Adelaide expect influential defender Rory Laird to press for an AFL return this weekend.
Laird has missed four games because of a broken toe but is in the selection frame for the Crows' home match against St Kilda on Sunday.
"Hopefully he comes back ... would be a welcome addition, he's pretty handy," fellow backman Kyle Cheney told reporters on Monday,
Only David Mackay (hamstring) and Curtly Hampton (foot) are unavailable for selection for the Crows, perched in eighth spot after downing Greater Western Sydney.
Adelaide's attacking aces Eddie Betts and Taylor Walker both kicked five goals in a 22-point win against the Giants which featured Betts' latest goal of the year contender.
"It has been all over social media ... magic," Cheney said of Betts' snap shot.
"He kicked goal of the year in indigenous round last year as well, so I think he might have sewn that one up already.
"To watch Eddie do that, and then to hear the crowd react the way they do, definitely gets the boys up and we feed of that."
Captain Walker now has consecutive five-goal hauls after an injury-interrupted start to the season.
"He copped a bit of flack from the media," Cheney said.
"But internally he was playing his role and we couldn't ask any more than that.
"The last couple of weeks he has come away with five goals, I don't think he changed anything about the way he went about it - it's just his turn."
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