Let's take a look back, shall we, to the golden days of yore. Let's go way, way back, all the way to August 3rd, 2009, a full eight days ago. The headline in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reads, "In Good Repair: Harrell's Back Appears Fixed." Read it and weep, my friends:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/52391712.html Seriously, the article is not nearly as encouraging as its title implies. Here's the part that scared me when I read it:
But as he prepared for the second surgery on the eve of training camp one year ago, he was given sobering news.
"I was scared because the doctor told me if I did have a second surgery, the chances of me playing were . . . very slim," Harrell said. "He did tell me, 'Two surgeries and you wouldn't play at all' last year, and my chances of ever playing again were like, very slim. When you hear that from the doctor, it's just one of those things you don't want to think about. This is your whole career."