Jaylon said that is he played in the playoffs that he would have to use the brace.
There is no back door. This is a big story and the Cowboys are widely covered by the media. If his leg is working, there would be more than one story about it. If his latest workout video was done without the brace, it would be big news, but in reality is latest video looks very similar to a video of him from months ago.
In the military they require that any brace or support is used until the injury is fully healed. Innervation doesn't necessarily turn the muscle on like a switch. There can be a partial palsy or it can just plain have to take time for strength and control to return. The George report indicated it his reaction was catching up to the nerve which is consistent with that.
It's interesting. On the one hand you calim that reporters are ignorant and do not understand then with that same brain you claim that these same reporters as a whole would have picked up on it too.
You seemingly do this with everything. You discard anything that contradicts your bias and you let anything in that seems to support it without checking for logical consistency. If that doesn't work you wave your hands at a possible outcome and front that it is certain.
And yes there is a back door. I have a direct report from a Dallas media member indicating that the nerve is firing. A direct rebuttal would be the contradictory report that I keep asking for.
Instead what we get is backdoor deductions in the form of if X is true then Y would also be true. The issue with such deductions is you need to show that Y is uniquely caused by X or you have proved nothing.
For example in this case, what if we take your assertion that the reporters are stupid. Then that could too cause it to not be reported elsewhere. Alternately, perhaps George got an exclusive off the record interview with a doctor or trainer. That too would cause George to be the only one because they cannot independently verify. Perhaps it has been reported elsewhere and you have not found it. Then of course there is the fact that we are not omniscient and have not considered every other possible cause of reporters not all being on the same page.
Backdoor deductions are logic wrought with peril. Unless you are dealing exclusively in human constructs they are generally not worth a damn.