Nick Collins out for the Year

[Teamcheez1]

Was this on television? I'm not seeing report of this anywhere.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7039846/nick-collins-green-bay-packers-surgery-neck-source-says

[rbaloha1]

Appears career ending based on this recent news. Did Sterling have a similar type injury?

Obviously a huge setback. However the draft always has ball hawking safeties that can be found in rounds 2-3.

[Joemailman]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/130873233.html

[Guiness]

Hope it turns out well. We'll see if he plays again, but that's obviously far from the immediate concern.

Article does say that the injury was solely from the tackle. Crazy - it sure didn't look that bad, and this is his only injury of any significance during his NFL career, is it not?

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Hope it turns out well. We'll see if he plays again, but that's obviously far from the immediate concern.

Article does say that the injury was solely from the tackle. Crazy - it sure didn't look that bad, and this is his only injury of any significance during his NFL career, is it not?

i think so. just like sharpe, one tough SOB that has a freak injury screw him for good

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Appears career ending based on this recent news. Did Sterling have a similar type injury?

Obviously a huge setback. However the draft always has ball hawking safeties that can be found in rounds 2-3.

sharpe had his disks fused, i remember that was the first time i ever heard of that. but he had that spinal thinning thing too, and thats what really ended him.. i think after the disk fuse was when sharpe started wearing that strap from his helmet to his back, so he still played after it. i think

and if good ballhawking safeties were abundant then everyone would have them, and only 3 or 4 actually do

it would be a huge loss imo

[Joemailman]

Pretty sure Sharpe never played again after having the top 2 vertebrae fused. He had an unusual loosening of the vertebrae. I'm not sure I'd try to draw too many comparisons between Sharpe's injury and Collins'. Sharpe's was a more severe injury, and was necessary even if he was not to play football again.

[Lurker64]

sharpe had his disks fused, i remember that was the first time i ever heard of that. but he had that spinal thinning thing too, and thats what really ended him.. i think after the disk fuse was when sharpe started wearing that strap from his helmet to his back, so he still played after it.

Yeah, really working in Collins's favor is that he has no prior history of Spinal Stenosis. If he had Spinal Stenosis, and had to have this surgery, then that would be it for his career. Since he didn't, there's hope.

[pbmax]

Now reported by ESPN that Collins had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck. They say six months to determine if he can resume his NFL career.

I wish him the best, but would expect us to draft a new safety to replace him.

I cannot stand misinformation. Didn't someone report that it WASN'T a disc problem the week after he got hurt?

[Fosco33]

Heard he went to hospital of special surgery in NYC. HSS is a great facility. Hope the healing process goes well and he's able to consider a return to football.

[mraynrand]

Heard he went to hospital of special surgery in NYC. HSS is a great facility. Hope the healing process goes well and he's able to consider a return to football.

Some ortho docs call it the Hospital for Sound Sleep because it gets a lot less traffic than some of the major trauma centers where orthopods go for residency and fellowships. Danger is that Collins might be getting 'boutique' care by some fancy schmanzy doc and not by someone who does tons of these cases. (this is just a guess, I'l check on the actual doc).

But for an example, I'll give you Kellen Winslow, who went to the Cleveland Clinic when he broke his leg. He should have gone to Metro, which is a level 1 trauma center and repairs shit like he had all the time - meanwhile, some of the guys at the Clinic maybe see one of those cases a year.

[unsolicited advice] Helpful tip - find the nearest level 1 trauma center in your area - write down the name and address. If you or anyone you care about gets in a serious accident, tell them to take you/them there. Keep the address and a request to be sent there in your car, in your wallet. Don't let yourself end up in a rinky-dink level 2 center or worse. Your life may depend on it. Seriously. [/unsolicited advice]

[pbmax]

His doctor's name was given as Dr. Cannisa, according to Herman in Silverstein's article. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/130873233.html

According to Herman, a narrowing of the spinal column could still occur as a result of the surgery. I am guessing due first to inflammation and then to scar tissue. If that happens, he will be hard pressed to resume his career.

But it seems that the disc was in bad enough shape that he would not have been able to play without the surgery, regardless of rehab or other treatments.

[MJZiggy]

Some ortho docs call it the Hospital for Sound Sleep because it gets a lot less traffic than some of the major trauma centers where orthopods go for residency and fellowships. Danger is that Collins might be getting 'boutique' care by some fancy schmanzy doc and not by someone who does tons of these cases. (this is just a guess, I'l check on the actual doc).

But for an example, I'll give you Kellen Winslow, who went to the Cleveland Clinic when he broke his leg. He should have gone to Metro, which is a level 1 trauma center and repairs shit like he had all the time - meanwhile, some of the guys at the Clinic maybe see one of those cases a year.

[unsolicited advice] Helpful tip - find the nearest level 1 trauma center in your area - write down the name and address. If you or anyone you care about gets in a serious accident, tell them to take you/them there. Keep the address and a request to be sent there in your car, in your wallet. Don't let yourself end up in a rinky-dink level 2 center or worse. Your life may depend on it. Seriously. [/unsolicited advice]

Great. I'd have to go all the way up to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Then they have to figure out the time factor in getting me there. What if the local hospital isn't even on the trauma center list???

[hoosier]

Great. I'd have to go all the way up to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Then they have to figure out the time factor in getting me there. What if the local hospital isn't even on the trauma center list???

Don't you live in the district? Washington Hospital Center--or Children's.

[MJZiggy]

Children's was on the list for pediatric. WHC was not. Suburban in Bethesda was the nearest Level 2.