There were several reports on Monday that Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant would have surgery on the broken bone in his right foot on Tuesday.
Bryant provided a report of his own on Monday night and it seems that those other reports were a bit off when it came to the date of the operation. Bryant posted on Twitter that “surgery went great,” so Tuesday will actually be the first day of his recovery.
The length of that recovery will be watched closely by fans of both the Cowboys and the teams that will be on their schedule for the next couple of months. Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said after Sunday night’s game that the team expected Bryant to miss 4-6 weeks, but some of those aforementioned reports about his surgery said that Bryant had a Jones fracture in his foot.
Those tend to have a longer timeline for a return to action and NBC sports medicine analyst Mike Ryan will discuss what may be realistic for Bryant on the recovery front. Bryant also promised to keep people updated on social media and his surgery scoop shows he’s got a source close to the injured foot in question.