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According to a text message he sent Friday hours before he was scheduled to start in the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Garrard will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery.
Reported by NFL.com
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Garrard later told FOX Sports insider and NFL Network contributor Jay Glazer that he'll have the operation Saturday and doctors believe he'll be out two to four weeks. "Nothing happened, just Father Time, wear and tear," Garrard told Glazer. "They have to take out loose things floating around." Garrard's agent, Al Irby, told The Associated Press that the quarterback's knee had been an issue for a few days, and he decided to have surgery. "He had been feeling some soreness, and he got it looked at," Irby said, according to The AP. "He could have played on it, but they'd rather do the surgery now to make him more comfortable, rather than fool around with it." Garrard seemed to have the starting job well in hand with an impressive camp to this point, but now the team will have to choose between a less than impressive Matt Moore and the very promising play of first-round draft pick Ryan Tannehill in the interim. It is possible Garrard could be back in time to claim the job himself for Week 1 as well.
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