“Microfracture” Surgery For Marques Colston?

Buried in an item from the New Orleans Times-Picayune that analyzes the status of the receiver position for the Saints -- and sniffed out by our friends at Rotoworld -- is a statement indicating that receiver Marques Colston had potentially extensive knee surgery in January. Per Mike Triplette, Coltson underwent a “microfracture surgical procedure on his left knee in January to repair a small hole he had worn in his kneecap.” The term “microfracture” always raises eyebrows, given the controversial nature of the standard microfracture procedure, aimed at rectifying a bone-on-bone condition in the knee by creating scar tissue that simulates the performance of cartilage. Coincidentally, the Saints had a similar experience earlier this year regarding running back Reggie Bush, who reportedly underwent in December 2008 a microfracture procedure that really wasn’t a microfracture procedure.