technique against vice (double-team block on punt). That’s what it is.”

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