The other thing about both injuries is that they are broken bones. With a broken bone it's either healed or it isn't. And you can tell that by x-ray. It's not like a bad back, hamstring or high ankle sprain where you can keep re-aggravating it. They are either healed and cleared to play or not. Doesn't matter what Jerry thinks.
i don;t know that this is true, one day broken the next day healed cut and dried
and either way, they have both been sitting not playing, both have pain, and the quesiton is still open on how Romo will feel when he starts getting knocked around again.
I do not think it is a given that they are 100% when Jerry says they can play, i think it is far from a given. Ask Julio Jones about it. Julio's advice sounds much more reasoned than Jerry's:
Falcons wide receiver
Julio Jones, who in 2011 had foot surgery similar to Bryant's, cautions the Cowboys star to not rush his comeback.
“With Dez, he's just going to have to take time and get healed up properly,” Jones said on a conference call Wednesday, via the
Star-Telegram.com. “You don't want to rush it and then it sets you back. If you come back too early, then it can put you back again. So, my thing to Dez is, just get fully healthy and then you can go out there and help your teammates."
Jones knows of what he speaks. he re-injured that foot in 2013 and missed the final 11 games of the season.
“It was very difficult for me, but I understood the bigger picture,” Jones admitted. “The next year I didn't want to be going through the same thing again, and I've been back a year now and going into this year I haven't had a foot injury or problem at all with my foot.”