TC: Tuck might play with harness

Coughlin also sounded like a guy who would like to take that harness and whip Flozell Adams of Dallas with it. Personally, I would volunteer to help.

What a badass….

This is potentially a serious injury in terms of performance.
Tito, you may remember it as what essentially ended Mike Lowell’s days as a top-flite hitter and third baseman (and runner — oh wait he never was that).
Entry on torn Labrum:
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/shoulderelbow/a/labrum.htm
It sounds from this description that a trauma-based tear in a young patient is most likely a Bankart tear/lesion:
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/generalshoulder/a/bankart.htm
in case you don’t follow the link, here are the essentials:
When the labrum of the shoulder joint is torn, the stability of the shoulder joint is compromised. A specific type of labral tear is called a Bankart lesion. A Bankart lesion occurs when an individual sustains a shoulder dislocation.
Typical symptoms of a Bankart lesion include:

a sense of instability
repeat dislocations
catching sensations
aching of the shoulder
Often patients will complain that they cannot “trust” their shoulder, fearing it may dislocate again.
this is not good for a D-Lineman, who makes his living shoving 300+ pound men!
There are two general options for the treatment of a Bankart lesion. One option is to allow the arm to rest, and the inflammation to subside with the use of a sling.
which we all saw Tuck in in the second half
This is usually followed by physical therapy to regain motion of the extremity. The potential downside of this option is that people who dislocate a shoulder once are much more likely to dislocate the shoulder again.
seems that continuing to play is the opposite of physical therapy
The other option is to perform surgery to repair the torn labrum. When surgery is performed, the torn labrum of the Bankart lesion is reattached to the socket of the shoulder. The results of surgery are usually very good, with over 90% of patients returning to their activities without any further dislocations. More and more commonly this surgery is being performed arthroscopically; however, there are indications in some patients who should have a Bankart repair performed through a standard incision.

So without knowing the severity of the tear there are three likely outcomes:
1. It is a minor tear, and Tuck is able to play while progressing through a rehab program because there is no instability. But likely he will be limited in his range of motion and moves.
2. The rehab program will require Tuck to avoid sudden or stressful motions for several weeks. If I was Coughlin, no way he plays Sunday, in fact, depending on insider knowledge I’d think about having his ass on the bench until week 6.
3. The tear will require surgery, and with it a 12-week minimum rehabilitation program.
I’m not a doctor, I just read one on the Internet… but shit man. This is going to potentially be a production-killer for Tuck and could really nag him for his entire life.
As far as Flozell goes, I’m only 5’9" 200, but give me a few shots and beers and I’ll lead the charge.

well, shit.

Every game’s important, but if Tuck has to sit this one out, I will not argue. Not cuz he can’t play, but the risk of injury may outplay his actual effectiveness.

Hopefully Canty will be as close to 100% as he can possibly be and at least attempt to make up for it, you know, to show why they pay him more than Tuck?

Well the guy’s 6"8 350lbs, give or take 50lbs….. I’ll just smack Romo’s pinkie when Adams isn’t looking.

He’ll be severely affected by this all season, and you guys have every right to be pissed.

If I’m the GM of the Eagles and I have my choice of any defensive player in the NFC East, Demarcus Ware wouldn’t be a no-brainer. I’d give very serious consideration to Justin Tuck. Personally, I feel that Tuck is the best player on your team.

The Giants unfairly just became a much more beatable team today.

With the Bucs, Chiefs and Raiders coming up, I wouldn’t mind just shutting him down for a couple weeks. We can beat these teams without Justin Tuck. As long as Kiwi and Tollefson do a satisfactory job, they should win these games. The only game of those three that I’m concerned about is the Oakland game because they seem to truly have a good defense for once.

That Cheap Shot by Flozell adams deserves at least a one game suspension and a big fine. In my opinion, it’s worse than what Haynesworth did to Gurode. The NFL will also take into account the fact that he took out a superstar with a cheap move. If he had taken out Dave Tollefson I don’t know if they’d react the same way.

Flozell is going to get absolutely BLOWN UP!! I can’t wait. I’m already excited.

In fact, I will bet you all right now that he has a mysterious injury that flares up that week. Flozell Adams is an absolute bully and now he is afraid of going up against them again!

We want u when it counts most. Take the time u need. But by all means, run as much as possible. U’ve been looking a lil winded lately.

but with three very winnable games coming up id urge the coaching staff to sit him to absolutely make sure hes ready to go and not risk an even more serious injury

I think Tuck should dressup the next two games but rest. If needed he can go and play with the harness but come out of the game once he has accomplished what he needed to do.

A healthy Tuck for the late part of the season and playoffs is more important.

Based on the crying that has gone on in Giant nation the past few days…I would expect Tuck to show up on the sidelines in a skirt.