petite news: concernant Feeley
Eagles announced on Friday that quarterback A.J. Feeley underwent successful surgery to repair a fractured third metacarpal -- a bone on the top of the hand -- in his left hand. The procedure was performed by Dr. John Taras in Philadelphia.
Feeley´s status for next Sunday´s game at Green Bay will be determined at a later date.
Feeley took a couple of huge hits in the first quarter of Thursday´s 13-11 loss to the Jets, and one knocked him for more than a loop. Feeley broke the third metacarpal bone in his left hand during the game, but said afterward, and before the surgery, that he would be fine to play as the No. 2 quarterback next Sunday in Green Bay.
"It feels fine, actually," said Feeley. "It swelled up a little bit and that was it. I couldn´t tell you how it happened. It could have been a helmet, I don´t know. I´ll be ready to go against Green Bay. It´s not a big deal. It´s my off hand."
Feeley said he actually played a series with the broken bone and "it didn´t hinder my throwing at all." Feeley completed 6 of 9 passes for 79 yards in his brief time on the field. He was sacked three times.
Despite Feeley´s insistence that he is fine, the team sent him to a hand specialist on Friday morning.
"We´ll see what the hand specialist says," said head coach Andy Reid after the game.
Very quickly, Feeley had surgery and we´ll find out in the coming week if he will be OK for Green Bay.
Feeley was immediately taken for X-rays after he exited late in the first quarter. Feeley returned to the sidelines without a wrap or any kind of bandages on his left hand.
"It shouldn´t hinder anything, so I should be ready to go," said Feeley, who said he had never experienced a broken hand before now.