Pollard has "tightrope" surgery

[XXLMike]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35518505/source-cowboys-tony-pollard-tightrope-surgery-injury

 

[XXLMike]

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Pollard underwent a "TightRope" procedure instead of a surgery that required screws into the tibia and fibula for a repair. In this procedure, a braided polyethylene cord, rather than a rigid surgical screw, is applied to restore the original position of the bones and to allow for proper healing.

Pollard should be at full strength well before training camp. Tua Tagovailoa underwent a similar surgery while at Alabama, and Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill also had the procedure recently. Pollard also suffered a fractured fibula but that will heal with time.”

 

[speedkilz88]

The Jones' need to put in to have that tackle included as a horse collar penalty. Same exact way just did it from the waist rather than the collar.

 

[gtb1943]

The Jones' need to put in to have that tackle included as a horse collar penalty. Same exact way just did it from the waist rather than the collar.

If you are going to make horsecollar an illegal tackle, this one should be as well

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

I miss the days where teams feared our physicality. We do not have an enforcer. At one time....you do something like that to our team....you were going to have to see Roy Williams (safety) or Darren Woodson or James Washington. You were going to have to see Larry Allen or Erik Williams or Mark Tuenei or Kevin Gogan. Team did not want any smoke with those guys...so they kept it above board.

 

[stinkface]

If you are going to make horsecollar an illegal tackle, this one should be as well

These tackles happen all the time. If you tackle someone from the side there are times your going to fall on their legs. Not sure how you can prevent that on occasion.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

The Jones' need to put in to have that tackle included as a horse collar penalty. Same exact way just did it from the waist rather than the collar.

Straight sissy.

 

[CowboysRule]

No more tackles once the runner gets in front of you. You have to just let him go at that point. Is that what people are really wanting? We just keep making it harder and harder to play any form of defense.

 

[ThatJerryKid]

No more tackles once the runner gets in front of you. You have to just let him go at that point. Is that what people are really wanting? We just keep making it harder and harder to play any form of defense.

Soon to be flag football. I get player safety especially involving the head, but you get paid good money to play a kid’s game partly because of the risks that are associated with the job.

 

[Ken]

Straight sissy.

Why do you get so hostile about this topic?
This needs to be a penalty, it is no different than a horsecollar.

We saw two bad injuries from it in 4 games this past weekend.

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Why do you get so hostile about this topic?
This needs to be a penalty, it is no different than a horsecollar.

We saw two bad injuries from it in 4 games this past weekend.

Because it’s a basic tackle. Y’all whine about defensive players being flagged for merely breathing on a QB, but now you wanna take it further to position players.

That same form of tackle is made 20x a game but doesn’t result in injury.

The horse-collar is fundamentally different because you’re pulling a guy from a higher fulcrum point down.

Jimmie Ward grabbed him by the waist and drug him down immediately. WHAT ELSE WAS HE SUPPOSED TO DO?

Here’s a thought. Instead of putting the onus on the defensive player, why don’t we have the ball carrier just give himself up after being touched?

We can call it “two-hand touch” football.

 

[xwalker]

There are ligaments between the Tibia and Fibula.

Pollard's injury was to these ligaments.

The Tightrope procedure is to repair these ligaments, not to repair a broken bone.

Before the Tightrope option, screws were used to hold the Tibia and Fibula together until the ligaments healed.

The screws had to be removed later because the two bones need flexible movement between them, not the rigid positing achieved with screws.

Summary: The Tightrope procedure does not require a 2nd surgery.

Tua Tagovailoa played 28 days after this type of surgery.

Hurts also had the surgery.

 

[conner01]

I miss the days where teams feared our physicality. We do not have an enforcer. At one time....you do something like that to our team....you were going to have to see Roy Williams (safety) or Darren Woodson or James Washington. You were going to have to see Larry Allen or Erik Williams or Mark Tuenei or Kevin Gogan. Team did not want any smoke with those guys...so they kept it above board.

It was a perfectly legal tackle

 

[gtb1943]

It was a perfectly legal tackle

So was the horsecollar for like 75 years in the NFL

 

[conner01]

Because it’s a basic tackle. Y’all whine about defensive players being flagged for merely breathing on a QB, but now you wanna take it further to position players.

That same form of tackle is made 20x a game but doesn’t result in injury.

The horse-collar is fundamentally different because you’re pulling a guy from a higher fulcrum point down.

Jimmie Ward grabbed him by the waist and drug him down immediately. WHAT ELSE WAS HE SUPPOSED TO DO?

Here’s a thought. Instead of putting the onus on the defensive player, why don’t we have the ball carrier just give himself up after being touched?

We can call it “two-hand touch” football.

I don’t see how you make it illegal
I get the original horse collar rule because it was very specific type of tackle. Now I’ve seen it called for grabbing the back of the jersey
But this was just a basic tackle from behind so any rule you can’t tackle from behind dramatically changes the game. I hate anyone getting hurt and I’m all for most rules to protect players. I think we’ve gone too far with what’s roughing on the QB and this is another rule that shouldn’t be messed with. It’s a contact sport and injuries are gonna happen. Trying to make it safer is great but there are limits unless you want flag foitball

 

[conner01]

So was the horsecollar for like 75 years in the NFL

The original HC rule was very specific and very easy to enforce. This was a tackle from behind just like the many it just happened that there was an injury. It didn’t appear to me that there was any intention to injury anyone

 

[Ken]

Because it’s a basic tackle. Y’all whine about defensive players being flagged for merely breathing on a QB, but now you wanna take it further to position players.

That same form of tackle is made 20x a game but doesn’t result in injury.

The horse-collar is fundamentally different because you’re pulling a guy from a higher fulcrum point down.

Jimmie Ward grabbed him by the waist and drug him down immediately. WHAT ELSE WAS HE SUPPOSED TO DO?

Here’s a thought. Instead of putting the onus on the defensive player, why don’t we have the ball carrier just give himself up after being touched?

We can call it “two-hand touch” football.

Ward needs to not drop on his legs. Sorry, that should be a penalty.

We don't need all of the protection on a QB, we should be able to hit runners as needed. Some of the defenseless wr stuff is too much.

Falling on legs, intentionally, needs to be a rule. I even said it in the game thread for Mahomes...it looked intentional to hurt him. Same with Pollard.

 

[Carson]

This post is completely facetious and a joke.

“Re-signs with Dallas, out until Week 1. Signs anywhere else is ready by camp”

 

[Toro9]

“
Pollard underwent a "TightRope" procedure instead of a surgery that required screws into the tibia and fibula for a repair. In this procedure, a braided polyethylene cord, rather than a rigid surgical screw, is applied to restore the original position of the bones and to allow for proper healing.

Pollard should be at full strength well before training camp. Tua Tagovailoa underwent a similar surgery while at Alabama, and Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill also had the procedure recently. Pollard also suffered a fractured fibula but that will heal with time.”

Yeah, I'd do anything to avoid screws in my body

 

[stinkface]

Ward needs to not drop on his legs. Sorry, that should be a penalty.

We don't need all of the protection on a QB, we should be able to hit runners as needed. Some of the defenseless wr stuff is too much.

Falling on legs, intentionally, needs to be a rule. I even said it in the game thread for Mahomes...it looked intentional to hurt him. Same with Pollard.

How do you avoid falling on someone's legs when they are running away from you and you are behind them? PS. It's impossible. Double PS. Did you ever play tackle football?