Right now the news isn't any better for Chargers T Jeromey Clary.
Sources told Fox31's Josina Anderson that the third-year player suffered a fracture in the Chargers 32-3 victory over the Broncos.
"(Clary) has a broken fibula. It was a clean fracture, mid-shaft," said a source to Anderson.
It was also indicated that Clary had a close fracture-meaning that it did not go through the skin.
Clary was carted off the field early in the fourth quarter, after clutching his left leg and being down for several minutes.
Doctors who spoke with FOX31 Sports said that if Clary elects to have surgery and plate this fracture he could potential play on it after two or three weeks as the fibula is not a weight bearing bone-as they have observed such cases.
In that procedure, a stainless steal plate would be surgically placed across the site of the fracture above and below the break, secured with about six screws, and the healing process is usually faster.
Electing not to have surgery would give Clary approximately a six to eight week window to heal, and also leaves concerns that the healing would be less precise.
Sources told Fox31's Josina Anderson that the third-year player suffered a fracture in the Chargers 32-3 victory over the Broncos.
"(Clary) has a broken fibula. It was a clean fracture, mid-shaft," said a source to Anderson.
It was also indicated that Clary had a close fracture-meaning that it did not go through the skin.
Clary was carted off the field early in the fourth quarter, after clutching his left leg and being down for several minutes.
Doctors who spoke with FOX31 Sports said that if Clary elects to have surgery and plate this fracture he could potential play on it after two or three weeks as the fibula is not a weight bearing bone-as they have observed such cases.
In that procedure, a stainless steal plate would be surgically placed across the site of the fracture above and below the break, secured with about six screws, and the healing process is usually faster.
Electing not to have surgery would give Clary approximately a six to eight week window to heal, and also leaves concerns that the healing would be less precise.
