Twitter: Vander Esch to have neck surgery

[coult44]

Good. We're going to need this guy if Lee retires and Jaylon transitions to the mogul world.

If 54 or 55 had to be hurt , why couldn’t it be 54? I don’t want anyone hurt, but if you had to pick, who would you pick?

 

[charron]

Why wait a few weeks? Get it over with stat.

Could be the DR's timeline of availability?

 

[Sarge]

I bet that's a pain in the neck.

 

[Dwight]

I hope his surgery is successful.

The team needs to look into drafting a LB next April.

 

[Otto65]

Back around 1999 there was a linebacker from Ohio State named Andy Katzenmoyer. I think he won the Butkus Award in college. He had neck issues. Was drafted by the Patriots. He retired due to the neck issue after 2 or 3 years. Same size as LVE. You never know with any kind of neck or back surgery.
I hope it works out well for LVE.

 

[Zordon]

If 54 or 55 had to be hurt , why couldn’t it be 54? I don’t want anyone hurt, but if you had to pick, who would you pick?

I've already said one of the first tasks of the offseason should be to trade Jaylon. He's irremediable with his ME, ME, ME mindset.

 

[Fletch]

Great news! Just glad they shut him down. Especially with the way the season ended.

See you next summer young buck!!!

Dude will be back and a future Pro Bowler. Hopefully on a winning team!

 

[buybuydandavis]

"will fix"

I like the sound of that, but I'm skeptical that the prognosis for a neck surgery is ever so certain.

 

[eromeopolk]

Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch will undergo a minimally invasive procedure on his neck in the next few weeks and should be 100 percent cleared for the offseason program, according to sources. He has missed the last the last five games with a nerve issue after suffering the injury in October. The Cowboys believe this will alleviate any issues in the future.

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff Writer

Minimal evasive neck surgery for a linebacker is like minimal evasive brain surgery for a surgeon.

 

[Alexander]

I'm nervous. Neck and back surgeries are seldom 'fix all's'.

Maybe this helps. But if something else pops up with the neck, his career is over.

LB is a need in April.

 

[Alexander]

Minimal evasive neck surgery for a linebacker is like minimal evasive brain surgery for a surgeon.

It is more of this sickening and stupid organizational optimism. Nobody in the front office ever thinks of worse case scenarios then they act all shocked when it does happen.

 

[Stash]

Maybe this helps. But if something else pops up with the neck, his career is over.

LB is a need in April.

It feels like another case where those 31 teams' concerns were well founded. Like they were with Randy Gregory (for very different reasons of course).

 

[Melonfeud]

So, that whole "vertigo" b.s. was just a counter feint smoke screen? concealing the real issue.

 

[Praxit]

..anything dealing with spine or neck, is like playing with house of cards. The weight of the situation is paper thin.

 

[Fastpitch Dad]

I bet that's a pain in the neck.

Haha...as a veteran of four neck surgeries and permanent nerve damage in my neck by trying to go the conservative route before I started with the surgeries, I've never once had neck pain. All my pain is in my shoulder from the damaged nerve in my neck. lol.

So there's a chance it might not be a pain in the neck..

 

[Fastpitch Dad]

"will fix"

I like the sound of that, but I'm skeptical that the prognosis for a neck surgery is ever so certain.

I've had 4...there certainly is nothing "certain" when it comes to cervical surgery.

Your skepticism is definitely warranted.

 

[erod]

Great news! Just glad they shut him down. Especially with the way the season ended.

See you next summer young buck!!!

A linebacker with a spinal issue. Surgery rarely works for this issue when you go back to ramming heads with people.

I got dogpiled here a few weeks ago for suggesting his season was over.

 

[Sheepherder]

No such thing as minor neurosurgery, minimally invasive or not.
Fingers crossed, but this is not good news.

Are you a doctor?

 

[Brooksey]

He’s expected to return to 100% by April and up to 125% by Sept. when they’re done he might have one of the strongest necks of all-time

 

[cern]

Brings to mind romo's little butt carbuncle that ended up sidelining him for months.