Ok but lets not pretend that the Green situation isn't a **** up. Cause it is. Also, Dupree either wasn't fully healed and shouldn't have been practicing or he should have got his surgery and would be 3 weeks ahead now. Take your pick. Not to mention the situation last year with Pouncey. You have world c;*** physicians and medical centres and he almost dies of staph. Really. People break their ****** ankle all the time.
This is why it's good to have someone with medical experience explain things to you. Pouncey's life was never in danger because of a staph infection. His staph infection was problematic, and was the reason why he couldn't come back last year, but his life was never in danger. You may be misremembering Lloyd when he had a staph that was life and career threatening.
Green's situation is not a fuckup. It's a setback. They happen all the time in the medical field. Like Pouncey last year, who missed is return time table, Green has missed his. Thus far, the headache issue is hearsay. There is no evidence to him having a concussion. He was running during practice, but was never ready to cut. I'm leaning that this is an ankle or knee issue now, and he should be ready to go sometime in October.
With Dupree, you have to determine whether or not the injury requires surgery, and it takes time and assessment. You don't jump headfirst into a surgery without all of the facts. That would be rash and dangerous to the athlete. Now he's set to come back in November, and with this type of surgery, I believe he will be practicing week 6 and will return week 9.
Doctors and medical staffs are not omnipotent, though if you do a bit of research into the UPMC system, you will see that we have the best kinetic injury (sports medicine) department in the country. Athletes from all of the major sports come to Pit for surgery, because the best surgeons are here. This is a huge advantage over other teams. It's also the reason why Sidney Crosby's "head/concussion" problem eventually was correctly diagnosed as a neck injury. It's also why he hasn't had a recurring issue since the proper surgery was done. His career may have ended if he wasn't in Pittsburgh.
