Baltimore Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta was lost for the season due to a fractured and dislocated hip, but not doctors believe he could have to end his promising career prematurely.
Pitta spoke with The Baltimore Sun and said that doctors don’t know if he will be able to return to football and that his injury (his second in as many years) is very circumstantial.
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“With an injury like this, I think there’s always doubt and there’s always uncertainty,” Pitta said. “That was the case last year. I didn’t know if I’d be able to make the full recovery and get back on the field, and it’ll be the same this time. It’s a pretty serious injury, and something that takes time to heal and something that has to heal correctly in order to get back out there. So I’m being patient, we’ll see when that time comes.”
Pitta missed 12 games in 2013 with the same type of injury and now he finds himself on the road to recovery once again. Pitta has been a vital part of the Ravens in recent years and signed a five-year, $32 million ($16 million guaranteed) deal this past February.
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Pitta said that he and the doctors won’t know the full extent of the damage for a month or two, but the 29-year-old believes he has to stay optimistic. The Ravens have moved forward at tight end with former Houston Texans standout Owen Daniels, but he hasn't come close to Pitta’s production in his limited sample size.
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