The Packers OLB Jermey Thompson is out from what it looks like the rest of the season with a neck injury He was hospitalized for testing Friday after suffering a neck injury in a collision with running back Lumpkin Thompson did not experience any paralysis Lumpkin said he could see Thompson moving his feet after the two collided on a play.
"I got the ball, I saw an open lane and I cut back, and that's when I saw Jeremy in the hole," Lumpkin said. "I didn't lower my head or anything, but his head hit my shoulder pad. When that happened, he just said, 'Oh no!' And he fell on the ground. After that, I was just standing there (asking), 'What really just happened?'
"I just was hoping he'd get back up, and he didn't."
Lumpkin, a member of the Packers' practice squad, was visibly shaken up by the incident, which comes three days before Monday night's home game against Baltimore.
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