McCarthy on Diggs and Smith Injury Status

Doomsday77

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I don't subscribe in sitting our LT for one second. If surgery couldn't repair the issue then sitting one game or 2 weeks with the bye is only going to prolong it and we'll have to deal with it somewhere down the road. Fingers crossed that this is only temporary. In fact I might think about putting him on IR so we can have him for playoffs...if we can make it to the "tournament"...:flagwave:
 

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SlammedZero

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As a fan I selfishly hate by-weeks, however, I'm super glad this team gets one after this Sunday. Much needed.
 

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The neck is always going to be a liability. For the average person his (Smith's) repair could last a lifetime. But for a 300 pounder crashing into other 300 pounders while being contorted into all kind of positions there is a plausible risk for reinjury or injury to a different level of the vertebral column.

So Tyron probably had a fusion done on a certain level of his cervical spine. That reestablishes spacing between the vertebrae allowing the nerves which exit at that level to not undergo compression (which results in pain and loss of muscle function). Well,sure, you've fixed that level but because it is fused together making it non-flexible and essentially one solid bone bridging the vertebrae the next level of vertebrae will have extra torque/pressures on it. It's a rob from Peter to pay Paul scenario.

Look up stenosis.
 

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True.

Social media just makes us worry more when back in the day we probably wouldn't have heard a peep on this stuff.

+1 ........back in the day before the internet, I remember the injury list for all teams came out every Thursday (I think) but that's all you got until the game started lol.
 

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+1 ........back in the day before the internet, I remember the injury list for all teams came out every Thursday (I think) but that's all you got until the game started lol.
It doesn't help that they got rid of the "probable" designation, so everyone is "questionable" now.
 

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Imagine the bad things we never heard regarding those 90s teams. Imagine if Twitter was around when LT was playing in NY and Irvin was playing here? Jeeze louise that would have been some interesting stuff lol
The Urban Meyer video would have been back page and tame in comparison.....
 

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My hometown! I used to ride my bike by the incident on the way to school everyday lol. My best friend lived in their complex. His dad was the main officer in charge
The Chamber of Commerce must love that!! Lol!
 
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