Jackson apparently is encouraged by his progress, but Reid said it remains unlikely that the starting center will be ready for the season opener.
"I will tell you he's in great shape. His leg is feeling good, it's just that it happened not too long ago here," Reid said of Jackson, who was injured Dec. 27 against Denver. "We'll see how it goes."
Abiamiri, meanwhile, said he was optimistic about being ready for the start of the season. Obviously, if the Eagles were all that optimistic about their oft-injured 2007 second-round pick, they wouldn't have taken Brandon Graham in the first round and Daniel Te'o-Nesheim in the third.
Do those additions (plus that of free-agent defensive end Darryl Tapp) put pressure on Abiamiri to get back?
"I hate being injured. Hate being off the field. Gonna try my best to get back on the field as soon as possible," Abiamiri said. "But you can't rush injuries. You've got to give things time to heal."
Microfracture surgery is very serious, but Abiamiri said he does not consider his situation career-threatening.
Birdseed
Andy Reid said cornerback Ellis Hobbs (neck) will be "full go" from the first full-squad workout, scheduled for Saturday . . . Asked about playing Kevin Kolb in exhibitions more than he normally plays his No. 1 QB, because of Kolb's inexperience, Reid said he planned to "play it by ear" . . . Seventh-round rookie safety Kurt Coleman said he tried to make up for missing OTAs (he wasn't allowed to participate because Ohio State hadn't held graduation yet) by spending "about 10 days" in the classroom at NovaCare subsequently, and then meeting with position coach Mike Zordich in Zordich's hometown of Youngstown, Ohio.
Daily News sports writer Paul Domowitch contributed to this report.
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