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Finley does not believe the neck injury he sustained earlier this month will end his career. Finley, in his first public comments since he was taken off Lambeau Field on a stretcher, authored a first-person account for Sports Illustrated's The MMQB of what he has been through since the Oct. 20 injury against the Cleveland Browns. "Of course I plan to play football again," Finley wrote. "This is what I love to do. I love the game. I love Sundays. Based on the feedback I've received from doctors at this point, the question is not if I'll play again, but when."
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Finley is scheduled to visit more medical experts this week before the Packers determine whether to place him on season-ending injured reserve, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Ed Werder. Finley, who spent four nights in an area hospital -- including one night in intensive care -- said his motor skills, coordination and balance are all back to normal. He confirmed that he sustained a spinal cord contusion -- a two-centimeter bruise that is expected to heal. "I am confident that I will be part of a new case study of players who returned to football successfully after suffering neck and head trauma," he wrote. "Just like we see every year with ACL recovery, anything is possible when you combine drive and commitment with a tremendous support system and team, and amazing advances in science and medicine."
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