This SI article cracked me up. It compares the Owens recovery to the one Jack Youngblood made in 1979 (before my time, but the article was enjoyable nonetheless).

"To be honest,'' Youngblood said, "it's hard to compare my injury to [Owens']. He's been out of the game for what, five weeks? He's been convalescing. After four weeks, an amputation should be healed. Shouldn't it?''
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...eek/index.html