Packers' Johnathan Franklin injures neck, retires

[SoulController]

Schefter with the break #justlikethat

 

[FAH1223]

EVERY YEAR a Packer player gets a neck injury and is finished

2011 - Nick Collins
2012 - Sean Richardson (came back tho)
2013 - Jermichael Finley
2014 - Johnathan Franklin

 

[SoulController]

EVERY YEAR a Packer player gets a neck injury and is finished

2011 - Nick Collins
2012 - Sean Richardson (came back tho)
2013 - Jermichael Finley
2014 - Johnathan Franklin

thank god yall never had Merton Hanks he would have died in camp

 

[unstoppable589]

wtf man....

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

EVERY YEAR a Packer player gets a neck injury and is finished

2011 - Nick Collins
2012 - Sean Richardson (came back tho)
2013 - Jermichael Finley
2014 - Johnathan Franklin

medical malpractice?

 

[Steezy]

the packer curse

 

[FAH1223]

medical malpractice?

I forgot about Johnny Jolly who also had a neck injury at the end of last year

And they drafted a WR in 2005 named Terrence Murphy who got a neck injury in camp too

I don't get why EVERY YEAR A DAMN PACKER HAS TO END HIS CAREER TO A NECK INJURY

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I forgot about Johnny Jolly who also had a neck injury at the end of last year

And they drafted a WR in 2005 named Terrence Murphy who got a neck injury in camp too

I don't get why EVERY YEAR A DAMN PACKER HAS TO END HIS CAREER TO A NECK INJURY

well you still got Lacy and Starks right?

 

[FAH1223]

well you still got Lacy and Starks right?

Yup And DeJuan Harris who's returning from injury

Backfield was crowded anyway Franklin may not have made the roster anyway

 

[FloorGeneral]

I really, really wanted him last year. I was so happy when we drafted him (consequently, I wasn't all that excited for the Lacy pick, so there's that ). This shyt sucks man. He seems to have a real positive outlook though (always has, even while struggling last year), so I think he'll pull out of this just fine.

What @FAH1223 said is right though: we have a log jam at the position (RB), so it's unlikely that this will have any impact on the field. Just sucks to see that young man's career end so soon.

Also, I'd like to point out that Schefter didn't "break" anything. McCarthy announced it at his presser after today's practice, then Franklin posted his "retirement tweet" on twitter.

 

[I'm Chillin]

Wait..What?!

 

[Trill Bellamy]

Dont forget Sterling Sharpe

 

[FaTaL]

extremely strange for a team to have so many neck injuries

 

[NYC Rebel]

thank god yall never had Merton Hanks he would have died in camp

 

[ThaRebel]

He was by far my least favorite of the HBs on the depth chart and I doubt they would've kept all 4 but I hate to see him have to go out like this. Seems to be a bright kid tho. Hopin for the best for him.