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Garcon says he’ll be ‘healthy enough to play’

Wide receiver Pierre Garcon said in a televised interview Thursday that he’ll be sufficiently healthy to play for the Redskins in the 2013 season but he still might not be at full capacity.

“I’ll be healthy enough to play,” Garcon said during an appearance on the NFL Network, according to a transcript provided by the league-owned TV channel. “I can’t say I’ll be 100 percent, but I’ll be back out there helping the team in any way possible.”

Garcon said previously he would not undergo surgery for the torn ligament near the second toe in his right foot that plagued him last season. He said during Thursday’s TV appearance that it’s unclear how fully he will participate in offseason practices with the Redskins.

“I’ll be rehabbing and doing whatever I’m able to do,” Garcon said. “The trainers will let me know and we won’t try to win a Super Bowl in April, but we’ll try to move ahead.”

Garcon has said repeatedly since hurting his foot last season that he wanted to avoid surgery, in part because he’d been given no guarantees by doctors that surgery would solve the problem. He played 10 of the Redskins’ 16 regular season games last season, finishing with 44 catches for 633 yards and four touchdowns.

The Redskins had a 9-1 record in the regular season games started by Garcon, who was signed as a free agent last offseason.

“It was just that we had more weapons on the field,” Garcon told the NFL Network. “It wasn’t anything I did particularly. Mike Shanahan and Kyle Shanahan did a great job of game planning and I just did my part. They brought me over to make plays and help the team win, and that’s what I take pride in doing and that’s happened. It’s all up to coaches. … Without Robert [Griffin III], without Alfred [Morris], there is no 9-1. I need the offensive line. We need the running backs.”

emoses14 wrote:Not sure I get why neither surgery nor some other non-surgery rehab is unable to fix this.

Irn-Bru wrote:

emoses14 wrote:Not sure I get why neither surgery nor some other non-surgery rehab is unable to fix this.

Who said that? My understanding before now was that there is a surgery to fix it, but that Garcon has had personal hesitations about going under and/or being cut.

This article says Garcon claims he couldn't get a "guarantee" from a doctor, but just what that means isn't clear.

Irn-Bru wrote:Is there ever a guarantee? Whatever assessments the doctors made is between them, Garcon, and the Redskins, but I'd be surprised it it was a genuinely risky prospect.

Irn-Bru wrote:Is there ever a guarantee? Whatever assessments the doctors made is between them, Garcon, and the Redskins, but I'd be surprised it it was a genuinely risky prospect.

Irn-Bru wrote:Is there ever a guarantee? Whatever assessments the doctors made is between them, Garcon, and the Redskins, but I'd be surprised it it was a genuinely risky prospect.

PulpExposure wrote:I have a chronic toe condition called sesamoiditis, related to inflammation behind the big toe.

tribeofjudah wrote:Yet another player NOT wanting to go the surgery route.....

tribeofjudah wrote:Yet another player NOT wanting to go the surgery route.....

Countertrey wrote:You made the comment. How should it be read other than as snide and derisive?

Q: While it’s no doubt Pierre Garcon was a huge spark for our offense last year when he did play with his energy, physicality, big-play ability, and flashes of great speed. Am I the only one finding it a little concerning our No. 1 receiver is saying “I can’t say I’ll be 100 percent” for 2013 after this extended time of rest and rehab?
– Alec Gerard

A: It is a little concerning, but at the same time, one thing I learned last season about Garcon from talking to him and talking to teammates about him, is that he is extremely guarded and never likes to raise expectations unrealistically or make predictions. So, that’s why he wouldn’t commit to being 100 percent, although he and his camp, and his doctors believe that his toe will have healed to the point that he’ll have his speed and explosiveness by the start of the season. There was no guarantee that surgery would have fixed the torn ligament in his second toe, and so he held off on that, and this past winter, a little more than a month after the season ended, he had a follow-up checkup, and doctors said that his toe was still making progress and that he wouldn’t need surgery.

Deadskins wrote:

PulpExposure wrote:I have a chronic toe condition called sesamoiditis, related to inflammation behind the big toe.

You need to stop wearing those high heels.

Irn-Bru wrote:An encouraging perspective today from a reporter trying to interpret Garcon's remarks:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/foo ... -and-more/

Q: While it’s no doubt Pierre Garcon was a huge spark for our offense last year when he did play with his energy, physicality, big-play ability, and flashes of great speed. Am I the only one finding it a little concerning our No. 1 receiver is saying “I can’t say I’ll be 100 percent” for 2013 after this extended time of rest and rehab?
– Alec Gerard

A: It is a little concerning, but at the same time, one thing I learned last season about Garcon from talking to him and talking to teammates about him, is that he is extremely guarded and never likes to raise expectations unrealistically or make predictions. So, that’s why he wouldn’t commit to being 100 percent, although he and his camp, and his doctors believe that his toe will have healed to the point that he’ll have his speed and explosiveness by the start of the season. There was no guarantee that surgery would have fixed the torn ligament in his second toe, and so he held off on that, and this past winter, a little more than a month after the season ended, he had a follow-up checkup, and doctors said that his toe was still making progress and that he wouldn’t need surgery.