Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alim McNeill is making his return to the team during the Monday Night Football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
McNeil has been out since late last season after the lineman tore his ACL. He returned to practice at the start of this month.
Watch our full interview with McNeill in the video below
He told our Alex Crescenti that at the time of his injury, he had never really had a real injury like that before, and thought he could just walk it off.
"I got back to the sideline and I'm trying to run on it and do all this and that and whatever. "I'm like, it's just not stable, something ain't right."
"You seem to be the same person coming out of this, but did you learn anything about yourself?" Alex asked him.
"I did. I learned a lot about myself. I lea