Nick Collins preparing for comeback

[pbmax]

OK, have to get this written down. Collins injury was a C3-C4 fusion.

With the fusion surgery, the disk was removed and replaced with a bone graft from his hip. A titanium plate is then screwed into the two vertebrae --- in this case the C-3 and C-4 --- to hold them together.

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[Bossman641]

I would LOVE to have Nick Collins back. One of my favorite Packers ever. Seeing the transition from a small school guy to a guy who had the skills but couldn't put it together to one of the top 3 safeties in the league was amazing. Sadly I don't see it happening.

[mraynrand]

I support the backing of the Neck Collins return. I'm con-fused why he's been out so long, but what he's saying strikes all the right cords. I think all the hits he would take at safety would truly test his metal.

[pittstang5]

And so was Finley's; a C3-C4 fusion...correct? Both Players - no stenosis...correct? I swear I read somewhere that Finley's fusion was lower.

Not to get off topic, but why do some think Finely will be signed back while Collins wasn't. Very similar situations, Packers are very conservative in the injury department. IMO, Finley is long gone and won't even get an offer from the Packers.

Personally, I'd take Collins back in a heartbeat. He knows the risk and wants to play. I'd take Finley back too, but only at the right price.

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OK, have to get this written down. Collins injury was a C3-C4 fusion.



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so it is the same as the finley injury, same area anyways

but with titanium plates and all, wouldn't his neck now be much stronger?

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And so was Finley's; a C3-C4 fusion...correct? Both Players - no stenosis...correct? I swear I read somewhere that Finley's fusion was lower.

Not to get off topic, but why do some think Finely will be signed back while Collins wasn't. Very similar situations, Packers are very conservative in the injury department. IMO, Finley is long gone and won't even get an offer from the Packers.

Personally, I'd take Collins back in a heartbeat. He knows the risk and wants to play. I'd take Finley back too, but only at the right price.

yes, you thought finley's was lower because people keep incorrectly saying that collins injury was to the c2-c3

[pittstang5]

yes, you thought finley's was lower because people keep incorrectly saying that collins injury was to the c2-c3

Ah HA!!!!

[Teamcheez1]

What's it been now, two years? Don't you believe that, if at his talent level he could play again, there would have been several teams lining up to give him a chance?

I think he needs to move on with his life.

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the packers being unwilling to clear players who have had the neck fusion comes from their reliance on the advice of one doctor in LA who says he won't clear anybody to play if the c-3 or higher is involved

however, there are many other doctors, including the guy who did finley's fusion that said its perfectly safe to return to playing after the c3-c4 fusion

so it comes down to he said vs he said

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

What's it been now, two years? Don't you believe that, if at his talent level he could play again, there would have been several teams lining up to give him a chance?

I think he needs to move on with his life.

It could just be him seeing Earl and Kam playing elite football and just missing the game. We are all human, it might just be emotion talking more than anything else. Its not like his career was cut short at 31-32. He was 27 and probably the best safety in football. He is probably still struggling with the fact that he will never play again. If he is cleared medically though, I want his comeback with the pack.

[pbmax]

It probably had a lot to do with listening to Jones and Tramon tell him about the team this year.

But I think Hot Tub Chmura told his radio show listeners that Finley was C4-C5. Did we find out it was 3-4?

[Rodgers12]

I believe the Packers released him, making him a free agent.

Wha!!!!

What happened to "Collins was a corporate asset...an executive's duty is to preserve and enhance corporate assets?"

Shaky said it best:

Fat pigs are all but stomachs, and we all but food.
To eat us hungerly, and when they are full,
They belch us.

[QBME]

It probably had a lot to do with listening to Jones and Tramon tell him about the team this year.

But I think Hot Tub Chmura told his radio show listeners that Finley was C4-C5. Did we find out it was 3-4?

According to ESPN Wisconsin, C3-C4

[MadScientist]

the packers being unwilling to clear players who have had the neck fusion comes from their reliance on the advice of one doctor in LA who says he won't clear anybody to play if the c-3 or higher is involved

however, there are many other doctors, including the guy who did finley's fusion that said its perfectly safe to return to playing after the c3-c4 fusion

so it comes down to he said vs he said

Have there been any other players with a 3-4 fusion who have returned to the league?

I'd hate to be a doctor who cleared a player or a GM who signed a player with a high vertebrate fusion who leaves the field never to walk again (or worse) because the fusion reduced the players ability to safely take a hit.

[Bossman641]

I thought that Collins and Finley had the same type of fusion done (C3-C4) but that Collins had stenosis while Finley did not.