Has this been reported about Jaylon?

[Bowdown27]

I've said it before this team is banking on Jaylon playing this season and helping this defense tremendously. When he is healthy and next to Sean lee. What a combo. Remind me of Willis and bowman.

 

[Cowboys22]

This still says literally nothing.

I totally disagree. This is first time a team official has said the nerve has started firing and there is feeling coming back. That is the initial stage of a full recovery. Whether he gets there or not is still up in the air but that's great to hear. Then you add on that a team official has stated for the first time that he may not even need the brace by the time games start. That has never been stated by anyone and when added to the other comments points to encouraging improvements being made. I don't see how anyone could be indifferent or negative about what Stephen said. It was 100% positive news.

 

[Risen Star]

I predict the nerve in his other knee will start misfiring by June.

 

[Doomsday101]

I am optimistic about Jaylon and I think there is a good chance he will fully recover from this injury.

 

[davey999]

Counting on him is a mistake, IMO.

 

[Vintage]

Stephen said it fired. My tendency is to believe him.

But ultimately, I'm holding off until the thousand or so doctors on this board weigh in. I defer to their expertise.

 

[bayeslife]

Todd Archer was reporting months ago that the team expected Jaylon to play this season and start work at OTAs.

Not sure about the word salad from Stephen on Jaylons brace but from what we've seen in limited Twitter clips it looks like he can play with a brave just fine

 

[Vintage]

Todd Archer was reporting months ago that the team expected Jaylon to play this season and start work at OTAs.

Not sure about the word salad from Stephen on Jaylons brace but from what we've seen in limited Twitter clips it looks like he can play with a brave just fine

From the clips I saw, it looks like he can move fine with it.

But we should hold off. We have plenty of posters here who play internet doctor. Let them chime in and give us their opinion.

 

[Alexander]

Counting on him is a mistake, IMO.

I don't think it is unless they are completely foolish and believe he can play at the level he was at pre-injury and build their scheme around that player versus what he is now.

Thing is, even they have no idea how he can and will respond until they can get on the field.

 

[Doc50]

The signal would have to be going to the muscle, it's just no where near 100%, but improving. Otherwise he wouldn't say,

"I’m not so sure he will have to play with the brace. It’s not a given. We will see"

If they were still waiting for it to fire (as in the muscle responding to it) at this point, it would be almost disastrous, but he has hope he won't need the brace, again, if it improves to a point, percentage wise, that it's not needed.

It's just a hope now it keeps improving. Even if he starts ota's with a brace, maybe by the time camp rolls around it's improved to not needing it.

Please, I'm getting renauseated (just made up that word) already -- Smith's nerve has been addressed ad nauseum on this forum, and nothing has changed regarding the diagnosis and prognosis..

He has a current partial peroneal impairment which affects the performance of his leg and foot in a minor fashion; his push-off strength is not affected.

The nerve will continue to improve over time, and there's a good chance that he will not need the brace in the near future.

 

[ErikWilliamsHeadSlap]

Damn it. That's another jersey I need to purchase.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

I don't think it is unless they are completely foolish and believe he can play at the level he was at pre-injury and build their scheme around that player versus what he is now.

Thing is, even they have no idea how he can and will respond until they can get on the field.

They have been involved in his rehab from day 1 and taken him out to the field to do plenty of rehab since day 1.

While that is not football per se, the work that Mauer and co put them through is designed to be as if not more rigorous than what is asked of them in practice.

And here you are going with "no idea."

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

Please, I'm getting renauseated (just made up that word) already -- Smith's nerve has been addressed ad nauseum on this forum, and nothing has changed regarding the diagnosis and prognosis..

He has a current partial peroneal impairment which affects the performance of his leg and foot in a minor fashion; his push-off strength is not affected.

The nerve will continue to improve over time, and there's a good chance that he will not need the brace in the near future.

There's been conflicting reports thrown around ad nasuem on these boards, and I don't want to read every post in every 40 page thread to find a prognosis that has been agreed upon. Some people say it's not firing at all, some say it's regenerating only but not firing, some say firing but takes a while to get to 100%.

Even what you said doesn't seem clear to someone without a medical background like me. So do you believe his nerves are at a point that they're firing and hes starting to have motor function again, but it'll take a while to get full feeling back? So you would say he on schedule, not behind schedule like some editor's out there keep saying?

 

[speedkilz88]

There's been conflicting reports thrown around ad nasuem on these boards, and I don't want to read every post in every 40 page thread to find a prognosis that has been agreed upon. Some people say it's not firing at all, some say it's regenerating only but not firing, some say firing but takes a while to get to 100%.

Even what you said doesn't seem clear to someone without a medical background like me. So do you believe his nerves are at a point that they're firing and hes starting to have motor function again, but it'll take a while to get full feeling back? So you would say he on schedule, not behind schedule like some editor's out there keep saying?

Dude, Stephen Jones said it's firing.

 

[yimyammer]

yes asthma
20 times around the track until you drop from asthma

 

[BoysfanfromCanada]

Dude, Stephen Jones said it's firing.

Hes sort of said it before which has me psyched, but so many board members are still so pessimistic because he still has the brace.

That's why I'm trying to understand if it just means the brace will stay on until the muscle gets better

 

[DenCWBY]

http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-corner-blog/article140986773.html


The Cowboys are excited and confident as well. So much so that they have not only cleared him to start the off-season program with the team April 21 but they plan on him going through organized team activities, minicamp, training camp and playing in 2017.

Executive vice president Stephen Jones said the confidence in Smith being a major contributor is very high within the Cowboys organization even though he can’t name anyone who has played with a brace for drop foot.

“And you don’t know how long he is going to have to have the brace,” Jones said. “Our guys are getting real comfortable that he can be a great contributor with a brace.But he may not have the brace. But our guys feel comfortable after working with him that he can play with the brace. I’m not so sure he will have to play with the brace. It’s not a given. We will see.”

And regarding the nerve damage, Jones remains optimistic that it will continue to improve and go away because some feeling has already come back.

“Once that stuff usually starts to fire, which it did, then it usually improves each time,” Jones said.


Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports...rner-blog/article140986773.html#storylink=cpy

His quotes are starting to sound more and more like his fathers.

 

[speedkilz88]

Hes sort of said it before which has me psyched, but so many board members are still so pessimistic because he still has the brace.

That's why I'm trying to understand if it just means the brace will stay on until the muscle gets better

The nerve is improving, but it's not a hundred percent. That's why he still needs the brace.

 

[JBS]

The nerve is improving, but it's not a hundred percent. That's why he still needs the brace.

Why is this so hard for people to understand?

 

[Scotman]

His recovery wouldn't change my draft strategy anyway. We need another LB. A healthy Lee and a healthy Smith...wow...but I'm hedging my bets. I'd go defense with every pick unless someone dropped to me I couldn't pass up and couldn't get a trade down out of.