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DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - evo - 01-31-2013 11:54 AM
Quote:Atlanta Falcons safety Thomas DeCoud ended up breaking his middle finger during their week 17 game against the Buccaneers. He ended up playing the entire playoffs and even the Pro Bowl with his finger all messed up.
The picture above is the x-ray of his finger.
DeCoud gets my tough guy award.
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Wow, we all heard about Moore, DRob and Abraham was injured during the Bucs game, but never knew Decoud was injured
Only got one word for the guy..
Respect!
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - RFlagg - 01-31-2013 05:18 PM
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RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - ViperXX79 - 01-31-2013 06:32 PM
That stupid Bucs game that didn't mean anything...I'm so glad the starters played all of that game.
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - ChrisD - 01-31-2013 07:57 PM
The broken isn't what caused him to blow coverages left and right...
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - AUTiger7222 - 01-31-2013 08:00 PM
(01-31-2013 07:57 PM)ChrisD Wrote: The broken isn't what caused him to blow coverages left and right...
Sure it did. When you have a broken finger it breaks your brain's ability to function correctly. LOL.
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - AsylumGuido - 01-31-2013 09:14 PM
Yesterday I was watching one of the Super Bowl preview bits and it showed 49er's plays with blown tackles. DeCoud was in almost all of them. He obviously couldn't wrap up. The next man up would have been better than a player who could not tackle because of injury. That may have cost y'all a trip to the Super Bowl.
Wow! Was it all on DeCoud or the medical staff?
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - AUTiger7222 - 01-31-2013 09:21 PM
(01-31-2013 09:14 PM)AsylumGuido Wrote: Yesterday I was watching one of the Super Bowl preview bits and it showed 49er's plays with blown tackles. DeCoud was in almost all of them. He obviously couldn't wrap up. The next man up would have been better than a player who could not tackle because of injury. That may have cost y'all a trip to the Super Bowl.
Wow! Was it all on DeCoud or the medical staff?
That's nothing new for DeCoud. He has always been a shitty tackler.
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - AsylumGuido - 01-31-2013 09:51 PM
(01-31-2013 09:21 PM)AUTiger7222 Wrote: That's nothing new for DeCoud. He has always been a shitty tackler.
But watch the plays. There were two or three where he should have at least slowed the receiver down but he guy striped it like he wasn't even touched. When I was watching, before the knowledge of the mangled finger, I was thinking he was really finally looking good this year but all of the sudden started to suck.
He hid the injury from the team. I would be pissed.
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - AsylumGuido - 01-31-2013 09:54 PM
Or more importantly, how did the team overlook the injury? Is it an organizational issue? Smith needs to get on top of this immediately.
RE: DeCoud played the entire playoffs and Pro Bowl with a broken finger - Drathdon - 01-31-2013 10:51 PM
Dude, quit your crap. His finger was pointing in the wrong direction, and you think no one knew, and Smith wasn't doing his job? Shesh!
If you had to list the number of players playing with broken fingers, the injury report would quadruple. People just play through them (or rip them off if you are Ronnie Lott!). The staff was fully aware, and just didn't go around posting x-rays till after the season was over.