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New York Jet defensive end Dennis Byrd has regained “very early motor function” in some of his lower extremities, a team spokesman said.
Byrd sustained partial paralysis from the neck down last Sunday when he was injured in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs and underwent surgery Wednesday for a fractured vertebra.
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