Jack Campbell injury update: Dan Campbell says things are 'positive’

Okay. How you doing? You know, just start with Jack. I know that there was a release that we put out, you know, and it's positive, you know. So, your prayers are working. Please continue to do that. And, you know, we'll leave it at that. So, just continue to pray for him. But it is positive news on Jack. You know, we did get hit a little bit on the injury front. Jimmy Roller's going to require surgery, or he could. The point is, this is a significant injury. He'll be out for the season. That's the reason. And then, you know, the rest of these guys we kind of know. You know, Cade's got this ankle. That's pretty cool. You know, he'll be – I don't see him practicing, certainly Wednesday. It's Thursday. You know, DJ Reed got a hip. I don't see him practicing Wednesday. Thank you. Thank you for having me here today. Thank you. You know. Thank you. Sailors has got a little something. Thank you. Thank you. I don't see impacts on Wednesday and then Thank you. I'm in the practice room and I'm going to discuss on the obviously our two concussion guys you know they don't have to go through protocol there stage how I came so we just you know we got a little bit of the bug but that's everybody goes through it and it's our time to know you. So what do you remember from your day to day experience and thought we did a good job of Those players, man, you know, filling in where we needed them. The coaches did a heck of a job keeping the plan alive yesterday. And, you know, we overcame a lot. We overcame a lot of adversity. So I was really, you know, I was proud about that, too. The other thing I want to bring up, just, you know, when you go through these games and in this league and the competition of it and the, you know, Everything that you go through to try to win. And you're going against an opponent like we were with the Vikings, you know, and just, you know, Kevin O'Connell, man, he's class act, you know, just, you know, looking out for him, checking in on Jack. I know those guys said a prayer for Jack, you know, and that just says a lot about the humanity of it, man. And, man, we are highly competitive. This league is highly competitive, but it is a brotherhood. And it just puts things in perspective. You know, these are human beings, man, that have families, real lives. And so it's just, you know, a classy deal, man. Questions? You said you can't say a lot or anything. I can't, so I'm not going to. Next question. Can you say, does the team get the same update? Did you tell the team that there's at least... Team knows what's going on. I've given it to the captains. How do you prepare at the linebacker position going forward? Well, luckily we have some depth in there, you know, with Rodrigo and Nowowski and Barnes, you know, those three guys. And Amon's been up for us, which is good. And then we've got Bocce ready to roll, you know. So we may need a little bit of help. You know, we're looking at everything. We'll adjust as we go. Brad and I will get together here, you know, this afternoon, tomorrow, and figure some of this out. From a communication perspective, Dan, who do you foresee handling the green dot? Who's that? From a communication perspective, who do you see handling the green dot? Oh, I don't know if we're that far yet. Honestly, they could all handle it. Between, I mean, Barnes ended up taking it the other day, you know, because of where we were at. But Rodrigo's done it before, he could do it, and so could Nowowski. So we're kind of in the beginning stages of that. But I feel pretty comfortable with all of them. Dan, I don't know if you care to share this, but have you had a chance to converse at all with Jack's family, and what have those communications been like? I did. I got to go see him last night. It was good. It was positive. You know, I got to see his parents, talk to his wife, and, you know, everybody's in good spirits. I'm Um, it, it's about, uh, the recovery and it's, it's a small setback. starting That's, you know, that's the family. They're, you know, very positive. Um, you know, so that, that's good in that regard. to Right. If his teammates able to see him last night, speak a lot of people went over there. Um, but it, you know, not everybody got to go see him. He was running some tests, things of that nature. now. And so just, you know, at some point it gets hard to have everybody in there. On that note, Derek Barnes was saying last night that he won't leave Jack's side until he knows he's fine. I'm sure others feel the same. Yet you guys also have a job to do this week. So how cognizant do you have to be as a coach that hearts and minds might be elsewhere in this building this week as you try to prepare for the next opponent? Well, I think we acknowledge it, right? I mean, it's not going away. That is what it is. And it's important, you know, and he's important to us. You know, that he's okay is important. And so we acknowledge that. We talk about it. And at the same time, we get ready for this next opponent. So, you know, I think you kind of do a little bit of both, honestly. Can you describe how much Jack means to this team as a player and more importantly as a person? Well, he's – Well, I don't even know if I can put it into words, you know. It's one of the reasons why. Look, you get voted captain. I mean, that says a ton, especially with this group of guys that has been assembled. I mean, he earned every bit of that. He's a guy that, you know, he's trustworthy. He's dependable. Um, You know, he'd give you the shirt off his back. He's just all heart, man, all effort, and just an unbelievable person. I mean, he's just an unbelievable person. So down to earth, very genuine. And he just, I mean, there's not a man on this team that doesn't respect Jack Campbell and care about him.