Another opportunity missed by the Bengals.....

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(12-31-2017, 11:53 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I agree with exploring all options, but don't make this out to be a HOF that the Bengals missed out on.  Herniated disks are not to be taken lightly and surgery is far from a cure.  It is a treatment, but a lot of these folks are never the same again.  Especially ones that put that much stress on their backs.  I wish him well, but I would rather see the Bengals draft Price next year.  

As a guy that has been living with 2 herniated disks, for the past 16 years (one of them directly traceable to one, specific football play) I can attest that once suffering that sort of injury, a man is never quite the same.  

In my specific case, my doctor at the time strongly urged me to not have the surgery.  Reason being, at that time they were still doing the old fashioned, cut you open and fuse stuff together type of surgery.  He said men almost never recovered to their former selves from those.  However, he did speak about newer surgical techniques that were on the horizon, that would be much less invasive, and offer a much abbreviated recovery time.

My current MD says that the "new" laser surgeries have a very high success rate, and that most men are walking the same day, and back to work in less than 2 weeks.

(12-31-2017, 12:16 PM)Sled21 Wrote: I'm not saying he will be HOF. What I am saying is he was help that was available in positions that we are in dire need of, and in my opinion could be an upgrade over what we currently have. Obviously other teams were looking at him. Their needs may not be a bad as ours, yet we don't look, even though the price is low. That is my point..... 

I've mentioned Toth in responses in various OL threads this year.  I agree, the Bengals should have made a move on him.  

Now, sure there is no guarantee that Toth will return to his full, former self.  But I feel like a team in the Bengals position should feel an obligation to leave no stone unturned, when it comes to attaining players to improve the quality of the team.