injuryupdate
13-02-2005, 01:22 PM
After posing the question on this website, it is worth reporting that Terrell Owens played in the Super Bowl, and although he was on the losing team, he was one of the Eagles' best players.
This was despite being only 6 weeks back after surgery to the syndesmosis ligament and fractured fibula in his ankle. Although the media didn't go into ridiculous detail, it sounds like he played Super Bowl with a syndesmosis screw still in his ankle and was able to run. If he did, he may need further surgery to have this screw taken out. If he had a syndesmosis injury along with the fractured fibula and there WASN'T a syndesmosis screw put in place, then I can understand why the surgeon would have been packing himself about Owens playing. In fact I can understand why he would have even with the screw in place, as these screws can snap in half.
Reality is that Super Bowls often are once in a lifetime occurrences for players, so it is worth taking the risk and hoping the surgeons can patch up later.
Here is a link on his performance:
http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/8170523
Plus Don Banks' verdict from Sports Illustrated:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- I'll say this much for Terrell Owens: He delivered far more than the low-impact cameo role that many in the sports commentariat predicted for him -- me included.
I spent a good amount of time on radio stations around the dial in the past two weeks, pontificating on Owens being able to have only a modest effect on the Eagles' offense in the Super Bowl. What with his surgically repaired right leg, and all. You might have heard something about that.
But a team-high nine catches for 122 yards is more than modest by anyone's standards. Oh, and we also missed on the call that Owens wouldn't be able to accrue many yards after the catch, since he would still be lacking his usual burst. All you had to see was him breaking free for a 30-yard gain in the first quarter, and a 36-yard catch-and-run in the fourth quarter to realize that he really did know his body better than we did.
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This was despite being only 6 weeks back after surgery to the syndesmosis ligament and fractured fibula in his ankle. Although the media didn't go into ridiculous detail, it sounds like he played Super Bowl with a syndesmosis screw still in his ankle and was able to run. If he did, he may need further surgery to have this screw taken out. If he had a syndesmosis injury along with the fractured fibula and there WASN'T a syndesmosis screw put in place, then I can understand why the surgeon would have been packing himself about Owens playing. In fact I can understand why he would have even with the screw in place, as these screws can snap in half.
Reality is that Super Bowls often are once in a lifetime occurrences for players, so it is worth taking the risk and hoping the surgeons can patch up later.
Here is a link on his performance:
http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/8170523
Plus Don Banks' verdict from Sports Illustrated:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- I'll say this much for Terrell Owens: He delivered far more than the low-impact cameo role that many in the sports commentariat predicted for him -- me included.
I spent a good amount of time on radio stations around the dial in the past two weeks, pontificating on Owens being able to have only a modest effect on the Eagles' offense in the Super Bowl. What with his surgically repaired right leg, and all. You might have heard something about that.
But a team-high nine catches for 122 yards is more than modest by anyone's standards. Oh, and we also missed on the call that Owens wouldn't be able to accrue many yards after the catch, since he would still be lacking his usual burst. All you had to see was him breaking free for a 30-yard gain in the first quarter, and a 36-yard catch-and-run in the fourth quarter to realize that he really did know his body better than we did.
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