Ryan Jensen And Russell Gage Aren’t 100 Percent
July 25th, 2023
The Bucs have a good health report card overall, but it’s not perfect, Todd Bowles said today.
Receiver Russell Gage? He’s not there yet with an undisclosed injury, Bowles said, but there’s no indication yet that Gage will be on the physically unable to perform list when practice starts tomorrow. Gage has been hurt for months.
Ryan Jensen is clear to practice one year after his awful knee injury — yes, he played in the playoffs against Dallas — but Bowles said the team will monitor him closely and it’s unclear whether he will be in pads next week.
As Joe wrote in the wee hours, Shaq Barrett is good to go.
Teams are not required to submit an official injury report until four days prior to opening day.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:40 am
Man, what is it with Gage?? This dude is always hurt. What is he doing to always be hurt? I think this is a major concern as he the 3rd receiver. None of the other guys bring what he does to the slot. Warning lights should be flashing at One Buc.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:40 am
Why did Jensen decide not to get surgery on his knee? How could it be stable enough to play a full season if nothing was repaired/ reattached?
July 25th, 2023 at 9:45 am
Jensen should have had surgery. Now, he’s lost for the season. He won’t play more than 3 games.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:49 am
This will be Jensen’s last year, he will limp and hobble along while collecting his last NFL pay checks. He will look just ok the first two games, but after that the swelling and rehab will be the rest of his year.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:49 am
Is it unreasonable for the fans to know why Gage is always hurt and what his “injuries” are?
July 25th, 2023 at 9:50 am
More concerned about Jensen than Gage at this point, but again we’ve got Hainsey who’s gotten a full season under his belt at C and Nick Leverett was being cross-trained at C as well. So instead of wondering if we’ll see either of those guys at C some point this offseason, now it is almost guaranteed.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:50 am
I love Jensen. He tried so hard to get back for what he thought was a suoer bowl shot. I hope he holds up.
July 25th, 2023 at 9:51 am
Teams are not required to offer injury reports outside of the regular season. Given the uber-paranoid nature of football coaches, it’s unlikely the team will be open about injuries until September.
July 25th, 2023 at 10:35 am
Man Jensen I understand not wanting to go under the knife but if he’s still freaking injured why was he in that playoff game. I can now say that was a foolish move to put a key players health at risk. The last thing I wanted to here is he may not be ready for camp after a full year of rehab
July 25th, 2023 at 10:58 am
Jensen’s injury should be discussed more. He didn’t have surgery and opted for some holistic approach. I really think he should’ve got his knee surgically repaired. I wonder if Brady put it in his head to take a holistic approach.
July 25th, 2023 at 11:03 am
Jensen made what seems to be an emotional decision regarding his knee and the desire to play last season. We should know about the swelling issues if there are any during training camp. Thankfully we have a backup center with experience now. As for Gage, he’s really seldom been hurt except for his as time here. Obviously that’s the only time we care about but hopefully he gets right soon.
July 25th, 2023 at 11:09 am
Jensen didn’t have much of a choice. He said last year if he went under the knife, he’d never be able to play again.
July 25th, 2023 at 1:02 pm
Gage is hurt? Again? I shan’t believe it. I simply shan’t.
July 25th, 2023 at 1:03 pm
Don’t see Jensen lasting a whole season, but what a warrior.
July 25th, 2023 at 1:43 pm
Joe Says:
“Jensen didn’t have much of a choice. He said last year if he went under the knife, he’d never be able to play again.”
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Wow. Is that in print anywhere? I couldn’t find anything.
July 25th, 2023 at 1:43 pm
Had a horrible knee injury to my knee years ago. Sports injury in the school gymnasium. Avoided surgery and went the conservative approach. A year later it easily got injured again. Doc said if you don’t get the surgery now, it’ll just happen again.and often. The surgery is meant to continue your career, not lose it. At his age he’ll probably always have issues with his knee. The surgery may give him a few more solid years. But who knows, everybody’s situation is unique. Praying for you Jensen!
July 25th, 2023 at 1:46 pm
Get up off the ground, Gage; your not hurt! That was just the coin toss!
Jensen is worrisome. I sure hope he holds up.
July 25th, 2023 at 2:01 pm
Pretty sure Joe had it. Jensen has been fairly open about it.
July 25th, 2023 at 2:23 pm
I remember your story about the treatment. The part about the surgery possibly causing a worse outcome I don’t remember.
After changing my search terms, I found details on FixKnee.com Mostly what you already told us.
Orthopedics sure have come a long way. I remember the days before MRI when injured ball players would have to have “exploratory surgery” in order to find out what was wrong with their knees before thinking about fixing them. Ugh.
July 25th, 2023 at 4:26 pm
I’m with the posters who have said today that Jensen made the poor choice by trying to rehab the knee.
The gold standard for recovery of an ACL is surgery for that ACL tear.
Joe has revisionist history about Jensen did not have much of a choice.
You can search the archives and Joe has zero articles on that during last year.
July 25th, 2023 at 6:51 pm
IMHO….Correct Geno 711. He’ll probably be advised to take the surgery at some point in time to better stabilize the joint. It’s not just about playing football, it’s about everyday life and having a knee you could better rely on.
July 25th, 2023 at 7:02 pm
None of us have been privy to Jensen’s MRI results. Something tells me that they must show some positive response to the therapy that he chose. Otherwise, he could still choose to go fix whatever is left over that didn’t heal properly.
I imagine that he will probably supplement his knee with a brace this season, also.
July 26th, 2023 at 2:25 am
Umm…So what does any of that really mean?
Go Bucs!