ESPN: Why this Tony Romo injury is more serious than past issues

[erod]

Consider this....

If that was a regular season game, Tony would have gone back into the game.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

The good news is that from the sounds of it seems like a less serious fracture; it didn't show up in an X-ray originally and only through an MRI.

 

[CouchCoach]

Consider this....

If that was a regular season game, Tony would have gone back into the game.

And could be out of football for good now.

 

[Vtwin]

I heard a doctor say that if not healed properly u risk paralysis.

The Dr on Sirius yesterday?
I heard him say if the fracture wasn't completely healed before it took further trauma the chance for a spinal cord injury was increased. Once it is healed that increased chance goes away.

 

[erod]

And could be out of football for good now.

I just harken back to the 90s and before. How many players played with compression fractures in their back? Troy Aikman played multiple games with concussions with no time away. Gayle Sayers played years with a torn ACL. Jack Youngblood played an entire Super Bowl with a broken leg. Ronnie Lott had his finger cut off so he could play sooner. Guys played all the time with all sorts of injuries. Recently, Romo played with a punctured lung.

I'm not saying they should. I'm just saying they did.

 

[Go Big D!]

I'm pretty sure child birth trumps everything. Unless you wussed out and got the epidural.

Nope, no epidural and no Demerol to take the edge off

But I've never had to go to work with broken ribs, punctured lung, broken back and broken clavicles either. The guys has the tenacity of a bulldog. I respect the hell out of him

 

[JDSmith]

Nope, no epidural and no Demerol to take the edge off

But I've never had to go to work with broken ribs, punctured lung, broken back and broken clavicles either. The guys has the tenacity of a bulldog. I respect the hell out of him

I respect him too but he's never had to squeeze a cantaloupe out of a garden hose, so you win.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

I just harken back to the 90s and before. How many players played with compression fractures in their back? Troy Aikman played multiple games with concussions with no time away. Gayle Sayers played years with a torn ACL. Jack Youngblood played an entire Super Bowl with a broken leg. Ronnie Lott had his finger cut off so he could play sooner. Guys played all the time with all sorts of injuries. Recently, Romo played with a punctured lung.

I'm not saying they should. I'm just saying they did.

Brilliance.

 

[big dog cowboy]

If anyone thinks Romo isn't returning from this they are very wrong.

 

[Crown Royal]

If anyone thinks Romo isn't returning from this they are very wrong.

I'm shocked I keep reading so many thing about how he is done, he won't recover, there's more to it, etc. when every doctor who has commented, every one from the team has said literally the opposite.

 

[JDSmith]

I'm shocked I keep reading so many thing about how he is done, he won't recover, there's more to it, etc. when every doctor who has commented, every one from the team has said literally the opposite.

Pfft... what do orthopedists know about bones anyway?

 

[erod]

Brilliance.

We're just getting so much softer generationally. We're all about "feelings" now, and filing lawsuits at the drop of a hat. You'd think a 40-hour work week was a death sentence.

Different world.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

We're just getting so much softer generationally. We're all about "feelings" now, and filing lawsuits at the drop of a hat. You'd think a 40-hour work week was a death sentence.

Different world.

Or we're getting smarter.

Meanwhile, there's a generation of former NFL players from the 70s-90s that can barely walk and have CST.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

We're just getting so much softer generationally. We're all about "feelings" now, and filing lawsuits at the drop of a hat. You'd think a 40-hour work week was a death sentence.

Different world.

Or we're getting smarter.

Meanwhile, there's a generation of former NFL players from the 70s-90s that can barely walk and have CST.

 

[Eddie]

So basically ... how many plays can be play until the next injury?

 

[erod]

Or we're getting smarter.

Meanwhile, there's a generation of former NFL players from the 70s-90s that can barely walk and have CST.

There's a handful. Not a generation. And it comes with the territory if you play football.

Back in the 80s, guys practiced in training camp full contact for two-a-days. And yet, rarely did anyone pull a muscle or get hurt. Nowadays, they play patty-cake for a month and guys drop like flies.

That's what happens when you try to shortcut hard work with PEDs. In Lee's case, he works hard, too, but he needs those PEDs to get to a legitimate NFL size. He'll probably weigh 160 pounds a year after he retires.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

That's what happens when you try to shortcut hard work with PEDs. In Lee's case, he works hard, too, but he needs those PEDs to get to a legitimate NFL size. He'll probably weigh 160 pounds a year after he retires.

Wait, you're saying Sean Lee is on PEDs?

 

[erod]

Wait, you're saying Sean Lee is on PEDs?

Yep. 95 percent of them are. It's easy to get away with it, and it's dang near mandatory if you want to make a team these days.

 

[Kevinicus]

The good news is that from the sounds of it seems like a less serious fracture; it didn't show up in an X-ray originally and only through an MRI.

I don't think they ever did an x-ray.

 

[JDSmith]

I don't think they ever did an x-ray.

Mickey said they did on the podcast. He said the fracture was too small and didn't show up.