Sammy Watkins Has a Broken Foot; Ready for Camp?

[K-9]

@MikeGarafolo

 

On Sammy Watkins' foot surgery (reported by @TyDunne): He played thru stress fractures last year, surgery done a few weeks ago.

 

 

Watkins' surgery to insert a screw was performed by Robert Anderson. Expected recovery time is 6-8 weeks. Hope is he's a go for camp.

 

So, if it was done a few weeks ago, that puts him at 3-5 weeks out. TC would seem like a sure thing given that timeframe.

 

GO BILLS!!!

[26CornerBlitz]

@john_wawrow

As @TyDunne reported, Sammy Watkins had what's been referred to as "a small stress fracture." Expected to be 100 percent for start of camp.

[CommonCents]

http://bills.buffalonews.com/2016/05/16/sources-bills-wr-sammy-watkins-breaks-foot/Follow up on Jones fracture that I alluded to earlier.

[3rdand12]

cheap.
I have titanium in my hand. dont set the alarms off

[26CornerBlitz]

Hmmm? Schefter is on the high side with both of these injuries:

@AdamSchefter

Bills WR Sammy Watkins underwent foot surgery about 3 weeks ago, expected to miss preseason. Shaq Lawson expected to be out 5-6 months.

[K-9]

@john_wawrow

 

As @TyDunne reported, Sammy Watkins had what's been referred to as "a small stress fracture." Expected to be 100 percent for start of camp.

 

In don't buy it. Given the obvious ineptitude of our medical staff, they don't know what a small stress fracture is. This is all on Whaley.

 

GO BILLS!!!

[papazoid]

let me look at that - Rex

[Acantha]

Lol, Sammy is very fragile.

You forgot some letters.

[Fadingpain]

[Maury Ballstein]

Don't worry, don't worry. He will be back in time for training camp....to get hurt again.

Booooo. Boooooooo

[26CornerBlitz]

@buffalobills

Sammy Watkins had offseason foot surgery and is not expected to miss regular season time. http://bufbills.co/WMpEig

[Hapless Bills Fan]

@TyDunne

Some more bad news for the #Bills this Monday. Multiple team sources tell me that wide receiver Sammy Watkins has broken his foot.

 

 

So in the Ty Dunne article, it says this happened a month ago. That's actually good news, since the time table for returning from this kind of fracture is 8-12 weeks. So if it happened a month ago, Sammy could be back by training camp though they'll probably bring him on slowly. (This could explain why he wasn't in any hurry to show up for voluntary OTA though)

 

What I'm more upset with is the Shaq Lawson shoulder thing. Schefter is FOS per Lawson and the Bills medical staff 100% cleared him per Whaley. Now he needs surgery? With hindsight, poor medical choices might be involved in the Cyrus Kouandijo thing since the reason he fell in the draft was supposed to be bad knees, but the Bills medical staff cleared him. Bad knees can make a guy into a waist-bender and cause other technical problems.

 

WTF, do the Bills need to overhaul their medical staff the way they cleaned house on the scouting staff a few years back?

[Deranged Rhino]

let me look at that - Rex

[pi2000]

This entire team is glass.

 

Gilmore goes out for the season on a simple shoulder tackle. Taylor, Watkins, McCoy, pretty much questionable every single game. Kyle Williams every year. Now Swaq Lawson.

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

[26CornerBlitz]

This entire team is glass.

 

Gilmore goes out for the season on a simple shoulder tackle. Taylor, Watkins, McCoy, pretty much questionable every single game. Kyle Williams every year. Now Swaq Lawson.

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

 

Hot Take Alert!!! No other NFL teams have players that get injured.

[Deranged Rhino]

This entire team is glass.

 

Gilmore goes out for the season on a simple shoulder tackle. Taylor, Watkins, McCoy, pretty much questionable every single game. Kyle Williams every year. Now Swaq Lawson.

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

 

That's what they all say about Sammy. He's not a very good athlete.

[Old German Woman]

Ach, ich kann das nicht glauben!

[What a Tuel]

 

That's what they all say about Sammy. He's not a very good athlete.

 

He is just simply not good enough to avoid microfractures in his foot! Concentrate Sammy, concentrate!

[26CornerBlitz]

Ach, ich kann das nicht glauben!

 

Warum Nicht?

@sammywatkins

To all my fans I'm doing great, can't believe everything you hear. Thanks for checking on me gotta love you guys. #BUFFLOVE

[Deranged Rhino]

 

He is just simply not good enough to avoid microfractures in his foot! Concentrate Sammy, concentrate!

[TakeYouToTasker]

This just reeks of some sort of rookie hazing ritual where former 1st round picks entering their third year jump kick the current 1st rounder in the shoulder.

 

Thanks to Whaley's foresight this won't be an issue next season.

[Saint Doug]

Injury prone. Bust.

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

This entire team is glass.

 

Gilmore goes out for the season on a simple shoulder tackle. Taylor, Watkins, McCoy, pretty much questionable every single game. Kyle Williams every year. Now Swaq Lawson.

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

The last bit is interesting. I remember when the bills under Jauron fielded an untalented bend but don't break defense that was frequently bulldozed and also annihilated by injuries.

 

I started to think it was symptomatic at the team level of guys being lower on the talent scale and thus having to really push hard to compete at the NFL level, causing more propensity to get hurt.

 

Could be something to that... Sammy though has nothing close to a talent deficit, so it's certainly not a universal law even if it's somewhat true en mass.

[Rock'em Sock'em]

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

 

"The most important ability is availability."

[BuffaloMatt]

6 week injury, back in time for camp.

 

Wonder how he broke it.

My sources tell me kicking Shaq in the shoulder.

[Punching Bag]

This entire team is glass.

 

Gilmore goes out for the season on a simple shoulder tackle. Taylor, Watkins, McCoy, pretty much questionable every single game. Kyle Williams every year. Now Swaq Lawson.

 

There's a quote about guys who get hurt a lot... something to the effect that if you're always getting hurt, you're not good enough to be playing in the NFL. It's not bad luck, it's that you're not a good enough athlete to avoid getting injured.

Exaggerate much or not actually watch Buffalo Bills football?

                                Game Game Def  Def  Def  Def  Def  Fumb Fumb Fumb Fumb Fumb Sack Sack Sack        
Year     Age  Tm        Pos No.    G   GS  Int  Yds   TD  Lng   PD   FF  Fmb   FR  Yds   TD   Sk  Tkl  Ast Sfty AV
2006      23 BUF        RDT  95   16   11    0    0    0    0    1                                 33   20       6
2007      24 BUF        RDT  95   16   16                             0    0    1    0    0  2.0   28   13       7
2008      25 BUF        RDT  95   16   16                             1    0    0    0    0  2.0   37   18       8
2009      26 BUF        RDT  95   14   14                             1    0    0    0    0  4.0   41   25       7
2010*     27 BUF ldt/NT/rdt  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    2   11    0  5.5   54   23      12
2011      28 BUF      de/nt  95    5    5    0    0    0    0    1                                  4    5       2
2012*     29 BUF  dt/NT/rdt  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    2                           5.0   27   19       8
2013*     30 BUF         DT  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    1    1    0    1    0    0 10.5   42   26      11
2014*     31 BUF         DT  95   15   15    1    2    0    2    3                           5.5   31   11      11
2015      32 BUF         dt  95    6    6                                                    1.0    6    8       3
Career                           136  131    1    2    0    2    9    3    0    4   11    0 35.5  303  168      75

6 of the seasons Kyle Williams never missed a game

[What a Tuel]

 

"The most important ability is availability."

 

Good thing they are available almost 90% of the time.

[dave mcbride]

I mean it kind of sucks, I guess. For him. But not really a big deal, eh?

He'll be able to play, but don't be surprised if it affects him in some way (explosiveness, etc.).

[pi2000]

The last bit is interesting. I remember when the bills under Jauron fielded an untalented bend but don't break defense that was frequently bulldozed and also annihilated by injuries.

 

I started to think it was symptomatic at the team level of guys being lower on the talent scale and thus having to really push hard to compete at the NFL level, causing more propensity to get hurt.

 

Could be something to that... Sammy though has nothing close to a talent deficit, so it's certainly not a universal law even if it's somewhat true en mass.

 

Goodwin is an olympic level athlete, just doesn't have the musculoskeletal talent to withstand NFL punishment. I'm afraid Watkins' issues are following a similar trend.

Exaggerate much or not actually watch Buffalo Bills football?

                                Game Game Def  Def  Def  Def  Def  Fumb Fumb Fumb Fumb Fumb Sack Sack Sack        
Year     Age  Tm        Pos No.    G   GS  Int  Yds   TD  Lng   PD   FF  Fmb   FR  Yds   TD   Sk  Tkl  Ast Sfty AV
2006      23 BUF        RDT  95   16   11    0    0    0    0    1                                 33   20       6
2007      24 BUF        RDT  95   16   16                             0    0    1    0    0  2.0   28   13       7
2008      25 BUF        RDT  95   16   16                             1    0    0    0    0  2.0   37   18       8
2009      26 BUF        RDT  95   14   14                             1    0    0    0    0  4.0   41   25       7
2010*     27 BUF ldt/NT/rdt  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    2   11    0  5.5   54   23      12
2011      28 BUF      de/nt  95    5    5    0    0    0    0    1                                  4    5       2
2012*     29 BUF  dt/NT/rdt  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    2                           5.0   27   19       8
2013*     30 BUF         DT  95   16   16    0    0    0    0    1    1    0    1    0    0 10.5   42   26      11
2014*     31 BUF         DT  95   15   15    1    2    0    2    3                           5.5   31   11      11
2015      32 BUF         dt  95    6    6                                                    1.0    6    8       3
Career                           136  131    1    2    0    2    9    3    0    4   11    0 35.5  303  168      75

6 of the seasons Kyle Williams never missed a game

 

He's only started every game in 50% of the seasons he's played. It's literally a coin flip if he'll play every game this year.

Edited May 16, 2016 by pi2000

[26CornerBlitz]

 

Goodwin is an olympic level athlete, just doesn't have the musculoskeletal talent to withstand NFL punishment. I'm afraid Watkins' issues are following a similar trend.

 

He's only started every game in 50% of the seasons he's played. It's literally a coin flip if he'll play every game this year.

 

Thanks Doc!

[CommonCents]

He'll be able to play, but don't be surprised if it affects him in some way (explosiveness, etc.).

A foot for a WR is always a concern. Dez came back, wasn't the same and had another procedure. Edelman came back and just went for his second procedure and is now in a walking boot. Julio Jones had a bunch of complications before he came back. Durant had 3 surgeries on his broken foot. One good thing here is the same surgeon that worked with Julio is now working with Sammy, hopefully that helps. Biggest thing is he needs to rest and let it heal fully, heck stay out until Sept. don't rush back.

[VaMilBill]

One of the reasons I wanted to draft treadwell.

[26CornerBlitz]

@RaulSports

Week after #Patriots WR Julian Edelman had surgery on his foot, we find out Danny Amendola had knee & ankle surgery

 

[ndirish1978]

I'm disappointed this in thread. When I saw the story on pft I thought the board would explode, only 4 pages?! Come on guys, we are way more reactionary than that!

[Deranged Rhino]

[downunderbill]

@RaulSports

 

Week after #Patriots WR Julian Edelman had surgery on his foot, we find out Danny Amendola had knee & ankle surgery

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft is cheap. He probably used Chinese made galvanized screws. Edited May 16, 2016 by downunderbill

[Dorkington]

Timetable is ready for training camp, and I'd be a fan of them holding him out of harms way a little longer than that. Sucks, but I'm not going to freak out.

[vincec]

Tape it up and walk it off.

Edited May 16, 2016 by vincec

[John from Riverside]

I would like to think that there are not people out there not all giddy about today's bad news....

 

but

 

We all know that is not the case....there are some that would rather be right on a message board then the team actually doing well

[TaskerTough]

My gut says this is bad.

 

Sammy is precious porcelain.. They're underplaying it, foot injuries are notoriously finicky... and metal screws get cold in the winter.

 

I expect McCoy and Sammy to limit themselves all preseason, claiming tightness, injuries, etc... but this isn't that.