Ian Rapoport: Dez now out 10-12 (pure speculation)

Craig · Sep 20, 2015

DejectedFan1996 said:
I don't think you understand. He had a bone graft. He is NOT coming back with "plenty of time to hit stride." That 10-12 weeks time frame is also VERY optimistic. Unless we make the playoffs, Dez most likely is done for the season.

I dont. And neither do you. We arent doctors.

esloan · Sep 20, 2015

Ugh. Really difficult not to break the boards no cursing rule right now.

LucaBrasi · Sep 20, 2015

This is the best talent the Cowboys have fielded in years IMO. They'll be fine, big loss no question, but this is still a playoff team and likely division winner. And I'm usually a glass half empty kind of guy.

ErikWilliamsHeadSlap · Sep 20, 2015

Time for Escobar to put his big boy pants on. And time for our o-line to prove how good they are. We'll see what we are made of. I'm still confident.

Risen Star · Sep 20, 2015

Mansta54 said:
You don't think we can do it without Dez? SHOCKER!

AND YOU DO? ANOTHER SHOCKER!!

superonyx · Sep 20, 2015

DejectedFan1996 said:
I don't think you understand. He had a bone graft. He is NOT coming back with "plenty of time to hit stride." That 10-12 weeks time frame is also VERY optimistic. Unless we make the playoffs, Dez most likely is done for the season.

And you know this how? Until this morning you didn't know anything more than everyone else here. You read one article from Ian Rappaport where he suggest 10-12 weeks and you take that and extend it to the whole season and tell people who don't agree with you that they don't understand.

It's clearly you that doesn't understand.

DejectedFan1996 · Sep 20, 2015

Craig said:
I dont. And neither do you. We arent doctors.

What I do understand is from what other doctors tell me. And so far, within the past 4 years, everything they have said have always contradicted the Cowboys initial reports only to find out a few weeks later they ended up being right.

I'm just as upset as everyone in this forum; I can't even go back to sleep (was supposed to wake up 3 hrs from now but got a text regarding this injury waking me up). But I also know when to accept reality. Him coming back 10 weeks is the absolute best case scenario which is RARE.

DejectedFan1996 · Sep 20, 2015

superonyx said:
And you know this how? Until this morning you didn't know anything more than everyone else here. You read one article from Ian Rappaport where he suggest 10-12 weeks and you take that and extend it to the whole season and tell people who don't agree with you that they don't understand.

It's clearly you that doesn't understand.

Here, you're right. This is my opinion that Dez is most likely down until mid December/season (if we aren't in contention he gets deactivated like the Falcons did Julio). We have differing opinions.

I can accept that.

JBS · Sep 20, 2015

DejectedFan1996 said:
What I do understand is from what other doctors tell me. And so far, within the past 4 years, everything they have said have always contradicted the Cowboys initial reports only to find out a few weeks later they ended up being right.

I'm just as upset as everyone in this forum; I can't even go back to sleep (was supposed to wake up 3 hrs from now but got a text regarding this injury waking me up). But I also know when to accept reality. Him coming back 10 weeks is the absolute best case scenario which is RARE.

Whats normal recovery time then?

eternaljester81 · Sep 20, 2015

Mike Ryan: Bone graft doesn’t automatically extend Dez Bryant’s timetable

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...t-automatically-extend-dez-bryants-timetable/

TheFinisher · Sep 20, 2015

Craig said:
I dont. And neither do you. We arent doctors.

While I'm not a practicing orthopedic surgeon, I am 3rd year medical student with ortho as my desired field of practice.

And the timeline for high performance athletes with 5th metatarsal jones fractures that require bone graft treatment is indeed 3 months.

Now this report is from Ian Rapport and not the team, but if this was the nature of the surgery then the 10-12 week timeline is accurate. Certainly not the 4-6 that was thrown out there.

Risen Star · Sep 20, 2015

DejectedFan1996 said:
What I do understand is from what other doctors tell me. And so far, within the past 4 years, everything they have said have always contradicted the Cowboys initial reports only to find out a few weeks later they ended up being right.

I'm just as upset as everyone in this forum; I can't even go back to sleep (was supposed to wake up 3 hrs from now but got a text regarding this injury waking me up). But I also know when to accept reality. Him coming back 10 weeks is the absolute best case scenario which is RARE.

When Dez got hurt, I called off work the next day.

Go Cowboys.

alicetooljam · Sep 20, 2015

Remember what Dez said, don't listen to the craziness. Relax, give it a month, and see what they're saying. I'm sure Dex will be tweeting....fingers crossed.

DejectedFan1996 · Sep 20, 2015

GloryDaysRBack said:
Whats normal recovery time then?

12 weeks. However, a very likely scenario (that I pray doesn't happen) is that we are out of the playoff race at 12 weeks, which means the team deactivates him for the remainder of the season. The Falcons did the same thing.

If you look up the past players that have had this injury, none of them have come back in the timeframe the Cowboys originally indicated. The only straw we are able to grasp is Demarcus Lawrence and being that it's coming from the same team that essentially gives ducktales about injuries the past 4 years, I take it with a grain of salt (allegedly he could have come back week 8 or something like that).

This injury sidelined Kevin Durant a multitude of months.

Honestly, and I know I'm about to catch major flack for this, the only person I could see returning from this injury in the original time frame is Terrell Owens.

barney · Sep 20, 2015

Goes from bad to worse and we haven't even played the 2nd game yet. Time for someone to step up

alicetooljam · Sep 20, 2015

DejectedFan1996 said:
12 weeks. However, a very likely scenario (that I pray doesn't happen) is that we are out of the playoff race at 12 weeks, which means the team deactivates him for the remainder of the season. The Falcons did the same thing.

If you look up the past players that have had this injury, none of them have come back in the timeframe the Cowboys originally indicated. The only straw we are able to grasp is Demarcus Lawrence and being that it's coming from the same team that essentially gives ducktales about injuries the past 4 years, I take it with a grain of salt (allegedly he could have come back week 8 or something like that).

This injury sidelined Kevin Durant a multitude of months.

Durant came back too early and had to have a 2nd surgery.

barney · Sep 20, 2015

ErikWilliamsHeadSlap said:
Time for Escobar to put his big boy pants on. And time for our o-line to prove how good they are. We'll see what we are made of. I'm still confident.

They wrote off our defense last year and look what happened

jwitten82 · Sep 20, 2015

alicetooljam said:
Remember what Dez said, don't listen to the craziness. Relax, give it a month.

Thats what I was wondering, why would Dez post that if he was gonna be out 10-12 weeks

AmericanCowboy · Sep 20, 2015

This makes no sense. Why wouldnt they IR him then?

TheDuke · Sep 20, 2015

If he's out that long then so be it. Have some faith in the rest of the team people.

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