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Look.....the fact is my eyes don't lie. And I do agree he looks slower and older. No doubt. But he had nothing to run through. No holes. When guys are instantly in your backfield on almost every running play and you are having to break tackles the moment you get the hand off.....it's a big OL problem.
Yeah, unless his wife's name is Dr James Andrews, I'm gonna take her reports of him walking on it just fine with a grain of salt.
I thought the 2nd quote was from earlier today, before they said it was a torn meniscus.
Look at the time line of the Twitter feed.
Weird since they made a similar statement about his PT before they announced the MCL tear. Then with the tear announcement they say "no timetable", which kinda says it all.
And it's two games. Even the best RBs in NFL history can get bottled up for a couple of games. And contact behind the LoS is how you stop any RB, even the best.
Yeah bro
Cool story by you worrying about / or not worrying about ADP catching Emmitt Smith in an ADP injury thread.... all class bro.
OK.
The pendulum has swung way too far the other way to where Emmitt Smith has become under-rated by most people. His line was excellent of course but he was also a great RB that was one of the key pieces to the "team he played with during the 90s". The guy had tremendous vision, balance and toughness. So what if he's not as good as the three best RBs ever or even top 5? Let's not act like any RB would have been the all-time leading rusher if he played for the Cowboys during that time, because that's not very accurate either.
As a lifelong Skins fan who absolutely hated him during his playing days, I agree with this. Emmit was not the best RB ever but he was damn good. Durable, versatile
Its not just Parcells. Lots of football coaches, and coaches of other sports for that matter, repeat this saying all the time. I used to hear it personally from my HS football coach.
That gets a little overblown in my opinion. As long as you're not made of glass, I'd take talent over durability any day.
Its a relative saying. But at that level, where everyone is talented to some degree, there is a lot of truth in it.
For all they'll of his line, that line sucked a back of ##### from 96 on. Moose was toast by 97, retired in 99.
I don't get this.
That's a pretty large overstatement. Most Meniscus tears they simply remove the damaged part and you are back in 2-6 weeks. They can stitch it up if it is in a section of the cartilage where there is good blood flow, but the recovery time is longer.
According to an actual doctor specializing in orthopedic surgery a meniscus clean up would take 2-4 weeks to heal and a full meniscus repair would take 4+ months. It all depends on what the MRI reveals, and also which route the player wants to take. Based on that, it's likely he will be back by Week 7 (following MIN bye) or he is done for the season. 6-8 weeks isn't really on the table.
Healing and "game ready" aren't the same thing.
Do you feel that AP is a slow healer or that he wouldn't rush back? Anyways, I just wanted to let readers know that your chicken bones are not based on medical prognosis for those that want something useful to work with.
Chicken bones aside, I think they have capable backups and would take a long-term view with his health, considering how valuable a healthy AP would be to them in the playoffs.
Not sure who you're talking to here - if it's me, I'm not questioning that in the slightest. I mean no insult to AP whatever - he's among my favorite players and I rode him to the FFB playoffs last year in one league.
The end is neigh for AP. No way that he eases back in to it. He will be able to play as soon as humanly possible for him, which he has shown to be much quicker than most. I do not see a scenario where AP decides to sit out, or that Zimmer will not let him play to save him for the playoffs, especially how bad he was playing before he was hurt.
I was responding to your post saying this:
If Peterson is healthy he will be game ready. For whatever that is worth. He was game ready to start the season too.
Their next 3 opponents are the panthers, giants and texans. All strong defensive fronts with explosive passing games. The vikings traded their first round pick and more for a qb because they thought this was their playoff window and now they lost the guy they most needed for their playoff run. If they pick up two conference losses here against possible playoff opponents and/or wild card teams, they'll be in real danger of missing the playoffs. I don't know how conservative they'll be with him. If he misses this week and they lose to the panthers and he suddenly "feels ready" i wouldn't be surprised to see him push it, and the team to allow it, no matter how ill advised that would be. If they win, and beat the giants, too, you might see them take it real easy and keep him out until he's fully healed. Totally up in the air right now.
If they lose two of three of those games and beat either the Giants or Panthers they will still be 3-2 overall, 1-0 in the division, and 2-1 in conference.
