McGee has minor surgery

Bills cornerback Terrence McGee had a minor arthroscopic surgery on his knee on Tuesday to repair miniscus damage.

McGee said Wednesday the procedure was a success and he does not expect to miss much playing time. He might miss the next game against Tennessee. 

"They said everything went good," said McGee, who was walking with the slight aid of crutches. "I’m not so sure how long the recovery time is, a couple weeks maybe. Something like two weeks. It’s not real long. So this bye week helped me out."

The meniscus is part of the cartilage in the knee. McGee actually injured the knee five games ago, at Miami. He has been on the injury list since then with a sore knee, but he did not miss any playing time the past month. In fact, his play has been pretty solid the past month. McGee's nickname is "Gameday" because he is known for playing regardless of bumps and bruises.

"It mostly was affecting me during the week," McGee said. "After the game you wake up the next day and you really feel it then. So during the week coaches have been giving me time to recover so I’d be able to play on Sunday. During the game on Sunday the majority of the time it would be all right. There would be several plays where I’d cut a certain way and I’d feel it. My knee would kind of give out. But the majority of the time, it really wasn’t affecting me too much."

McGee said he's happy he will be 100 percent the rest of the season.

"When you’re playing (Houston's) Andre Johnson and (Carolina's) Steve Smith, you definitely don’t want to have your pinkie toe hurt," McGee said. "These guys are fast, athletic great receivers. You don’t want to have that doubt in you. With this bye week, I can get rest, get healed up. I don’t have to worry about it during the season."

---Mark Gaughan

 

Comments

[Brian]

Kudos to Terrence for playing hurt for a while. He clearly hasn't been 100% in weeks. If he would've sat for a few games, on a losing team, with a big contract already signed, no one would be too surprised. I'm glad he'll be back for a few more years.