The Green Bay Packers safety Nick Collins appeared, not because I do not think I can play on the neck injury suffered last season, but because of doubts about whether he should be.
"From the beginning of this process, we took our time and for a number of medical opinion, while a constant dialogue with Nick," Packers general manager Ted Thompson said in a statement released by the team. "In the end it was not comfortable clearing him to play again. Like all players, Nick is a member of our family, and we thought about it, how we come to this conclusion. Nick is a part of the core, and this is a very difficult day for all Packers. It this kind of decision is never easy, especially when someone acts like Nick Collins. He meant so much to the community, his teammates and the organization. He is a good man, and always part of the Packers family. "
Collins hurt his neck in the Sept.18 game against Carolina, he went to cervical fusion surgery, and have not yet decided to try to play another team, his agent. Collins, a second-round draft pick in 2005, started 95 regular-season games and returned an interception for a touchdown in Packers' Super Bowl victory in Pittsburgh in 2011.
"From the beginning of this process, we took our time and for a number of medical opinion, while a constant dialogue with Nick," Packers general manager Ted Thompson said in a statement released by the team. "In the end it was not comfortable clearing him to play again. Like all players, Nick is a member of our family, and we thought about it, how we come to this conclusion. Nick is a part of the core, and this is a very difficult day for all Packers. It this kind of decision is never easy, especially when someone acts like Nick Collins. He meant so much to the community, his teammates and the organization. He is a good man, and always part of the Packers family. "
Collins hurt his neck in the Sept.18 game against Carolina, he went to cervical fusion surgery, and have not yet decided to try to play another team, his agent. Collins, a second-round draft pick in 2005, started 95 regular-season games and returned an interception for a touchdown in Packers' Super Bowl victory in Pittsburgh in 2011.
