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TDs Arm: Medical perspective, can he still be effective?


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According to Albert Breer from TD's doctors the issues he warned TD about is that he may/will have trouble gripping and rotating his arm.....obviously still a number of days before the game and still a few more sessions of practice to test him out but it seems a bit risky giving him a heavy load in the Super Bowl.

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9 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

According to Albert Breer from TD's doctors the issues he warned TD about is that he may/will have trouble gripping and rotating his arm.....obviously still a number of days before the game and still a few more sessions of practice to test him out but it seems a bit risky giving him a heavy load in the Super Bowl.

His grip strength seems to be fine after he gave Michael Irvin a good squeeze on a handshake last night. Arm rotation might be a slight issue if he needs to turn his hand to better deflect or intercept a pass or something, but I don't really see that being a major problem. Someone landing on it in a fumble pile or a tackle where the ball carrier comes down on top of his arm are potential worries from me about it. Otherwise I think he is completely fine to play. They will pump it full of toradol and he probably won't feel a thing during the game when you combine that with adrenaline.

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Not worried about pass coverage or open field tackling.

playing the run or blitzing IMO requires a lot of upper body pushing to get off blocks.    Also heard a former player say if he was Denver he would cut TDs legs and make him brace himself on falls with his arm.

I think on passing situations he can he highly effective 

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Denver will test that arm. Look for some cheap shots.

 

with that said TD is the kind of dude that if he knows he's a liability on the field, he will not put himself out there if it's hurting the team. Shaq has been practicing in a worst case scenario. He's obviously a rookie but he's got such athleticism and explosiveness it's not such a terrible thing that I feel he would be a liability in the biggest game of this teams lives. What a pickup in 20/20 hindsight. 

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