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Another excerpt from ota.org "Sometimes the break is so bad you need to be taken to the operating room to have an external fixator put on. An external fixator is a device made up of pins that are put in your femur (thigh bone) and tibia (leg bone) and bars that connect the pins together. This is a temporary way of holding the leg and bones in a better position (lines them up) and allows the swelling to go down until it is safe to fix your bone with plates and screws." Here's a pic of a fx that requires screws and plates: More from ota.org on the recovery: "You will not be able to bear weight on your leg for weeks after breaking your bone. That means no walking on or pushing off of your broken leg. This is to keep the bones from moving as you heal. Depending on your injury, this will last 6 to 12 weeks. You may need to use crutches, a walker and/or a wheelchair. A knee immobilizer or hinged knee brace may be used to provide support for your leg. You will be instructed to work on gentle motion of your knee, ankle, and hip. This is to prevent stiffness and also to help your cartilage to heal. Your surgeon will let you know how much you should bend your knee. You may be prescribed physical therapy to help with motion and strength. It is important to follow up with your surgeon to make sure your bones are healing well and that your motion is good." And as a some have eluded to, this injury can cause issues down the road due to the injury to the cartilage that lines the joint side of the tibia. "Tibial plateau fractures injure the joint surface cartilage. The injured knee joint can develop arthritis. The symptoms include pain with use, stiffness, swelling, and inability to tolerate exercise, stairs, or running. Some patients have bad enough arthritis that they have a knee replacement to help improve their pain and function. Stiffness and some weakness is very common. Physical therapy may be able to help with this. You may have a permanent limp and need to use a cane or assistive device. Rarely, more serious complications may require more surgery, hospital stays, or medications. These complications include swelling, infection, blood clots, and painful hardware."

I was going to do a bit of a write up before but got lazy and didn't do it. I got some time so, I'll try shed some light on these injuries. Back around 2003 I had a tibial plateau fx to of my left leg. I was playing flag football and running to my left. A defensive player was closing in on me so I made a hard plant on my left leg, so I could spin and come back to my right. I planted so hard that I could literally feel my femur hit the tibia. I remember describing the feeling by punching my fists together. It was painful and I couldnt bear weight at all. Fortunately my injury was a crack in the tibial plateau and didn't actually break a piece of the tibial plateau off. I distinctly remember the doctor telling me I was lucky cause if it had broke off, I would need surgery. I was placed in a brace that they could limit the range of motion in the leg. They didn't cast it, because they wanted me to be able to move my leg to limit the atrophy. Although I wasn't to bear any weight on it until cleared, which I think was about after week 4. I had the splint for about 6 weeks and recovery was rather quick. However, like I said, I got lucky. There are varying degrees of these that can get pretty bad. Here's a piece of an article from orthopedic trauma association describing the injury. "A tibial plateau fracture is an injury in which you break your bone and injure the cartilage that covers the top end of your tibia (bottom part of your knee). The break can range from a single crack in your bone to shattering into many pieces. This fracture typically happens after a fall or a motor vehicle accident. High energy injuries like these cause your thigh bone (femur) to drive into your tibia like a hammer hitting an anvil." Here you can see an X-ray of a normal leg: Here's an example with a fx. You can see in this picture it cracked all the way through and this would require screws and possibly plates to reattach.

How soon people forget Shady

Ya, it was in ref to Kelly. I know he doesn't have anything to do with hiring, but we all know Kelly is very close with the team and is always around. If they never got over their problems then I have no doubt Harbaugh wouldnt consider Buffalo.

Moronic tool or not he has taken a NFL team to the SB and is now in the college championship. I can careless about the coach's personality if they are good at what they do. Belichek has one of the worst coaching personality of all times, but not a single one of us would of not wanted him with all his success.

I believe it really boils down to how his relationship is with Jim these days whether or not he'd even consider Buffalo

Only two of the stats you listed are solely Lamar's. His stats across the board are middle of the pack. He was only considered for MVP after Purdy crapped the bed.

It really wasn't double coverage. The CB read Josh's eyes and broke off his guy when Josh threw. It was still a bad throw. Should of been deeper to where the WR was the only one with a chance.

Douglas was one hell of a pick up

It was well covered even if it was caught

Not that I can recall

Huh? It was literally right in his chest

Brady sure loves that quick wide screen that never works

What kind of play call was that?? You need 7 and everyone goes deep except Diggs??

Special teams are well.... Special

Well, unless your a member of the Bills coaching staff or a player that is undercover posting here, I think we're safe 😂

Two defensive TDs by the raiders back to back. Raiders defense came to play today

Ummm score is 20-7

They didn't simplify anything for stick. The dude had all day to pass for 90% of the game.

I'm still at a loss that they immediately blew the play dead after the returner muffed the opening kick. That's absolutely a live ball.

What in the hell?!? He muffs the kick and they immediately blow it dead????

Davis was wide out with room to run if Josh hit him with a good pass there

Stroud is out

No

I hear you, but this screams of an old man shaking his fist at the system cause he can't except change. Reminds me of a story my wife told me about her dad. He is a smoker and they always bought Fords back in the day. At one point Ford discontinued that small triangle window that you were able to tilt open on the front door windows. Smokers loved the window cause it blocked the wind and they could hold their cigarette there while driving. So he got all bent out of shape and wrote Ford a letter about how he will never buy another again. Do you think his letter did anything? Do I like that I have to watch the game on peacock? No, but not having it only hurts me because theres millions of fans that will still get it. I'm sure this isn't NFL driven anyways. This is NBC that has the rights to this weekends games, forcing their streaming platform onto us.