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Ryan Tucker has hip surgery
Good thing the Browns signed guard Rex Hadnot in free agency and brought back Seth McKinney.
Those looked like smart moves at the time, but they are looking even better now that Ryan Tucker, who started half the 2007 season at right guard after McKinney hurt a shoulder, has undergone hip surgery.
The Browns announced Saturday that Tucker had the procedure “to repair a non-displaced fracture” suffered last Wednesday in practice somehow. They said he is expected to be ready for the start of the regular season, but that’s probably wishful thinking.
Tucker is expected to miss much of training camp, if not all of it. Then he’s going to hop right back into the action? Sounds like a long shot.
And since the operation took place at the Cleveland Clinic, get ready for the inevitable staph infection that figures to set in. What is it now, six Browns who have picked up staph as a parting gift after surgery at the Clinic?
Not to blame the Clinic because nobody knows for sure, but it’s getting to be a good chunk of the roster, including Braylon Edwards, LeCharles Bentley and, most recently, Joe Jurevicious.
Speaking of Bentley, maybe the Tucker surgery opens a spot for him after two years out of commission with knee and staph problems. Bentley probably won’t be usurping Hank Fraley at center, but maybe he can help on the right side of the line, which isn’t quite as solid as the left.
You can never have enough o-line depth, which is what led GM Phil Savage to sign Hadnot and bring McKinney back in the first place. The news of Tucker’s surgery further validates those decisions.
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By SteveT.
May 21, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
Is Bentley still even with the team? If so are the Browns still on the hook for the big contract he got and has never seen game action? Hope the guy is a true feel good story and recovers to his past pro bowl status.