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Tyler Eifert to have ankle surgery (Out 3 months)


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http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2016/05/24/cincinnati-bengals-tight-end-tyler-eifert-to-have-ankle-surgery/84854904/?from=global&sessionKey&autologin

 

When Tyler Eifert left the Pro Bowl in a walking boot following an injury to his left ankle on Jan. 31, the initial diagnosis and estimates for his recovery were promising.

But in the nearly four months since, the ankle has not responded as quickly as all of the parties would have liked and The Enquirer has learned from multiple league sources that the 25-year-old tight end will undergo what was deemed a "minimal procedure" on that ankle soon.

A three month recovery is anticipated.

The Bengals are expected to open training camp the last week of July.

Eifert, who played in 13 games last season, finished with 52 catches for 615 yards and 13 touchdowns, emerging as one of the league's best at his position.

The Bengals exercised Eifert's fifth-year option on April 13.

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Damn. For a guy that seems to heal pretty slow that is cutting it extremely close. How did they not have an idea when players showed up for workouts like last month? This would qualify as not good news..

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Another medical staff failing for the Bengals. In pro sports, not to have strategically aligned medical staff is inexcusable. How in the world do you not draw a line in the sand and provide a deadline by when the surgery must take place if there is no progress on an injury? As an org we learned to draft well, have good coaching staff and update our facility. But it feels we still haven't figured out how to have a first rate medical department.

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Man this blows. ESPN now saying he "could miss at least week 1"

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/15703259/tyler-eifert-cincinnati-bengals-ankle-surgery

The fact that this happened during the PRO BOWL pisses me off, worthless piece of trash game anyways.

Also, why the hell wasn't this injury addressed earlier? It's been like what, four months since the damn pro bowl?

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Does our medical team treat injuries like they would for the every day patient? I get that surgery is typically to be avoided unless absolutely necessary, and this is usually for financial prudence, with significant weight, if not outright decision being made by an insurer. That clearly doesn't apply in situations like these. The club (or league, not sure where liability lies here because of the injury happening in the Pro Bowl) can pay out of pocket, cash money, for Eifert's ankle surgery.

That said, why wait? Unless they just didn't properly diagnose here...which wouldn't be a shocker. If you think, WAY back in January, that a surgery would be a magic bullet, and waiting to see might be detrimental, why not just pull the trigger and operate?

There are factors here we may not be privy to, but on the surface it just seems like one more failure on the shoulders of the medical staff.

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5 hours ago, thezerawkid said:

Does our medical team treat injuries like they would for the every day patient? I get that surgery is typically to be avoided unless absolutely necessary, and this is usually for financial prudence, with significant weight, if not outright decision being made by an insurer. That clearly doesn't apply in situations like these. The club (or league, not sure where liability lies here because of the injury happening in the Pro Bowl) can pay out of pocket, cash money, for Eifert's ankle surgery.

That said, why wait? Unless they just didn't properly diagnose here...which wouldn't be a shocker. If you think, WAY back in January, that a surgery would be a magic bullet, and waiting to see might be detrimental, why not just pull the trigger and operate?

There are factors here we may not be privy to, but on the surface it just seems like one more failure on the shoulders of the medical staff.

Surgery is avoided because there are more complications than not cutting into someone. Also the player doesn't want cut on and sometimes you get those players who don't want the start of their offseason ruined by a surgery. For the specific ligament sake if it heals on its own it will be better off than if it is surgically repaired.

Also they have an entire new team of Dr's in the last year or two so the whole misdiagnosis thing that people harp on from the last decade or so is way off.

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5 hours ago, TimKrumrieFan said:

Surgery is avoided because there are more complications than not cutting into someone. Also the player doesn't want cut on and sometimes you get those players who don't want the start of their offseason ruined by a surgery. For the specific ligament sake if it heals on its own it will be better off than if it is surgically repaired.

Also they have an entire new team of Dr's in the last year or two so the whole misdiagnosis thing that people harp on from the last decade or so is way off.

Good points.

I wasn't aware the Krechek regime had shifted out. 

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