Danario Alexander Tears ACL (1 Viewer)

[Rhythmdoctor]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp13/story/_/id/9545296/danario-alexander-san-diego-chargers-suffers-torn-acl-according-source

Man, I really feel for this guy. So many knee surgeries and after all of them, defied all odds and was fantasy relevant last season. It's hard to imagine he'll make it back from... what? His 6th+ knee surgery??

 

[Rhythmdoctor]

Also, I realize there is another Danario Alexander thread but I felt this deserved a new one as the other was based on him being a lottery ticket from last season.

 

[Aztec9er]

Vincent Brown and Keenan Allen ADP rising.

 

[Bob Magaw]

hard to not root for him, just really jinxed with bad knees, dude is the mark schlereth of WRs...

probably one of the front runners for among the least unexpected injuries...

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Bummer. Gotta be tough to have your body fail you like that. After last year, he looked poised to make the next step this year.

 

[shader]

It's a shame that this guy has such bad knees. Had the talent to truly be a superstar.

 

[BWill]

Keenan ALLEN!

 

[BWill]

I traded him away last season, and drafted Keenan Allen in our rookie draft.
Hope to see Allen get an opportunity to start this year!!!

 

[Nucker101]

It's a shame that this guy has such bad knees. Had the talent to truly be a superstar.

Yup, was really hoping he'd finally be able to put it all together for a full season this year. I hope he can bounceback yet again.

 

[Tau837]

Brown was already in line to start, and Allen was already likely to get a lot snaps in the slot. IMO the biggest beneficiary of this injury is Floyd, who moves from a backup outside WR to a starter. Floyd was already the best deep threat on the team, before Alexander was hurt. Now he will get more targets.

Also, before this, I thought Meachem would likely be inactive on most game days. That has probably changed now, as he will now stand to be a backup outside WR. Plus, Floyd has his own issues staying healthy... Meachem could actually get significant playing time if Floyd misses time.

Note: I'm not saying Meachem is fantasy-relevant. Floyd is, though.

 

[Otis]

Ugh.

 

[Beerguzzler]

The worst part is that it was his good knee he tore. Maybe he should have been wearing a brace on that knee as well :(

 

[⚡DEADHEAD⚡]

I traded him away last season, and drafted Keenan Allen in our rookie draft.

Hope to see Allen get an opportunity to start this year!!!

I'll never understand posts like this.

NOBODY CARES.

 

[Casting Couch]

Phil Rivers value is circling the drain these days.

 

[FF Ninja]

I traded him away last season, and drafted Keenan Allen in our rookie draft.

Hope to see Allen get an opportunity to start this year!!!

I'll never understand posts like this.

NOBODY CARES.

So true.

Does anyone think Brandon Lloyd would be a logical signing here? They can't possibly start the season with Brown and Floyd as their starters, right?

 

[Papa Georgio]

I've checked the date 3x on this post hoping/thinking it was an old thread. Gesh I feel for the guy.

 

[Sabertooth]

I feel for this kid too. Man.

 

[hal9000]

So is he droppable in all but the deepest dyno leagues?

 

[dickey moe]

So is he droppable in all but the deepest dyno leagues?

I'll probably be dropping him in my 10-team, 25-player roster league. Total bummer, as I had high hopes for him this season.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

I feel really bad for D-X.

Its not fair and I'm a Vincent Brown owner who thought something like this might happen but I still feel really bad.

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

He's such a talent and if he can stay healthy he can really help some team next year.

 

[offdee]

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

No team is going to invest much of anything in these damaged good. Guys is literally an injury waiting to happen.

 

[humpback]

I feel really bad for D-X.

Its not fair and I'm a Vincent Brown owner who thought something like this might happen but I still feel really bad.

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

He's such a talent and if he can stay healthy he can really help some team next year.

I feel awful for him as well, but there's zero chance he gets a payday next year. He was essentially an UFA this offseason, when he was healthy and coming off of his nice run to end the season, and no one was willing to take the risk.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Phil Rivers value is circling the drain these days.

he didnt have much value anyway, he a mid-tier RB2 to low end RB2.

I think it does open the door for Allen & Vbrown to have a bigger role. MFloyd will continue to be the deep threat.

Lets see what Gates can do this year. He might be value

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

No team is going to invest much of anything in these damaged good. Guys is literally an injury waiting to happen.

True, but even the minimum is a pretty good pay-day.

 

[mr roboto]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

 

[FF Ninja]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

This means little to nothing after a full staff turnover.

 

[mr roboto]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

This means little to nothing after a full staff turnover.

Is there a new guy chucking the ball?

 

[FF Ninja]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

This means little to nothing after a full staff turnover.

Is there a new guy chucking the ball?

There's a new guy designing and calling plays. If Floyd is the 3rd or 4th read then he won't be FTW

 

[Shutout]

Phil Rivers value is circling the drain these days.

As evidenced by the complete non-remarking of his impact after this injury. Normally, if a guy goes down, you here "this hurts Eli or Peyton" or whatnot but in this case, I think your post is the first one I have seen that has even mentioned Rivers. It is kind of amazing but this guy went from being in the elite club just 3 years or so ago to an absolute forgotten QB. It seems like nobody talks about Phillip Rivers anymore.

 

[mr roboto]

Phil Rivers value is circling the drain these days.

As evidenced by the complete non-remarking of his impact after this injury. Normally, if a guy goes down, you here "this hurts Eli or Peyton" or whatnot but in this case, I think your post is the first one I have seen that has even mentioned Rivers. It is kind of amazing but this guy went from being in the elite club just 3 years or so ago to an absolute forgotten QB. It seems like nobody talks about Phillip Rivers anymore.

Carson Palmer, similar thing.

 

[Tau837]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

This means little to nothing after a full staff turnover.

Is there a new guy chucking the ball?

There's a new guy designing and calling plays. If Floyd is the 3rd or 4th read then he won't be FTW

Floyd is a veteran and has chemistry with Rivers. He is the best deep threat on the team, and that was true before Alexander got hurt. He will now be starting, whereas before he would have been a backup outside WR.Whether or not he is a useful fantasy player has a lot to do with league specifics (i.e., WR scoring and how many WRs starting/rostered). But there is no doubt that his fantasy outlook is much better now than it was before Alexander's injury. He just got the biggest boost in value of any of the Chargers' offensive skill positions.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

No team is going to invest much of anything in these damaged good. Guys is literally an injury waiting to happen.

True, but even the minimum is a pretty good pay-day.

Yeah, but at this point he's probably weighing that $500K against never being able to run around chasing his kids, or play pickup hoops, etc. Walk away before you end up in a wheelchair DX. It sucks for sure, but there are waaaaaay worse things in life.

 

[damageinc]

Wow just awful. I had a feeling he would be incredible and became a superstar this year. Gotta feel for him.in reference to fantasy football he was my WR 3 second half last year and he was a big reason I won it all. On a personal note I hope he can come back and give t he more try.

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

No team is going to invest much of anything in these damaged good. Guys is literally an injury waiting to happen.

True, but even the minimum is a pretty good pay-day.

Yeah, but at this point he's probably weighing that $500K against never being able to run around chasing his kids, or play pickup hoops, etc. Walk away before you end up in a wheelchair DX. It sucks for sure, but there are waaaaaay worse things in life.

I'm no doctor, but it would seem an ACL tear/repair wouldn't have a ton of long term impact. I'd guess most of the lasting damage is cartilage injuries/wear, and the like. (I could definitely be wrong on this one... Please correct me if anyone knows any better.)

 

[Coeur de Lion]

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

No team is going to invest much of anything in these damaged good. Guys is literally an injury waiting to happen.

True, but even the minimum is a pretty good pay-day.

Yeah, but at this point he's probably weighing that $500K against never being able to run around chasing his kids, or play pickup hoops, etc. Walk away before you end up in a wheelchair DX. It sucks for sure, but there are waaaaaay worse things in life.

I'm no doctor, but it would seem an ACL tear/repair wouldn't have a ton of long term impact. I'd guess most of the lasting damage is cartilage injuries/wear, and the like. (I could definitely be wrong on this one... Please correct me if anyone knows any better.)

Yeah I don't know either -- but that many knee surgeries can't be good. My FIL had one, and he gets pretty damn stiff sometimes...

 

[Kenny Powers]

While Im bumping Floyd with this happening, Im buying Gates.

 

[FF Ninja]

Malcolm Floyd FTW. He's been there a while, big target. Massive value when everyone is focusing on Allen and Brown.

This means little to nothing after a full staff turnover.

Is there a new guy chucking the ball?

There's a new guy designing and calling plays. If Floyd is the 3rd or 4th read then he won't be FTW

Floyd is a veteran and has chemistry with Rivers. He is the best deep threat on the team, and that was true before Alexander got hurt. He will now be starting, whereas before he would have been a backup outside WR.Whether or not he is a useful fantasy player has a lot to do with league specifics (i.e., WR scoring and how many WRs starting/rostered). But there is no doubt that his fantasy outlook is much better now than it was before Alexander's injury. He just got the biggest boost in value of any of the Chargers' offensive skill positions.

This coaching staff has been talking about focusing on getting the ball out of Rivers' hand as quickly as possible. I don't think the deep threat was going to be utilized much before or after DA's injury. I still think Floyd finishes outside the top 36 in most formats.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I feel really bad for D-X.

Its not fair and I'm a Vincent Brown owner who thought something like this might happen but I still feel really bad.

Hopefully this happened soon enough that he'll recover and get a payday next year when he's an unrestricted free agent.

He's such a talent and if he can stay healthy he can really help some team next year.

I feel awful for him as well, but there's zero chance he gets a payday next year. He was essentially an UFA this offseason, when he was healthy and coming off of his nice run to end the season, and no one was willing to take the risk.

Yeah, if nobody was willing to give him a payday this year, nobody will be willing next year either. If he recovers, he'll sign somewhere with no guaranteed money.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Phil Rivers value is circling the drain these days.

he didnt have much value anyway, he a mid-tier RB2 to low end RB2.

I think it does open the door for Allen & Vbrown to have a bigger role. MFloyd will continue to be the deep threat.

Lets see what Gates can do this year. He might be value

I assume you mean QB2 rather than RB2. I've seen Philip run, and it ain't pretty.

FWIW, I have strong doubts about whether Gates will stay healthy. But as long as he does, I think he'll be a solid fantasy TE1.

 

[bulger2holt]

HOF potential.

 

[KellysHeroes]

I think its over now

Free agent Danario Alexander underwent a second surgery on his torn right ACL in January.

Alexander tore the ACL on August 6 and had surgery on August 15. Per the Union-Tribune San Diego, Alexander's latest procedure was a "revision ACL surgery" performed as a "followup," and may make him "unavailable" for the start of 2014 training camp. Sources say "DX" still hopes to play next season, though he's considered "unlikely" to be re-signed by the Chargers. Alexander has now undergone two right knee surgeries and a whopping five operations on his left knee stemming from recurring college injuries. His career is in obvious doubt.

 

[General Tso]

The saddest words of tongue and pen

"Ahh, it might have been".

 

[mr roboto]

I hope he made decent money during his time in the league. I'm always sad to see guys with talent that are sideline by injury. I root for them to save money so that they can find a second career.

 

[MoveToSkypager]

Well, if anyone can come back from an ACL surgery (then get hurt again) it's Danario. This guy clearly loves football.

 

[Nero]

So is he droppable in all but the deepest dyno leagues?

Has shown enough and is young enough to still hold IMO.

 

[Holy Schneikes]

So is he droppable in all but the deepest dyno leagues?

Has shown enough and is young enough to still hold IMO.

You wouldn't have found a much bigger proponent of him than me last year, but at this point, I might hold him a VERY deep league, but not anything else. The odds of him overcoming what is clearly structurally wrong with his knees seems slim at best.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Talk about a career ruined by injury/ies.

Even without this followup surgery, I doubt SD wouldve brought him back considering the quick rise of Allen and Royal showing he still has a pulse. Hard to think of many other teams where he'd start and have a decent chance at FF relevance.

 

[ConnSKINS26]

I'd take him at a vet min + incentives type deal for the Redskins, but we have nothing at WR outside of Garçon, so...

 

[Faust]

Rotoworld:

A source tells FOX Sports that free agent Danario Alexander is dealing with major complications from his latest knee surgery.

Alexander initially underwent an ACL repair on his right knee back in August and then needed a second "revision" surgery in January. Now he's had even more surgeries because of an infection, leaving his ability to play in 2014 in major doubt. Alexander's left knee was already in questionable shape due to five earlier surgeries. Although he's just 25 years old, his career is in jeopardy -- a shame for a player that posted 1,781 yards as a senior at Missouri and showed difference-making NFL ability as Philip Rivers' No. 1 receiver for a rare healthy stretch of the 2012 season.


Source: FOX Sports