Packers safety Nick Collins is facing a pivotal moment in his career as he waits for a surgeon to tell him whether it's safe to begin playing football again.
"I think by Monday we'll know something," Collins' agent, Alan Herman, on Friday. "I assume we'll know something by Monday."
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According to the newspaper, Collins went to New York to be evaluated by Dr. Frank Cammisa, who operated on his neck to repair a herniated disc.
in Week 2 during a game against the Carolina Panthers while trying to tackle Jonathan Stewart. Collins was carted off the field and needed single-fusion surgery, causing him to miss the rest of the season.
Herman said the tests, such as MRIs, are key, because though Collins might think he's ready to take the field, "that doesn't necessarily mean that his body can withstand the tackling."
The newspaper reported that the team's medical staff might not clear Collins for action regardless of Cammisa's decision.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy is concerned about letting Collins back on the field, telling ESPN Wisconsin recently that he if he were his son. Herman shares McCarthy's worries.
"If there's the least bit of an issue on any of his scans," Herman said, "I would tell him, 'You've been a player, you've accomplished everything. You had an interception in the ; you've won a . You've done, at this age, everything that you could do. Walk away healthy.' "
