https://x.com/jimrome/status/2119929023979716838?a=z0LYo_Q-khowwDnaxFw&s=20
“There are people in that building who are saying that he could come back this year.”
shares his latest intel on Lions LB Jack Campbell’s recovery from a neck injury last week.
Man I hope he doesn’t. I just want him to chill.
For his long term sake, I hope he doesn’t. Like many have said previously this is greater than football, us fans may want him to return but quality of life is way more important then the emotional investment we have in this team!
I’m sorry.
No.
If those are players saying that, whatever. I get it. You want your teammate back. If those are coaches, though? What are you doing?
Yes please! No one knows what’s wrong with him. I hope he can be 100% again for us and for him.
Jim Rome is still around?!?!???
Whatever they are doing they are doing it with infinitely more information on the subject than us in all likelihood.
Yeah that is my thought too. he just has weirder hair now, apparently.
If this were me, this would be the wakeup call that life is very very finite and productive mobility life even less so in football.
You got your sign man. Retire with pride and I think everyone would understand.
I have hope for next season if he is medically cleared. Returning this year would be pretty shocking. Then again we haven’t heard any more updates since last week. Maybe he’s improving rapidly. 
According to the docs there was always a path to this being basically a close call and him being essentially fine. I don’t think it was the likeliest outcome, but it was one of them. Just had to wait for the swelling to go down to know for sure.
I’m not worried about Jack coming back recklessly. He’s a smart cookie and the franchise will be extra cautious. If he’s retuning it’s bc multiple specialists have told him that his risk is the same as it was prior to the injury.
Exactly right. He aint just getting his helmet and toughing it out.
Yep. We’re entitled to think what we want, but the truth is we’re almost always forming our opinions with a less-than-ideal amount of information. If he’s coming back this year, then he’s been cleared to do so.
Linebacker is such a violent position. It seems there would be a psychological component to returning to the field as well … for most people. Football players at that level are different though, so who knows.
Wild question: Does Jack have the tools to bulk up and play DE? Seemingly less head/neck trauma potential at that position than LB (yes, still exists).
Of course just conjecture since nobody outside of him and his doctors knows what’s really happening.
It’s all about the injury and his prognosis. If there is an increased likelihood of the same thing (or worse) happening, you retire.
If the injury heals and there is no increased risk from playing again (other than the already inherent risk in the game), then it is a personal decision for Jack (and family) to make. If you were worried about injury risk, you wouldn’t be in the NFL.
If the team’s doctors deem him healthy enough to play, why wouldn’t we want him back? Weird, lol.
way I look at it, they won’t clear him to play, one wrong hit to his neck and he could break it.
afaik, we don’t even know what the injury was other than “neck”?. Am I missing something?
So could any player. Any time you put on the helmet and go to battle it could be your last game. Now if he has lingering neck damage of course he’s done playing. But if he’s cleared medically with no lingering damage, we might be seeing Jack again some day.
Both Levi and LaPorta have had back surgery and are back playing. Everyone thought Levi’s career was over 3 years ago.