Pack's Clark underwent foot surgery in January

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Not agelong aft the Green Bay Packers' season-opening nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles past play successful São Paulo, Brazil, three-time Pro Bowl antiaircraft tackle Kenny Clark bashed the tract conditions astatine Arena Corinthians, wherever the crippled was played.

Nine months later, it became clearer conscionable wherefore Clark felt truthful powerfully astatine the time. He revealed Tuesday aft a Packers OTA signifier that helium underwent country successful January soon aft the play to hole a occupation with his close ft that helium said started successful Brazil.

Despite playing successful each 17 regular-season games positive the playoff nonaccomplishment to the Eagles, Clark was bothered astir of the play by a toed wounded helium sustained successful the opener. He was listed connected the wounded study with a toed wounded astatine respective points past season.

Clark said the wounded occurred erstwhile helium got his close ft stuck successful the turf, which was a occupation for respective players during the Brazil game.

"It was truly conscionable the turf retired there," Clark said. "Like the turf beauteous much, yeah."

He said helium dealt with a bunion and bony spurs, which led to the surgery.

When asked Tuesday whether the mediocre tract conditions astatine the stadium usually utilized for shot caused his injury, Clark said. "I ain't gonna reply that question. Yeah, I got each the Brazilians connected me, so."

Clark was referring to absorption from comments helium made connected USA Today's "Clubhouse Live" past September soon aft the Brazil game. At the time, helium said of the field: "It was trash, man. I've played successful snow, I've played successful rain, I ain't ne'er played connected a aboveground similar that. ... There was similar clay coming retired of the ground. You got holes successful the ground. It was a pugnacious aboveground to play on."

Clark posted his lowest tackle full since his rookie play of 2006 and had lone 1 sack each play aft combining for 15.5 implicit the erstwhile 3 seasons combined. Clark lone began doing idiosyncratic drills during OTA practices this week. Previously, helium had spent astir of the offseason programme rehabbing oregon moving disconnected to the side.

"It was a pugnacious twelvemonth for me," Clark said. "I had country connected my ft successful January, truthful yeah, it was a pugnacious year. But I'm excited. I'm backmost retired practicing, backmost doing [individual drills], truthful contiguous was my 2nd time doing indy with the team, and conscionable person to support gathering forward."

The Packers-Eagles crippled was the archetypal ever NFL crippled successful Brazil. The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs volition play determination this twelvemonth connected Sept. 5.