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Teddy Bridgewater - "He Had A Toothpick Of A Leg to Rebuild"

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Dan Cooper knows Teddy Bridgewater's heart like few people do, because Cooper cut open the quarterback's leg on Sept. 8, 2016, when pro football's most stunning comeback began inside a Dallas clinic.

Amputation was no longer a feared possibility, and yet what the surgeon faced that day was something one might see on the set of a sci-fi film.

"It was just a horribly grotesque injury," Cooper said.

The good doctor was talking about the quarterback's left knee, which had exploded without warning nine days earlier while Bridgewater was dropping back to pass, untouched, in a Minnesota Vikings practice.

"It's mangled," Cooper said. "You make the skin incision, and there's nothing there. It's almost like a war wound. Everything is blown."

Great read:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24439421/teddy-bridgewater-surgeon-tells-tale-bigger-trade-bait-2018-nfl-new-york-jets

 

 

Miracle that he could keep his leg, walk, run, and especially play football. Modern medicine be crazy, yo.

I don't really follow teams/players very closely other than the Cowboys and Texans.  I knew he had injured his knee but had NO idea how severely.  After reading the article linked above I'm amazed at the progress he's made.  His comeback is a testament to his courage and character.

Edited by SHOOTER12

why is dan cooper fixing players from other teams?  fucking traitor.  

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I bet he doesn't skip leg day anymore. 

Leg day certainly didn’t skip him. 

9 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I bet he doesn't skip leg day anymore. 

I bet he doesn't skip anymore

49 minutes ago, Mileslong said:

Wish Dallas had him as a backup...

Dude we have Cooper Rush!!

1 hour ago, Wally Pryor said:

Dan Cooper knows Teddy Bridgewater's heart like few people do, because Cooper cut open the quarterback's leg on Sept. 8, 2016, when pro football's most stunning comeback began inside a Dallas clinic.

I'm not a doctor, but I don't think the heart is located in the leg.

4 minutes ago, miguelito said:

I'm not a doctor, but I don't think the heart is located in the leg.

He was probing to determine muscle tone and skeletal girth. It's a new technique. We mock what we don’t understand.

Don’t understand how a non-contact injury could be this extreme. Was there some kind of pre-existing structural abnormality?

I'm not a doctor, but I don't think the heart is located in the leg.


I always thought the leg bone was connected to the heart bone...
5 minutes ago, Nope said:

Don’t understand how a non-contact injury could be this extreme. Was there some kind of pre-existing structural abnormality?

Well apparently his heart was located in his leg!  Or his leg was in his heart, I'm not sure.

He was probing to determine muscle tone and skeletal girth. It's a new technique. We mock what we don’t understand.

Your mom liked my girth...

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