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11-02-2010, 12:17 AM
Doctors told him he would be out eight to nine weeks when they did surgery eight days ago to repair his partially torn left triceps muscle, a procedure that he said "went better than expected because it wasn't a total tear."
The best-case scenario would have Smith back for the home game against the New York Jets Dec. 19 or perhaps the home game against the Carolina Panthers four days later. Worst case -- this is a horrible thought -- he could be finished as an NFL player.
"It's a little premature to put me in the grave," Smith said.
Smith is determined to do the rehab to get back this season.
"You give me just a blade of grass, I'll take my chances and see what happens," he said.Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10306/1099963-87.stm#ixzz146DKH9oa
The best-case scenario would have Smith back for the home game against the New York Jets Dec. 19 or perhaps the home game against the Carolina Panthers four days later. Worst case -- this is a horrible thought -- he could be finished as an NFL player.
"It's a little premature to put me in the grave," Smith said.
Smith is determined to do the rehab to get back this season.
"You give me just a blade of grass, I'll take my chances and see what happens," he said.Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10306/1099963-87.stm#ixzz146DKH9oa