Wait a second, Cam was allowed to play with torn rotator cuff?

[Jeremy Igo]

Cam's shoulder injury happened again San Diego. That was December 11, well into the season is lost territory.

 

Why exactly was Cam allowed to play?

[t96]

Cam wanted to play and an injury like that is nothing like a head injury in terms of forcing a guy to sit or not.

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

Cam is like Lebron James, he calls the shots, except for instances where he decides not to wear a tie. 

[countryboi]

its no way anyone would like him continue to play with a torn rotator cuff unless he was hiding how bad it was. we all know that Cam is the type that if he thinks he can play he is going to play. 

[CarolinaSamurai]

Coaches arnt man enough to tell him no. You don't want to be his damn friend which is why Dorsey and Shula and Ron need to grow a pair with him.

[tiger7_88]

8 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

 

Cam's shoulder injury happened again San Diego. That was December 11, well into the season is lost territory.

 

Why exactly was Cam allowed to play?

 

I might be wrong (I ain't no doctor), but with some injuries like that they can't get any worse, so you can choose to just play through the pain.

Might this be one of those cases?

[CatMan72]

Good question... Cam probably told them he could go and if it was a small tear I could understand letting him play and keeping an eye on it. It seemed to get progressively worse and by the last game of the season (where he threw multiple picks) you could tell he was hurting and couldn't put any zip on the ball so I have no idea why they allowed it to progress to that point and why they kept him in that game???

Our trainer (RV) is considered one of the best in the business so if he cleared him to play I can live with that - but just because he is medically cleared doesn't mean the coaches should leave him out there when he's obviously hurting and unable to drive the ball. 

[tiger7_88]

9 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

 

Cam's shoulder injury happened again San Diego. That was December 11, well into the season is lost territory.

 

Why exactly was Cam allowed to play?

 

Either the above or the fact that ever since Cam was drafted, Rivera and (for a shorter time) Shula have sacrificed his body and health to try to protect their jobs.

But that's the pessimists view (but it doesn't mean it couldn't be true).

[X-Clown on 1]

Because River Boat Ron ----- Toot toot to your career MF'ers.

[Jeremy Igo]

I might be wrong (I ain't no doctor), but with some injuries like that they can't get any worse, so you can choose to just play through the pain.
Might this be one of those cases?

Having any injury makes it more likely you are injured elsewhere. While the tear maybe could not have gotten worse, it could have cause other issues as his body tried to compensate for the pain.

[Steve_Smith_Sr.]

This is just flat out stupid.  I've torn both of mine and whoever let him play should be fired.  Great way to turn a minor injury into a major one.

[KB_fan]

UGH.  Don't like this news re: Cam's surgery at all.  We all saw how long it took for his ankle to be right in 2014 when he was originally expected to be back at full strength for the season.   Waiting until March 30th for the surgery?  Wow. 

Especially as we will have new players on the Oline, and maybe 2 or 3 new WRs, and a RB & TE (hopefully Howard!) we're trying to break into the offense in big roles, Cam's not being able to throw during OTAs is a pretty big deal.

Dang.  It was such an exciting free agency, and now this.  Don't like it at all.

So how soon do the calls to draft a QB at #8 begin?!?!?!  (just kidding... but with Cam's injuries and DA being on the final year of his contract, I think...) I suddenly wouldn't rule out us drafting a developmental QB in the later rounds!

[Saca312]

This is utterly dumb. Cam should not have had to play the rest of the dumpster fire you call our 2016 season, and now he gets a late surgery.

Not looking good at all.

[Nails]

Absolutely ASININE to let him play in Tampa.