Whitehead Injury

[Farnox]

I know Narduzzi is normally tight lipped about injuries but has anyone heard anything about Whitehead's injury? It didn't look good when he was carted off during the game.

 

[runshadyrun]

How about Moss as well? thanks!

 

[King Of All Message Boards]

He's out for the year. I read something yesterday. Had to have surgery and had something like 16 screws used. So it must have been ugly.

 

[Pittx9]

The announcers said they wouldn't show the replay because it was the ugly. So I was assuming the worst. I guess it's Webb and Mitchell the rest of the way then?

 

[PittGuy00]

That's not true. He is our best run stopper and was excellent in that role. He has struggled with getting more involved in coverage this season.

nonetheless, he's a great player, a very important piece of our puzzle, and we should all be very concerned because I have a bad feeling that injury may well have ended his career. Just goes to show you how violent the game is, that was a routine tackle and by just dumb bad luck he got rolled up under it in a very bad way.

An arm injury will end his career?

 

[runshadyrun]

video clip, can't really see much as his arm wasm behing, under his body...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/other/whitehead-suffers-on-saturday/vp-AAkeaFq

 

[CaptainMurphy]

I don't think there is any chance this impacts his career unless there was extensive nerve damage. And I don't think this was the case given that he was on the plane home with team,.

 

[revampedpanthers]

I hate to say this but Whitehead plays the least important position in Pitt's "load the box to stop the run while teams pass all over us" defense. He is rarely in pass coverage and teams don't run, therefore he makes very few plays. I hope he is ok, but from a pure personnel standpoint, he doesn't make much of a difference as an extra LB in this defense.

for the most part I agree, but he is also responsible for the TE on many plays.

 

[Pittx9]

I would really hope for his sake he can play football again next year. Kid's a big time player, would be a real shame to have your career end at 19-20 years old. Hopefully it's not too optimistic to think he will be back at full strength in '17.

 

[thebadby2]

An arm injury will end his career?

Depends on what kind of an arm injury. Major tendon and ligament disruption with a bunch of metal and 16 screws holding his bones and/or joint together might do that. Someone else reported that was the word on the type of surgery he had. Hopefully that was wrong.

I'm assuming the worst, hoping for the best. Looked like Moss broke something in his hand or wrist as well, but that didn't look too serious in terms of the future. Whitehead's injury, on the other hand, did.

 

[Consultant Panther]

I don't think there is any chance this impacts his career unless there was extensive nerve damage. And I don't think this was the case given that he was on the plane home with team,.

I agree. I think it's highly unlikely that this is a career threatening injury.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

Good thing he chose to be a Panther with the expert doctors associated with the school. God speed for healthy recovery!

 

[Pitt-Chains]

Good thing he chose to be a Panther with the expert doctors associated with the school. God speed for healthy recovery!

Spot on 9 !

 

[VolPanther]

Well no matter what his football future holds I just wish him well and a successful recovery he seems to be a good kid with a good head on his shoulders.

 

[mehinpgh]

Depends on what kind of an arm injury. Major tendon and ligament disruption with a bunch of metal and 16 screws holding his bones and/or joint together might do that. Someone else reported that was the word on the type of surgery he had. Hopefully that was wrong.

I'm assuming the worst, hoping for the best. Looked like Moss broke something in his hand or wrist as well, but that didn't look too serious in terms of the future. Whitehead's injury, on the other hand, did.

It is so bad that it may end his career...or be back for the bowl game (as reported this afternoon). Please do not speculate on the kid's career being over when you don't know sh!t about it...not a good look Badby2, very disappointing on your part.

 

[JoseLind13]

It seem that it's generally 3-6 weeks in cast plus the rehab time for a surgical repair of closed fractures to both the ulna and radius. While an ugly deformity at the time of the break, it's doubtful that it was open fracture if on the plane just a couple hours later. Rumors of non-ortho damage are just speculation, not known fact, from what I have seen.

Bowl is around 7-8 weeks away, so it's not an impossible scenario to play and we know Narduzzi will remain strategically vague, so the story details from team sources probably won't change until he either plays in a bowl or we enter the off season... wishing him the best either way.