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Because Josh sees those are plays are there to be made and he has free rein to attempt to make them. Last week he made a couple, this week he missed a couple. That said, there are better times than others to try those plays and 3rd and short at that juncture of the game is just not a good time. Josh needs to be smarter there.

Why would you feel anything but good about it?

That’s the way I understood it, yes. But I’m sure there is wide ranging opinion in the medical community.

The way it was explained to me by a spine surgeon in one word: stability.

Both practiced with Micah once again wearing the red non-contact jersey.

I never underestimate any opponent, but I disagree that Miami should have beat us. Review the 4th quarter after the Phins kicked their FG to go up 29-21 with 12 minutes to go because from that point on Allen simply took over the game including burning the last six minutes of the game by driving 86 yards to set up Bass’s winning FG. Teams that “should” have won simply don’t give up two long scoring drives to the opponent with the game on the line in the 4th quarter. If a team “should” have won it was us in the first meeting when we dominated Miami in every area except the final score. We lost that game more than Miami won it whereas we earned every bit of our win in December.

I didn’t read your previous exchanges on the matter, I was just seeking some clarification on your wording. And you’re correct, a QB need not necessarily be a great runner to execute RPOs as they’re designed. Unlike a read option play. Perhaps you’re thinking of a read option play. RPOs are just that, options to run or pass whereas the read option is strictly a running play by either the RB if the QB hands off or by the QB if he chooses not to.

You’ve lost me here. An RPO play literally involves the QB every time because he is the one that determines which option to choose.

None of the injury statuses carry over from season to season. If they advance to the SB but don’t activate Hyde by Feb. 1st, he goes back on IR for the remaining 11 days of the season thru the SB on Feb. 12th.

Hey, Dan Fetes. Saying “nobody got it” means nobody found it funny.

My retired surgeon friend said it’s rare as well. I’m guessing he would feel the same way about the marketing aspect you mention. I’m gonna send him that same link. When I reviewed it again in the context of the entire website yeah, there’s a certain snake oil element to it.

Why do you tempt the wrath of the football gods? Have we not been smote enough?

After I read your initial post I found this article about the decompression procedure and it dovetails with my conversation with my retired surgeon friend. You might find it interesting as well. https://www.spine-care-specialists.com/minimally-invasive-cervical-decompression.html

Actually, you may be entirely correct about the decompression procedure. I did a little cursory research and then spoke to a spinal surgeon pal of mine (he’s retired) and he said that the decompression procedure also involves a minimal surgical procedure thru the front of the neck which would also leave that scar. The best news is that the recovery period is much shorter than either the ACDF or ADR. I wish I would have looked at this sooner.

Does a small discectomy/decompression also involve surgery thru the front of the neck? The scar he has on his throat suggests a surgical procedure of some kind. It’s also worth noting that Micah had been dealing with this cervical disc issue since his Green Bay days, when it first appeared. I agree that if he had the ACDF there is no way he would play so soon, but he is already at the recovery period for an ADR, so that at least makes sense to me.

I haven’t seen a report that definitively says which procedure he had, but all those reports said his recovery period would be 6-9 months which is the prescribed recovery period for ACDF so it was easy to draw the conclusion that he had the fusion surgery. He is already at the prescribed recovery period for the ADR, so I have to think that’s what he had.

I’ll be damned. Micah is either establishing a new medical precedent for ACDF recovery by months or he had the ADR surgery instead. Given how conservative doctors are, my money is on the latter.

I’ll be damned. Micah is either establishing a new medical precedent for ACDF recovery by months or he had the ADR surgery instead. Given how conservative doctors are, my money is on the latter.

That’s a good point. I don’t even think there's a thin line between them either, given the huge disparity in the two emotions.

It's their hatred of losing more than anything. At least according to the players I’ve known over the years.

Afraid to lose. What a weird concept. I’ve never known a single professional athlete to be afraid to lose. Because they can’t be. Us fans should be the same way.

The salary cap is a mirage.

Oddly enough, that’s exactly who Buffalo Rumblings has us selecting in the first round. https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2023/1/9/23536264/2023-nfl-mock-draft-buffalo-bills-bijan-robinson-running-back

They’re both huge losses, but an elite pass rusher like Miller does more to disrupt the passing game than a free safety.

Every media report at the time said he had surgery and a recovery period of 6-9 months, indicating he had the ACDF procedure. If those reports are wrong, then he had the ADR procedure instead and that carries a much shorter recovery time of three months. Regardless, the scar on his throat indicates he had surgery of some sort. And a return to light calisthenics and drills isn’t out of the ordinary for either procedure.