ESPN: Source: Dez Bryant having surgery today to repair broken metatarsal, out 4-6 weeks

[AzorAhai]

The timeline the Cowboys give would line up with the mid-shaft (zone 3) fracture.

Says in the article above it was a Jones fracture, though I suppose it could be wrong.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

If it's truly the same injury Durant had, this is a concern. He had to have a second surgery/ bone graft

 

[AzorAhai]

If it's truly the same injury Durant had, this is a concern. He had to have a second surgery/ bone graft

I believe it's the same surgery D Law had and he was able to come back. At this point, they better have a damn good prognosis or I would just IRDR him and use the roster spot.

 

[jobberone]

Is blood circulation to the injured area a concern?

A concern. Not as bad as the navicular bone in the wrist but a concern.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Rest up and come back for the Seahawks game. We'll need him then. Same with Gregory.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Now saying 6-8 weeks on MNF.

Sooooooo. We get Dez for half the season.

In that half... We will have him for half of that








(I know, I know... It's a quarter)

 

[perrykemp]

Sooooooo. We get Dez for half the season.

In that half... We will have him for half of that








(I know, I know... It's a quarter)

I am not following. Are you saying he'll play 4 games?

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I am not following. Are you saying he'll play 4 games?

Meh....someone once asked for a half of a half a pound. I looked and said, you mean quarter pound right? Lol

No, I mean, he will play 8 games but won't show up until second half of those 8 games.

 

[Nightman]

 

[perrykemp]

Dez, I heard you were out for at least 2 seasons. Can you confirm?

 

[AmericasTeam81]

Dez, I heard you were out for at least 2 seasons. Can you confirm?

And that was being optimistic.

 

[utrunner07]

Dez out is brutal, but loosing Gregory is also going to hurt. He was really close a couple of times last night to killing Eli.

Well thank goodness he didn't get to him

 

[cowboys1981]

Our division won't be decided til December. Rest up.

 

[DTown214]

I'm not saying he should do this but I have a feeling that he'll try to come back in like 2 weeks.

 

[mahoneybill]

I actually think this could help the team later in the season.

They are going to really use Beasley and Escobar a lot with Dez out. The two TE packages will only help the run game and they're going to find some things that Escobar can do that will really trip up defenses, IMO. Probably will with Beasley as well.

Dunbar will end up splitting out wide more than he would have and as we saw late in yesterday's game... that can cause problems for defenses.

The team will figure out some things they wouldn't have if Dez wasn't out and that will diversify the attack when Dez gets back.

Would rather have Dez not hurt... but the offense could be really difficult to stop in the last half of the season when Dez is back.

Dunbar has some nice hands. He impressed me with his ability to catch the ball very fluidly.

 

[Nightman]

Our division WILL be decided BY December. Rest up.

FIFY

NFC Least besides DALLAS

 

[speedkilz88]

Says in the article above it was a Jones fracture, though I suppose it could be wrong.

Garrett was asked at the end of the pc and he didn't seem to know what they were talking about. His 4-6 week prognosis doesn't fit the Jones fracture, it fits the zone 3 mid shaft fracture.

 

[AzorAhai]

Garrett was asked at the end of the pc and he didn't seem to know what they were talking about. His 4-6 week prognosis doesn't fit the Jones fracture, it fits the zone 3 mid shaft fracture.

Don't know. Just going by the article above. Doesn't really matter to me. I don't want him back until he's healthy. Last thing we need is him rushing back and re-injuring himself.

 

[GOLDENCHILD1688]

I'm really concerned with this injury. Everyone is saying 4-6 weeks but every player i know in recent memory who has had it has been out considerably longer.

that prognosis sounds very optimistic. I hope it's right but it's not in line with most of the reports I'm hearing.

I've see reports that range it could be 4 to as long as 12 weeks. http://www.scout.com/nfl/cowboys/story/1586781-are-cowboys-too-optimistic-on-dez-surgery

 

[CCBoy]

The NFL channel stated that his surgery was successful, but he would be out from 6 to 8 weeks, and the 8 being likely.