Trufant faces long recovery from pectoral surgery
Falcons Pro Bowl cornerback Desmond Trufant faces a long road to recovery from his torn pectoral surgery.
“The pec muscle, most likely he tore the pec off the shoulder,” said Luga Podesta, a doctor and director of sports medicine at St. Charles Orthopedics in New York and former training camp medical consultant to Cowboys and Saints. “Off his humerus, which is basically his shoulder. That will take him six months to come back from.”
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