Everybody just wanted to check in
surgery, went great
was a complete success.
Had a great medical team
that took care of me
and
check that that box off to get this fixed. And now it's on
the way to you know, the road to recovery.
This is a one of those steps to get back to my true self.
This past year has been very easy.
A lot of stuff has gone down and it wasn't was an easy on me
and my family. So I appreciate everybody that It's reached
out. That
wish me well and good luck on the surgery. All the prayers
and everything. It definitely did not go unnoticed. So thank
you.
Thanks everybody that helped out so far
now, it's not it's on the way to the road to recovery. It's
not going to be an easy one, but
it's going to be one that I'm going to remember and it's
going to be a special one. So
I'll keep you guys updated. Thank you so much. But this
isn't this is not the end of my story. It's just going to be
one of those little things that I'll look back and remember
that it's
one of those. Just the adversity that I'm going to
try to take advantage of
and make me a better person. So, thank you for everybody.
It's reached out. Once again,
let's go get it.
The record remains unbroken every surgery performed on
every NFL player. Every single time is a complete success. You
never hear what Kramer said to George's girlfriend Audrey
after she had the nose job. You got butchered never happened.
Everything's a success. And he's already ahead of schedule
in his rehab and I don't mean to be flippant about it. Look
it's a big deal. It's a big deal. You can see, you can see
that's a big deal.
He's going to be in discomfort. He's going to be in pain. He's
got a rehab ahead of him. It is a long road. It's going to take
work. It's going to take effort you. Worried about infection.
It's good that it was a success.
It's always a success,
but I think the trick is
making sure that you check every box on the road back to
100%, And it's going to be awhile, four to six months
before. He's fully recovered from this Chris. Yeah. No, it
will not be easy. I mean, you know, just there, right, you
know, let
alone, I think, you know, you look at and I hope for a speedy
recovery for him. He say what you want about Baker, Mayfield.
He's tough as hell. That's for sure.
But
yeah, it's a dangerous injury. Good thing. It's not. His
throwing shoulder, we know that. But I also, you know, me.
I just go right to football and think about. Damn he's not
gonna be able to practice it OTAs probably won't be able to
do the minicamp, anything like that. You have to go right into
the training camp
and hit the ground running there. And that's not always
easy to do either and especially in a year where
I think it's a big offseason for him, you know, and their
offense and Kevin stefanski and figuring out some ways to be
a little bit more successful in the pass game.
That's where it hurts the Cleveland Browns. Certainly,
I would think like just because it's his left shoulder.
He could probably start throwing at some point when
they feel like he can move that shoulder a little bit, you
know. Again, there's ways to throw and still guard that and
I think not be like too hard on it,
but I don't know when that like, you know, you hit that
line to where you go. Okay, you can start throwing the ball
lightly because it's your other arm.
But but yeah, it's a challenge here for the Browns and Baker,
Mayfield in the offseason. You tell me, is there a concern?
You mess up your motion though, if you're being careful and
deliberate about what you do with once, Side because you
don't want to mess up the other. Yeah, I would be less
concerned. That would be one there. I'd go. Hey, it's not to
me. It's not like, you know, you got a bad leg or a bat like
Dak Prescott. We talked about the ankle where it could like.
Okay last
year in training camp we were talking about. I don't know if
you can really push off with that leg. It looks like it's
fake that way and that caused some issues and then it caused
them to use more arm and then we saw the lad injury.
I don't think that'll have those
type of repercussions. I think it might not let him.
Just absolutely rip the ball, but you know again,
okay, you got to keep your front arm left. You got to keep
that front shoulder in there, a little tight and you can't
maybe just rip it out of there and do that. Listen in some
ways. This might be a blessing in disguise at times. He
gets so much with that front arm going crazy. That
everything ends up going crazy and the ball goes crazy and it
doesn't go. So I'm I guess what I'm saying is I don't think
it'll affect his mechanics a whole lot. I think he is as
soon as
he can move it and do something
he should be okay, and
I don't think it affected. It.
And let's remember, in this is, this is in all fairness in.
This is a warning to all of the quarterbacks out there. This
all happened because he decided to go make a tackle after
throwing an interception and week to whether I was just kind
of
a hot-headed in the moment reaction. He's pissed himself.
He's pissed at what occurred. This is when he re-injured it
several weeks later against the Cardinals already had.
At that point. That's when it looked like it was done for
the year. No Doubt, but it all it all started because Was he gave
in and I know we don't we
the Teddy Bridgewater where you go back, like
a bullfighter, right? You just just shelter in place.
That's the Fine Line.
You never even put yourself in a position where you get called
out for. Not trying to make the tackle. If you just get down,
just get down, you threw an interception fall down, stay
down.
Don't even go. Try to make the tackle.
You are an asset to your team that has incredible value. And
even if that guy takes it all the way to the house, unless
we're talking about season on the line
playoff game, right? You shelter in place
and you live to fight another day because the team needs you
more than it needs you to stop that guy from scoring
a touchdown. Yeah. I think there's a fine line. I don't go
as far as you, you got to stop the guy from scoring
a touchdown, you get down in front of him and make sure he
trips
over you. That's what you do know and week too. Well. I know
it's hard. Yes. And week to, yes, you just don't
Your show. I mean, he tried to hit the guy
like he was a legit, like, strong safety,
and he thought he was Jamal Adams. That's where it was
ridiculous to your point. But, you know, again would also is
ridiculous. Is Teddy Bridgewater? Teddy,
Bridgewater. Never never played for me again, if he did that to
me and I was the head coach of that team. I'd have been like
sit down, drink, Gatorade. Oh my gosh. I can't believe you
just did that and even his second attempt after the other
whatever
one was being. He didn't tackle there. He just threw his
shoulder into the guys, hip like that without
But that was embarrassing. All right, so
there's is a fine line, though. To your point where,
you know, again, you don't do what Baker Mayfield does. You
don't do what Teddy Bridgewater does, but you find a way
whether I watch Peyton Manning and even Brady in his career
where,
you know, you just get in the way and make sure the guy falls
over you. That's the way you protect yourself as
a quarterback, but certainly to your point, you know you,
hey, if you got to dive and all of a sudden throw yourself in
a spot to wear, oh my Salman are really vulnerable so I can get
hurt. No, then you don't do that and you let him freaking
go and okay,
you'll live to play another day, but
I don't know if I'd go as far as you
but I think that's part of the key. If you're comfortable
making that play and knowing that you can, maybe take the,
guys legs out, kind of roll into him, not have a collision
with any body part that could get
twisted or bread or whatever. You have to, you have to know,
you have to know your physical limits. And yesterday. We ran
them. And if all else fails shelter in place. If all else
fails, shelter-in-place, all right.