1·He might be spryer than they were when they returned.
他可能会比那些人回归后更活跃。
2·In his case, he might be spryer than they were when they returned, but either way, my long answer to a short question was that he is not done.
依麦迪的例子，他可能会比那些人复出后更活跃，但无论如何，我对那个短问题给出的长答案是他不会报废。