After “Worst Time Of My Life,” Tapper Grateful To Be Back Competing At DE

[jobberone]

No surgery.

Not degenerative.

Probably not a problem again but if something were to happen then they would probably do surgery to strengthen it.

If he makes it through this season then he's unlikely to have future problems.

Unless he has significant spondylolysis then I doubt he's a candidate for surgery. Even then I doubt.

 

[Vero_F250]

Big time! Diehard. Or maybe it should be a ""

Check out the MLB thread in the Sports Zone. A lot of folks here love baseball

Always assumed so with the name...may I ask how the Angels and Cowboys? I'm sure you have explained; if you don't mind dumbing it down for an Air Force MWD handler! Tough break with that thumb injury...

 

[Vero_F250]

That 11 game winning streak we went on got us back on track. The stupid Astros only lost 1 game during that stretch unfortunately.

10*. Cmon man. Lol.

 

[Trouty]

Always assumed so with the name...may I ask how the Angels and Cowboys? I'm sure you have explained; if you don't mind dumbing it down for an Air Force MWD handler! Tough break with that thumb injury...

Born and raised in California, Grandma worked with Gene Autry for 25 years (his personal assistant and was best friends with his first wife), so it's in the blood

Also a diehard LA Kings fan to the bone

Cowboys, I started following in 96, but became a diehard a little bit later when my friend Chad asked me to name 10 players and I couldn't. It's what kids did those days to see if you were a fan. It lit a fire in me immediately and by the end of the 96 season I was a diehard.

The Trout injury -- well I just want to jump off my balcony. We've spoken quite a bit about it in the Sports Zone (and all over my Angels site, obviously).

 

[Vero_F250]

Born and raised in California, Grandma worked with Gene Autry for 25 years (his personal assistant and was best friends with his first wife), so it's in the blood

Also a diehard LA Kings fan to the bone

Cowboys, I started following in 96, but became a diehard a little bit later when my friend Chad asked me to name 10 players and I couldn't. It's what kids did those days to see if you were a fan. It lit a fire in me immediately and by the end of the 96 season I was a diehard.

The Trout injury -- well I just want to jump off my balcony. We've spoken quite a bit about it in the Sports Zone (and all over my Angels site, obviously).

I appreciate you sharing brother and may Trout see the field again soon and avoid surgery!

 

[Trouty]

I appreciate you sharing brother and may Trout see the field again soon and avoid surgery!

Thank you, my brother

And it was my pleasure, Vero

 

[Risen Star]

Does that still make it ok? I was raised unless your life or families life is in absolute danger there is no need to hit a woman. Not saying she isn't wrong for what she did...she acted like an ignorant fool using those words and initiating physical force.

And I was raised that everyone's responsible for their own actions and there are consequences for doing what she did.

I don't want to live in your world where women can slur, spit and hit me because they're special people.

 

[jwitten82]

And I was raised that everyone's responsible for their own actions and there are consequences for doing what she did.

I don't want to live in your world where women can slur, spit and hit me because they're special people.

Act like a man and youll get treated like one.

 

[Bleu Star]

The Cowboys drafted Tapper at the top of the fourth round, 34 spots ahead of quarterback Dak Prescott, believing the former basketball player has pure edge rusher traits that were somewhat masked by a utility defensive line role at the University of Oklahoma.

They never got to see whether he could make an immediate impact in Rod Marinelli’s defense.

Tapper’s back pain began the week of the Cowboys’ preseason opener against the L.A. Rams after only a handful of practices in Oxnard, Calif.

“It kind of threw me all the way back, set me back emotionally and physically where I just had to depend on the guys in the locker room and a bunch of my family to really keep me going,” Tapper said. “Me loving the game also kept me going."

“Even being a little kid I never missed a whole year of anything in my life. For me to miss a whole year of football, it was like, man, I missed a whole year of my life.”

The Cowboys placed Tapper on injured reserve in September and he never saw the field in his rookie season. After a diligent rehab with the team’s athletic training staff, he said he was fully cleared right after the divisional-round playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.

“It was like an angel was sent down from heaven to say, ‘Hey Tap, you’re back playing football. You’re back to do the thing that you love,’” he said. “I gave everybody a big hug and I was like, ‘Tap is back.’”

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2017/05/29/after-“worst-time-my-life”-tapper-grateful-be-back-competing-de

Tap. Is. Back.

Tap is back. Lol. Love it. I'm so looking forward to seeing this guy out there competing. Exciting times for this defense with this guy, Jaylon, and many of our recent draft acquisitions in the mix.

 

[Bullflop]

That 11 game winning streak we went on got us back on track. The stupid Astros only lost 1 game during that stretch unfortunately.

Ouch -- that's my team you're talking about m'friend! Anyhow, all is forgiven, as I can understand your frustration. I've been there before.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

So does the NFL allow Chaz Green and Charles Tapper wear the same number because there's little chance they ever appear in the same game?

 

[Jstopper]

Ouch -- that's my team you're talking about m'friend! Anyhow, all is forgiven, as I can understand your frustration. I've been there before.

Sorry I have a personal deep seated hatred for both the Astros and the blue jays lol.

 

[xwalker]

So does the NFL allow Chaz Green and Charles Tapper wear the same number because there's little chance they ever appear in the same game?

Only in the offseason.

 

[dallasdave]

I even bought an authentic darvish jersey....I'm disappointed.

 

[Sepia]

Listen to Talkin Cowboys today... both Nate and Stephen used the word "explosive" to describe how Tapper was looking in OTAs.

Oh please please please be healthy! I remember how excited everyone was for how he looked in training camp last year.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Listen to Talkin Cowboys today... both Nate and Stephen used the word "explosive" to describe how Tapper was looking in OTAs.

Oh please please please be healthy! I remember how excited everyone was for how he looked in training camp last year.

Yea, he was supposed to be the steal. Then Dak happened, then MCollins, and after that ABrown.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Really eager to see what he can do!

 

[Risen Star]

Trying to get Reality to use some of the donation fund to get us some Tap Is Back t-shirts.

I'll keep you posted.