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I actually posted this a while ago, xan.
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I they have a pretty good line... LT can't get the yards with out blockers. They haven't been all that stellar but they have done some good work.
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noted sports orthopedist Dr. James Andrews:
"If anyone can recover from that," Hontas said, "I would think Drew Brees can." Which, as one used to reading Drs. comments, means, "If it were possible to recover fully from this injury, Drew Brees may have as good a shot as any given his youth and lack of disease." A 360 degree tear of the Labrium is a very serious injury, notwithstanding the self-interested sugarcoating by Brees or the compound "one anchor" tear of the cuff. I don't like that prognosis one bit and haven't since I read that same article, especially since his doctor won't comment publicly. "From hells heart, I spit at thee" (John Milton's Paradise Lost- Not Kahn from Star Trek). |
Why don't you like it? It's given detailed information about the injury, and the success that the surgery had. Hell, the Saints orthopedic staff looked at DVDs of the surgery and determined it went well, at least good enough to offer him $60 million!!!!!!!!!
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Deuce Ive seen the surgey performed on my own brother who tore his labrum his senior year in high school. Granted he tor it wrestiling, and he still recieved a scholarship, but 5 years later he still does not have the full range of motion. It took him two full years before he got the strength back fully and still does not have the range of motion he once did through the joint 5 years later. Now it was not his job on the line to get back to form but it was his scolarship.
In short I have seen a similar injury (torn labrum) and the recovery time, and thats in a 19 year old in peak shape. I know Brees is going to physical therapy, but that includes very minor stuff like arm raises, ect, to keep the ligaments limber but thats it. What happens is the arm atrophies, and its a good 4 months before you can start activities to put the muscle back on at BESTcase scenerio. I suggest looking into it and researching the facts because everything printed in the media I am leary of, as it is used to push propaganda, in this case tickets. Quote:
Both Miami and San Diego passed on him because of the injury. If there was no injury to the trowing arm, San diago would have had a harder time letting go and Miami would have come to terms as opposed to going after Culpepper, and leavin NO as second choice. |
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a Drew Brees Hater. I'm only suggesting that given how lousy the qb position has been the last several years, putting all eggs in the Brees basket is not a good idea. I'm perfectly willing to rally around him, but I'm not convinced that banking on his recovery is worth giving up drafting one of the best quarterbacks the college game has seen in the last decade, all due respects to the Mannings. We'll still get quality draft picks in the next rounds and there's a lot that will happen between now and camp relative to FA linemen.
All the good quality backups are taken. Don't make me rally around Bouman or Tommy Maddox or Jay Fiedler or Seneca Wallace because you can't conceive of a future where Brees won't pan out. |
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