Can you believe he still had to issue a statement today to make sure everyone knew he was joking? Some people.
He broke it in Week 2. Quit being lazy and look it up yourself. IRVING, Texas -- Terrell Owens will miss from two to four weeks after breaking a finger Sunday night in the Dallas Cowboys' 27-10 victory over Washington. The controversial wide receiver broke his right ring finger and will need surgery; he said it'd be Monday, but the team said it also could be Tuesday. The Cowboys have a bye next week. Owens said he was hurt on the first or second play of the game, but didn't tell anybody until the fourth quarter. He said it was a "fluke thing" and occurred when he was blocking. "I think my hand got caught on a guy's jersey or something. I kind of felt something weird with it," Owens said. "I just kind of felt like I jammed it. I kept playing." Owens, who missed much of training camp and the preseason because of a hamstring injury after signing a three-year, $25 million deal that includes a $5 million bonus and a $5 million salary in 2006, struggled against the Redskins. Owens flubbed a pass in the end zone on the opening drive -- the first of three drops. By game's end, he was getting his hand X-rayed, his stats sealed at three catches for 19 yards. While Owens wasn't sure when he got hurt, he drew a personal foul penalty on the Cowboys' first offensive snap of the game for an illegal block. On the dropped touchdown, Owens said he was trying to gather in the ball when cornerback Mike Rumph knocked the ball away. "I didn't really have my full strength in my hand, so I think that probably may have contributed with him punching it out," Owens said. The X-rays revealed the break. His right hand was partially wrapped after the game. "I feel like I'm a quick healer," Owens said. "Once we have the surgery, the healing process will start. ... I'm going to try to get back as soon as I can." After Owens felt a twinge in his hamstring the first week of training camp, he missed more than 20 workouts and the first three preseason games. Two MRIs were clear, but Owens still flew in several doctors and trainers to California, plus a hyperbaric chamber, because he still didn't feel right. Last week, in a loss at Jacksonville, Owens played much better with six catches for 80 yards and a touchdown. AP NEWS The Associated Press News Service http://sportsline.com/nfl/story/9667302
Thanks for making KingCheetah's point. It was not broken the entire year. It takes about 4-8 weeks for a broken finger to heal, have had 2 myself, and it is rare for it to stretch 8 weeks.
He broke it in Week 2. It never completely healed. He also had torn figner tendons. That's why he had surgery as soon as the '06 season was over to fix it completly.
I don't know what you do for a living, but I'm sure it's not catching passes that are coming at you at 85 mph +; more than likely a finger injury is gonna stretch out for however long as you're catching passes, so that's not rare at all.
Where did you see that it never completely healed? He also had surgery which obviously speeds up some type of process because he was back in 2-4 weeks. He tore those tendons sometime around week 10 or 11 per his website ( http://terrellowens.com/news/news.php?newsid=423 ), he was not playing with torn finger tendons all year, just the last part of it.
I got to watch Around the Horn yesterday, all four panelists still tried to make a big deal out of it.
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