Jimmy Smith has had groin surgery

**B-more Ravor** · 11-15-2012, 11:09 AM

I had heard that it was a sports hernia.....

gregg rosenthal ‏@greggrosenthal
Very vulnerable in secondary. RT @Ravens: CB Jimmy Smith has had groin surgery. He's expected to be back before the end of the season.

**Jsmoove** · 11-15-2012, 11:12 AM

oh man or D is getting hit hard this season.

**Captain Silver** · 11-15-2012, 11:14 AM

What the hell, so much for having a deep secondary. Shit!

**Corey** · 11-15-2012, 11:15 AM

Whoa! That's a big blow. I guess we will see what our depth is like now. I wonder if we'll see Asa Jackson at all.

**Paintballguy** · 11-15-2012, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Corey

Whoa! That's a big blow. I guess we will see what our depth is like now. I wonder if we'll see Asa Jackson at all.

I really want to see Jackson. Guess we will.

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 11-15-2012, 11:16 AM

And people wanted to trade Cary Williams this offseason.

**bengtc** · 11-15-2012, 11:17 AM

ya didn't need Gorrer either

**Justlovemybirds** · 11-15-2012, 11:17 AM

Haven't heard of many mid-season groin surgeries, anybody know recovery time?

**Raveninwoodlawn** · 11-15-2012, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by bengtc

ya didn't need Gorrer either

Um...nobody in the league has needed Gorrer twice.

**DrUnk** · 11-15-2012, 11:19 AM

Damn, we've got a bad case of the injury bug this year.

**BigPlayReceiver** · 11-15-2012, 11:21 AM

This was probably why he wasn't pressing.
Tough to shuffle and flip your hips quickly with a groin situation.

**RedSkins Fury** · 11-15-2012, 11:24 AM

4-6 weeks I bet. I bet it's at least 6 weeks before he hits the field. But we've seen some crazy shit this year, i.e Suggs.

This Sucks, but this is where new and undiscovered talent steps up. I'm excited to see what we have in Jackson, Brown.. etc.

**GOTA** · 11-15-2012, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Justlovemybirds

Haven't heard of many mid-season groin surgeries, anybody know recovery time?

Long enough that it's going to be an issue

**Cj34** · 11-15-2012, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Justlovemybirds

Haven't heard of many mid-season groin surgeries, anybody know recovery time?

Usually 4-6 weeks or so. He should be back for the playoffs. If he recoups quickly, they could try getting him some snaps in the Cincy game to get him in game shape for the playoffs.

**moose10101** · 11-15-2012, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by DrUnk

Damn, we've got a bad case of the injury bug this year.

I think it's just the opposite. We had an unusually small number of major injuries the last two years. This year is closer to normal.

**MD Boy** · 11-15-2012, 01:31 PM

Given this with Jimmy Smith, kind of wish we made a play for Aqib Talib. Headcase or not.

Hindsight.

**Corey** · 11-15-2012, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by moose10101

I think it's just the opposite. We had an unusually small number of major injuries the last two years. This year is closer to normal.

I think Harbaugh's training camps went a long way to increasing guys durability. His camps are cream puff now due to rules. This is the result.

**Boulderraven** · 11-15-2012, 02:14 PM

The Smith kid, just cant stay healthy. Feel bad for him. It will hurt most in the nickel and dime package. Not sure their is any droppoff from Graham to either Williams/Smith. Graham would start on a lot of teams. Now, the question is do you use Graham on ST's as much, cant risk injury to him is the trickle down effect.

**LukeDaniel** · 11-15-2012, 02:22 PM

What is it about cornerbacks that makes them so injury prone?

As someone above stated, we've been incredibly fortunate with injuries the last two years. However, of the few injuries we've had, they always seem to revolve around cornerbacks.

2011- we were nearly completely healthy at every position (Lee Evans excluded). Yet, at CB we had multiple-week missing injuries to Carr and Smith and Foxworth

2010- Foxworth missed whole year.

2009- Webb missed 2nd half of year. Fabian Washington missed 6 games.

2008- McAlister misses final 11 games. Rolle misses final 6.

**Benny8444** · 11-15-2012, 04:15 PM

The good thing is we only face one legit QB in rivers in the next 4 weeks since Ben is out which is a plus. I would say they play it safe with him and he comes back for the Giants game. He will probably start running and doing football drills in 3-4 weeks and can practice in 4 which would make the giants game (week 16) a decent return game for him. He has healed quickly as this has been nagging and he has played through it. It was good they took care of it now so he is fresh for the playoffs and hopefully the last 2 games of the regualr season.