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Jermichael Finley says he will play football again.

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.

"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."

"I'm getting anxious sitting around all day, but I know my neck is healing," he wrote. "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. 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."