ALLEN PARK -- Dan Campbell said Alim McNeill is at the point in his recovery where he “just needs football.”

McNeill has been out since last December with a torn ACL. The Lions had inked McNeill to a $97 million four-year extension just two months prior to his season-ending injury. He’s the fifth-highest paid interior defender in the league in terms of total value and average salary per year ($24.25 million).

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