Turk Wharton Neck Surgery

[Jay Roosevelt]

I hate to see any player deal with neck injuries, but I don't think this is a big loss for the team on the field.

Hopefully one of our young players can step up and take that job for the long haul.

[Navy_football]

2 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

The news story on it this morning was a little confusing.

Out indefinitely, but will likely play this season.  So its not really indefinitely.  

Means they don't know exactly when he'll be back. Same with Ickey. Maybe this season. Maybe next season. TBD

[Khyber53]

Hoping he has a full recovery. I wonder if a lingering neck injury was a big part of him underperforming last season? It would make a lot of sense.

 

[Clicheking]

Neck and back surgeries are no bueno

All due respect but he barely made an impact so this won't matter much

[07579394]

LaBryan Ray's time.

[Navy_football]

42 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Hoping he has a full recovery. I wonder if a lingering neck injury was a big part of him underperforming last season? It would make a lot of sense.

 

If this is a lingering injury from last season and he waited until mid May to have surgery...

[OldhamA]

1 hour ago, Navy_football said:

If this is a lingering injury from last season and he waited until mid May to have surgery...

They have end-of-season physicals and they're, essentially, owned by the team. Sure this could be an issue they picked up in January and he refused the surgery then, but the small print of his contract would also oblige the team not to pay him. 

I don't think we're stupid enough to let him holistically heal a neck injury, so this is almost certainly a new one. 

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

47 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

They have end-of-season physicals and they're, essentially, owned by the team. Sure this could be an issue they picked up in January and he refused the surgery then, but the small print of his contract would also oblige the team not to pay him. 

I don't think we're stupid enough to let him holistically heal a neck injury, so this is almost certainly a new one. 

Joe person just reported that Wharton only just recently reported the symptoms to the medical staff a few weeks ago in April. Medical staff had no knowledge of this all offseason. Not reporting injuries in a timely manner to medical staff is a possible reason to void a contract especially in this case since it required surgery.

This is the same player that was out multiple weeks for tripping during a Friday walkthrough practice

[Navy_football]

1 minute ago, Dave Gettleman's Shorts said:

Joe person just reported that Wharton only just recently reported the symptoms to the medical staff a few weeks ago in April. Medical staff had no knowledge of this all offseason. Not reporting injuries in a timely manner to medical staff is a possible reason to void a contract especially in this case since it required surgery.

This is the same player that was out multiple weeks for tripping during a Friday walkthrough practice

Well damn...

Hate to see someone not get their money but if he's out here milking injuries then it is what it is.

[PleaseCutStewart]

13 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Looking at the depth chart, NT is ok in theory but the inside DE's behind Derrick Brown, oof. This D-line could be pretty bad honestly. 

Yeah hopefully we can find someone to replace Turk that can at least eat blocks and give our LBs a chance to make the tackle 

[countryboi]

he is going to get cut, back and neck injuries are already tough and he wasnt playing great when he was healthy

[Lame Duck]

Likely going to be injury settlement.  Terrible signing.

[Daddy_Uncle]

Goodbye. Hardly knew ye

[LinvilleGorge]

Hate it for him personally and hope he recovers well. But honestly, reaching an injury settlement and moving on would probably be a best case scenario for the Panthers. This signing always felt like a desperate knee-jerk reaction to losing out on Milton Williams. Williams was a logical scheme fit while Wharton just wasn't. He's best used as a rotational interior pass rushing specialist in an even front. He's way too small to play the nose in a 3-4 and he lacks the length and juice to play the end. Healthy he's a nice roster piece in the right scheme at the right price but we overpaid him to play him in the wrong scheme. The signing just never made any sense to me and I said so at the time.