Sunday, April 7, 2013

Day 7: Some Not-So-Great Gronk News for the Patriots

Wes Welker is gone and now there's a problem with Rob Gronkowski. News on the New England Patriots front is not great where Gronk's arm is concerned. As we all know, Gronk broke his arm in Week 11 last season blocking on an extra point attempt. It was a stupid injury because, in my humble opinion, he shouldn't even have been on the field for a play like that.

Gronk finally made it back in the final week of the regular season and it appeared everything was A-OK. Outfitted with a kevlar protective cast, he then played in the AFC Championship game and that's when the wheels fell off the bus. In the first quarter, he fell on the injured arm, breaking it again just above where the original plate had been installed. And recently Gronkowski has been battling an infection at the sight where the second plate is located. If they can't get this thing cleared up soon, it may jeopardize Gronk's readiness for the fall.

Today, the Boston Herald reported on the current situation:
"Doctors treating Gronkowski will have to go back into the arm again to remove the plate and install a new one, but if they find more infected tissue, they would be unable to install the plate at that time. That would require another surgical procedure after the tissue around the injury is clear of infection and, sources confirmed, that would not give Gronkowski the required 10 weeks healing time to be ready for the season opener in September."
Am I the only one who wants to dope slap this kid for not taking this injury more seriously? I'm not saying that wrestling with his friends caused the infection, but you have to wonder if he had been more careful with his arm, if he would be having these problems. Or are we just going to find out that Rob Gronkowski is actually the JD Drew of the football world...? I really hope that's not the case. It's hard to think of someone that big being that fragile.

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