Sep 30 2005
Quarterback cancer
ESPN’s Len Pasquarelli takes a closer took at quarterbacks with rotator cuff injuries and discovers that no QB ever really recovers from them.
[Don] Majkowski, who led the Packers to a 10-6 record in 1989 with all manner of legendary derring-do and was second in the NFL MVP balloting that year before suffering a rotator cuff injury the following season, is one of them. Others include Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese, Jim McMahon, Gary Danielson, Greg Cook, Jim Miller and Tim Couch. And that’s just scratching the surface of the quarterbacks who discovered rotator cuff injures to be the bane of their professional existence.
Said Danielson, now a college football analyst, in describing the injury: “A rotator cuff [injury], to a throwing athlete, is like cancer.”
Sorry, Jets fans. Time to enter the Drew Brees stakes for 2006…
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You mean the the Philip Rivers sweepstakes - I believe the Chargers will keep Brees and their playoff team intact.