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This is crazy talk. Guys that miss an entire season due to an uncontrollable infection or a back injury typically don't end up coming back. Ever. If he misses this entire upcoming season due to his current injuries, the odds are VERY high he'll never play again.
I prefer the Ballard, Crabtree, Eifert side.
how many of them had an infection in their forearm? Probably none, no history tells us nothing there.
Yes, that would suggest that there's no concern for an active and ongoing infection. His surgeons will not want to risk putting a new plate into an uncertain environment.
Seems more like about a month before week one to me.
Looking at calendar, its somewhere in between.
i like kelce but damn thats low.I got gronk in another league for hopkins. Lol....
New plate was inserted as they determined already the infection was gone, as far as they can tell.Back procedure hasn't happened yet, they'll decide in about a month if its necessary of not.
There are antibiotic coated titanium surgical implants in use. Bacteria are still sometimes able to protect themselves with a layer of slime unfortunately. Once that happens, there's no non-invasive way to get antibiotics to the area of infection.
Dont you get it yet??? Offseason news CRAZILY drives players values way out of wack. A couple months ago people wouldnt trade Gronk for 10 1st rounders, now they are happy to get like 3 1st rounders.
After I posted it I looked it up and saw people were doing it. If only I'd finished that 2nd semester of Organic Chem!
I don't think it's an absolute all clear until the cultures are confirmed negative. But I don't believe they'd risk learning that they put a new plate into a dirty location. There's also a chance, though unlikely, that he could have another infection later even if this one has fully cleared now.
That's what I've been telling people too. It's not a guarantee that the infection is clear until the cultures come back negative which takes about 72 hours from my experience. By visual examination the tissue likley didn't look infected, but there is really no way to be sure.
If the worst case scenario was worse than that, then every other player in the league is in danger of missing more than a few games.
That was my first line of thinking earlier today, too.
Every other player in the league is in danger of missing more than a few games. Sorry, but you're blind IMO if you don't think he has any more risk than any other player in the league.
Thanks Jene!
I don't, so I guess I am blind. But in order to miss "more than a few games" this year, he either needs to get injured again or have some seriously unlikely things happen with his current injury.
It's current injuries, not injury. One has had 4 surgeries, which we still don't know if he's out of the woods with, and the other caused him to miss an entire season in college. You're also leaving out the possibility that he doesn't miss many games, but one or both injuries cause him to be less than 100%.
Since it's been six months since the initial injury and three(?) since the initial infection are the chances of osteomyelitis reduced? Presumably there was no sign of it yesterday or they wouldn't have placed the plate.
Great point.
Bone infections are insidious. They can be difficult to diagnose early in the infectious process without a high level of suspicion and specialized imaging. Once the infection has progressed to the point of bone loss, it becomes much easier to suspect clinically and you can see the changes on a plain x-ray.
Can I ask what you're looking to get in return and your league settings? Trying to see what his market is.
Sweet jeebus.
