"With all injuries, we follow the same process," said Mangini. "We always put the player's safety first. That's not going to change. Eric continues to make progress.
"Whether it's his injury or anybody else's, we're not going to push the players back in before we think they're absolutely healthy. It’s the same with Mike (Nugent), David Harris, Bubba Franks and all those guys.
"I'm very confident in our medical staff and the things that they do. We've worked hard in the process of constantly improving that department and being as sound as we can be and trying to be the best in the NFL, ideally in all of sports."