Video: Camera At Cowboys Practice Catches Video Of Gerald McCoy’s Season-Ending Quad Rupture

[OmerV]

Quad rupture. That sounds painful as heck.

I've had the same injury. It is painful as heck immediately, and makes your knee look deformed because the tendon that binds the thigh to the knee is detatched. The pain subsides some by the next day (pain meds help), but surgery is done as quickly as possible so the tendon doesn't atrophy, and the first few weeks after surgery are also pretty painful. It also involves a long recovery and rehab process. Probably a minimum of 8-9 months to get completely back to where he was before.

 

[CWR]

Like we didn’t draft a 3T back to back years lmao. McCoy was a smart vet signing who had an unfortunate injury the FO was smart enough to be on top of. No blame on the FO here at all lol it’s not like they signed him then rested. They literally drafted Gallimore lol

Its called a calculated risk and unfortunately it didn't pay out this time. I can't fault the FO for swinging, especially having the foresight to put that injury clause in the contract.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Its called a calculated risk and unfortunately it didn't pay out this time. I can't fault the FO for swinging, especially having the foresight to put that injury clause in the contract.

Jerry literally can't win with some folks. Damned if he does and then damned if he doesn't.

 

[Praxit]

.....indeed, strange as it looks. Like someone mentioned earlier, it was probably on the cusp of tearing again.

 

[817Gill]

Its called a calculated risk and unfortunately it didn't pay out this time. I can't fault the FO for swinging, especially having the foresight to put that injury clause in the contract.

Exactly man. What’s funny is I bet some ppl who are lamenting the signing now were applauding the move when it happened.

 

[Ranched]

That is what it looks like when you play with a pre-existing injury

THAT was the problem. He should have only been practicing over the week end. His quad tendon wasn't designed to practice on Monday.

Jerry literally can't win with some folks. Damned if he does and then damned if he doesn't.

Well.... I'll be damned!

 

[DuncanIso]

It appeared to be a freak accident but for the team to put a stipulation in the contract for his quad is telling and smart.

they knew.

 

[DuncanIso]

Good grief was it held together with bubblegum and duck tape?

a lot of football on that knee.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

Sorry for the player, he obviously isn't ready to give up playing yet.

At least for the Cowboys, better that this happened now than a game or 2 into the season.

As for those that are being critical of JJ or the organisation for even making the signing, you know nothing about JJ or football or anything in life.

 

[DandyDon52]

That is what it looks like when you play with a pre-existing injury and re-injure it. Great signing for another unavailable player on defense by Jerry Dumbo GM Jones. Jerry loves the unreliable (players with off the field issues) and the unavailable (pre-existing injured players) on defense because he got them cheap value or at a good price. Since 1995, that personnel strategy has not worked but Jerry will keep doing the same thing over and over again getting the same results but looking for different results.

Well hey it only cost them 3 million dollars! lol The jones boys love players with names and reps , drafted high, and they could be on crutches and get signed
if they are cheap enough.

 

[Bullflop]

If that's all it took to cause such a serious injury, it was likely a matter of time for it to happen, anyway.

Seems it's for the best that it occurred so early. At least, the C'boys get the needed time to adjust!

 

[Redball Express]

Did not look like much, but then again many injuries are that way.
I still question why gamble on a weekend tendon if found during his physical. But then again that is Jerry.

Jerry gambled on everything in signing players, except he was conservative and stubborn on keeping Garrett. A 10 year failed gamble.

I know what you mean.

Holy Smoke..that thing blew up over nothing.

This team has a very nasty habit of trying to take damaged goods and make them try to work.

Sorry for McCoy. At least he got some money for his effort to play. Why wasn't this injury better tapped or make more protected in order to practice?

Not a doctor but the player had to have known what the quad was feeling like. These guys play with pain all the time but this just seems out of the ordinary.

Welcome Mr. GRIFFEN.

 

[Ranched]

This team has a very nasty habit of trying to take damaged goods and make them try to work.

 

[Redball Express]

***? Did he have the same doctor as Boobie Miles?

Must've got his MRI at Midland.

That's just pathetic. The first practice and that barely phantom contact and you rupture the quad? That thing must've been held together with bubble gum.

Just inconceivable he was trying to play with his quad like that.

 

[DuncanIso]

.....indeed, strange as it looks. Like someone mentioned earlier, it was probably on the cusp of tearing again.

yes.

wouldn’t a simple MRI have verified this?

Then Dallas could have skipped the 3 million dollar roulette bet.

 

[tyke1doe]

At first, I was bummed that McCoy got injured and wouldn't be available for this year.
Then I realized that this would have happened sooner or later.
I hate to say this, but the guy was destined to get injured.

 

[Praxit]

yes.

wouldn’t a simple MRI have verified this?

Then Dallas could have skipped the 3 million dollar roulette bet.

..sometimes, I suppose they go by word of mouth and trust. Rather then going straight to the gurney. But yeah, MRI would have told different story.

 

[Hadenough]

That is what it looks like when you play with a pre-existing injury and re-injure it. Great signing for another unavailable player on defense by Jerry Dumbo GM Jones. Jerry loves the unreliable (players with off the field issues) and the unavailable (pre-existing injured players) on defense because he got them cheap value or at a good price. Since 1995, that personnel strategy has not worked but Jerry will keep doing the same thing over and over again getting the same results but looking for different results.

I was complaining that these guys Jerry brought in I wanted years ago. I said they were on the downside of their careers and somebody said to my comment I'm acting these guys are 38 years old and just trying negative. Well this is exactly why I wasn't crazy about bringing in these older guys. Your right about Jerry looking for the cheap deal.