Winslow Absent From OTAs: Recovering From Fifth Knee Surgery

PewterReport.com has learned that Buccaneers tight end Kellen Winslow was not at One Buccaneer Place on Monday because he is recovering from offseason knee surgery which is believed to be his fifth operation on his right knee in the last six years. Sources close to the situation say the knee surgery was a minor arthroscopic procedure that likely cleaned out some excess scar tissue from previous surgeries stemming from a motorcycle crash in 2005 when he was a member of the Cleveland Browns. Winslow tore his anterior cruciate ligament in that crash and had two surgeries prior to having microfracture surgery on his right knee in 2007. The last two procedures after the microfracture operation, including the knee surgery this offseason, were to remove some of the excess scar tissue that can cause some soreness and inflammation. The Bucs do not believe this most recent surgery will impede Winslow in any way in 2010.

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(gridironfans.com)