As most of you are already aware, Steelers back-up quarterback, Charlie Batch, broke his right collarbone on a miscommunicated play in last Friday's pre-season opener against the Eagles. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Batch underwent surgery yesterday to repair the damage and insert a plate in his clavicle, and is expected to be out six weeks. If Batch elected not to have the surgery, the recovery period would've been 10 - 12 weeks and would've likely been placed on the injured reserve list.
"That would have been the option," Batch said. "And I didn't want to do that, not at all." Because he is a quarterback who relies on a throwing motion, Batch said a plate will be inserted to ensure his collarbone would remain the same length and would not "shorten" from scar-tissue buildup that occurs during a non-surgical recovery period.
"This is the best way to go about it and the fastest way," Batch said.
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