Injuries like Pollard's

[xwalker]

Tua Tagovailoa had the same injury and same surgery in college.

He played a game 28 days after surgery...

 

[GMO415]

Didn't know Tua was a RB?

 

[Jake]

Tua Tagovailoa had the same injury and same surgery in college.

He played a game 28 days after surgery...

Tua's fibula didn't also fracture (Pollard's did) and broken bones don't heal in 28 days, so it wasn't exactly the same injury. Tua's also not a RB whose greatest assets are speed and quickness, who is now looking for a contract before we can see if he's lost any of it.

I'm not a fan of paying RBs a second contract, especially one coming off an injury to one of his wheels. I'd get younger and cheaper at the RB position, but I'm pretty sure the Jones boys continue to put too much money into that position because they like their guys.

 

[visionary]

Let him walk

 

[thunderpimp91]

Didn't know Tua was a RB?

No but this surgery has been going on for nearly 20 years now. They've pretty much perfected it, and we see almost zero complications outside of human error. It's almost strictly a voluntary procedure to speed up recovery time, with a waaaay higher success rate than the old school method of just using screws. Ankle sprains happen all the time in the NFL, if anything be worried about the fibula, which also has a very high recovery rate.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

Let him walk

Because he can’t run?

 

[xwalker]

Tua's fibula didn't also fracture (Pollard's did) and broken bones don't heal in 28 days, so it wasn't exactly the same injury. Tua's also not a RB whose greatest assets are speed and quickness, who is now looking for a contract before we can see if he's lost any of it.

I'm not a fan of paying RBs a second contract, especially one coming off an injury to one of his wheels. I'd get younger and cheaper at the RB position, but I'm pretty sure the Jones boys continue to put too much money into that position because they like their guys.

Jerry said it's not broken, only torn ligaments.

Even if it was broken, fibula is the small bone in the lower leg. A Cowboys player (Eugene Lockhart) broke his fibula and returned to play the same season.

There have others that returned the same season.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

Let him walk

How? He has a broken leg.

 

[rambo2]

Let him walk

They aren't going to. You better start praying.

 

[stilltheguru]

TO

 

[fivetwos]

Eeets uhh jersuh sailin puhsishun dahduh.

 

[visionary]

How? He has a broken leg.

Then make him run

 

[bayeslife]

Didn't know this, was worried that he had something that would linger until training camp

 

[805BoysInBlue]

Let him walk

Can he even walk yet?

 

[Coogiguy03]

Didn't know Tua was a RB?

Everyone is a RB to the op

 

[fansince68]

Let him walk

Or limp...

 

[Redline360]

From reading other personal "doctor" opinions on the injury its very minor. Should be back up and ready to go before training camp.

 

[ChuckA1]

He's a great player and I wish him the very best

 

[loublue22]

There was a very good argument to not pay him even before he got hurt. It's not a reflection on him, he's a great player, it's his position.

 

[SlammedZero]

I'm, apparently, one of the few that want him to stick around. I'm sure he will bounce back just fine. Pair him with a new face in the backfield and let's do some running.