National Football League

Woodson should be OK for Packers playoff game

Published Jan. 4, 2010 6:33 p.m. ET

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Sore shoulder and all, Charles Woodson should be OK for Sunday's playoff game.

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy says he fully expects Woodson to be ready when the Packers return to Arizona to face the Cardinals for the second time in a week - this time with the playoffs on the line.

McCarthy told reporters in Green Bay on Monday that Woodson has a shoulder strain and his practice schedule will be similar to recent weeks, meaning he could get some rest before Sunday's game.

Woodson, who has been playing with a sore shoulder for at least a month, left the game just before halftime of Sunday's 33-7 victory at Arizona. He said after the game that he would have been able to return in the second half if he was needed.