Quote:I guess I should have. I just figured his appendicitis must have been the injury he had during Coughlin's final years when Tom actually went to the hospital to be by his side. It was some kind of abdominal surgery issue as I recall. That happening in Dallas is even more reason to be more patient with him as indeed the organ is only removed once. It's not really fair to say an appendectomy counts against one's injury history since it's not exactly repeatable.

Just because one or two guys in our history have come back and played great from injuries doesn't mean every injury plagued guy will come back and be great. MSW and Derek Cox had injury issues and where are they now? People on here love comparing every injured player to Smith and Taylor. Yet, still no star on this team who overcame injuries.

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