09-28-2016, 03:59 PM
Many fans have been oblivious on how poorly this whole situation was handled.
The surgery was on the inside of his ankle, which was not released in the early reports, but was reported over the summer. An unusual place for the surgery. The initial timeline put it at 5-6 months recovery, as this wasn't just a clean up procedure. The surgery was performed, what, May 31st? And people were buying he would be back week 1? A guy who has always been horribly injury prone and an organization who lies and deceives through their teeth about injuries? The procedure should've been done in February or at the latest, March, and not at all impacting the regular season. Of course, that would've made way too much sense, and the lack of transparency on the whole thing has been disheartening. This isn't a HIPAA thing either. The Bengals could've easily come and said they did or didn't instruct Tyler to have the surgery in February.
Call it a frustrating thing as a fan...especially sitting here in week 4, 1-2 record and well...the offense being almost the sole reason we've lost games because we have 1 viable weapon.
The surgery was on the inside of his ankle, which was not released in the early reports, but was reported over the summer. An unusual place for the surgery. The initial timeline put it at 5-6 months recovery, as this wasn't just a clean up procedure. The surgery was performed, what, May 31st? And people were buying he would be back week 1? A guy who has always been horribly injury prone and an organization who lies and deceives through their teeth about injuries? The procedure should've been done in February or at the latest, March, and not at all impacting the regular season. Of course, that would've made way too much sense, and the lack of transparency on the whole thing has been disheartening. This isn't a HIPAA thing either. The Bengals could've easily come and said they did or didn't instruct Tyler to have the surgery in February.
Call it a frustrating thing as a fan...especially sitting here in week 4, 1-2 record and well...the offense being almost the sole reason we've lost games because we have 1 viable weapon.
