I understand you 100%, because I am a Triple Fusion Patient, and it's been 5 years since my last surgery and even though I'm Technically 100% recovered or healed, I'm not 100% of what i was before the surgeries!!! This is what gets me so Frustrated with many of these Manning Threads, most fans seem to think that if he's cleared to play he's going to be like the old Manning we all have come to know ... that just is not the case with any Fusion Surgery Recipients .. Most Fans can't grasp the fact that even though a nerve may regenerate; it still doesn't mean a person is in the clear or 100% of what he or she was before, due to the plate and it's affect on the nerve root area where the surgery was performed!!! I guess as Dolphin Fans we can dream and hope that Manning will be gift wrapped to Miami and win Super Bowls with him as the QB!!! When in REALITY inspite of 100% health, Manning will never be able to throw a football with any consistency due to the sensitive nature of the injured area and the restrictions in movement skills of his neck that the plate causes after surgery!!! I'd love a completely healthy Manning playing QB, but i know that will never be the case and IMO a complete waste of Ross' MONEY to sign him, with so many unanswered questions!!! Not worth the risk!!!I have had this surgery. I am fully 100% healed. The fact is that does not mean he is 100% the same as he was before. I am in no way the same as I was before I had this done even though I have had a full recovery. Some of you just dont get it.