Newton may be dealing with a lisfranc injury

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, raz said:

now i will say i have no idea what the situation is if a team dr orders an mri for you, and you don't get it, no idea, and its possible we've been in that situation with cam before, possibly multiple times

Loads of players have stories of shenanigans they pulled to get to play when doctors told them they shouldn't.

And yeah, we've heard rumors about Newton. Are they true? Who knows?

What rules there are technically are in place to keep coaches from abusing players. But if the players are complicit, you can't force them either way.

And again, if this becomes an issue, I know exactly what the answer is going to be.

"Well, he wanted to play."

[Darvinsun]

Really the whole staff should be fired. How in the world could you not tell that Newton was not able to play ...were they not letting him practice? If u don't practice you shouldn't be playing. And if the did what were they practicing, Patty Cake! Cam in neither game looked capable of winning a game. Rivera,  Turner, medical staff all dropped the ball on this one.

[Khyber53]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Rivera is the head coach. He should act like one.

I know nine years in that's not gonna happen, but it should.

He did yesterday and in week 17 last season. Both were wins. It could be his fault for letting the tail wag the dog, though.

[beastson]

1 minute ago, Darvinsun said:

Really the whole staff should be fired. How in the world could you not tell that Newton was not able to play ...were they not letting him practice? If u don't practice you shouldn't be playing. And if the did what were they practicing, Patty Cake! Cam in neither game looked capable of winning a game. Rivera,  Turner, medical staff all dropped the ball on this one.

My man, we all know this team medical staff is garbage

If it takes 4-8 weeks, Cam need to sit all 8 weeks

[pantherclaw]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Thanks, 88.

They're saying if he chooses a non-surgical approach, the recovery timetable is something like 4 to 8 weeks. If it needs surgery, out for the year.

Wow.

[pantherclaw]

You guys are foaming at the mouth to blame everything on Rivera. 

If the initial cray comes back good, the doctor clears the player to play, and the player says he's good to play, every coach is going to play the player, especially if he's the franchise QB. 

It's up to the teams medical staff to make the decision whether a player is healthy enough to go or not.  Not the coaches.  It's not a recommendation. If the staff feels he shouldn't be playing, the the player won't play, period. 

[Cary Kollins]

1 minute ago, pantherclaw said:

You guys are foaming at the mouth to blame everything on Rivera. 

If the initial cray comes back good, the doctor clears the player to play, and the player says he's good to play, every coach is going to play the player, especially if he's the franchise QB. 

It's up to the teams medical staff to make the decision whether a player is healthy enough to go or not.  Not the coaches.  It's not a recommendation. If the staff feels he shouldn't be playing, the the player won't play, period. 

so how many times do the trainers need to get it wrong before they are fired,,,,by Ron?

[uncfan888]

It amazes me how people can still defend Rivera after what he's put cam through to save his job

[Mr. Scot]

7 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

so how many times do the trainers need to get it wrong before they are fired,,,,by Ron?

I've never met a single member of the  Panthers medical staff. I can't speak to their character whatsoever.

I can say football history is littered with stories of team doctors making team friendly decisions. Those stories, however, generally occurred during times when medical rules were somewhat more loosely enforced than they are these days.

I'm not really prepared to put my tinfoil hat on for this one though. I think it's more just a case of "we don't know for sure". TV doctors can look at a poorly developed x-ray of somebody's gut and within ten seconds know every minute detail of what's happening. Real world doctors? Not so much.

Rivera could have erred on the side of caution, but hey...

[Cary Kollins]

So Rivera will bench Cam for not wearing a tie but won’t sit him with a lisfranc injury. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Outlandish 

[GoobyPls]

How can the medical staff not tell if he had that injury to begin with?

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, GoobyPls said:

How can the medical staff not tell if he had that injury to begin with?

Read the earlier posts from the people who've had the injury.

[Captain Obvious]

Liz Frank is a bitch,