Suggs: 'Only question is when' not if he plays in 2012
Terrell Suggs discarded his crutches Monday, but he was back on the comeback stump in a press conference at the Ravens' facility Thursday.
"Like I said before when I first got injured: I will be in a Baltimore Ravens uniform in 2012," Suggs said. "The only question is when."
Suggs said he injured his Achilles in May doing a fitness test, again denying ESPN reports and witness accounts that he was playing a pickup basketball game at the time. According to Suggs, the instances were separate.
"I didn't get hurt doing it, that's not what happened," Suggs said of the pickup game in Glendale, Ariz. Gym director Herman Hoffman said Suggs was hurt playing at his gym.
"That's why he decided to be a gym director and not a doctor," Suggs said. "You kind of got to laugh those things off."
Suggs said in May that the procedure to repair his Achilles required only a small incision, meaning less scar tissue and rehab. At the time, he said November was possible as a target for his return. Thursday he said November might be optimistic, but he's planning on continuing with that approach.
