Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell was recovering from surgery to his collarbone early this week as the wheels began to turn on the Carson Palmer trade. The eventual deal installed Campbell's possible replacement only six games into the second season of what he had considered a "fresh start" to his career. Campbell, speaking to Bay Area radio station 95.7 FM The Game on Friday, said he was kept out of the loop as the trade was conceived and proposed and didn't discuss it with Raiders coach Hue Jackson before it was completed Tuesday. "On Sunday night I had some pain pills for my shoulder, so I was pretty much sleeping all night Sunday," Campbell said. "And then Monday I had my surgery, so I was pretty much out of it then." Campbell said he was watching television a day later with his fiancée when Oakland's news conference to announce the trade was aired, with Palmer sitting alongside Jackson. "I was halfway still on pain medicine," Campbell said. "It was kind of a moment of silence. My fiancee looked at me to see if I was gonna say something. There's different things that go through your mind but you don't want to fill your mind with those thoughts."