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Udeze has a "chondral defect" in his knee. There are two types of cartilage in the knee joint. The meniscal cartilage, which most of us are more familiar with, provides the cushion between the thigh and shin bones. There is also articular cartilage, which overlies all the bony surfaces of the knee joint and the thigh bone in particular. Like the bone itself, the cartilage can be fractured or bruised. A chondral defect is an injury to the articular cartilage, and may mean anything from bruise to fracture. This is the type of injury that, when severe enough, leads to things like microfracture surgery, although minor injuries may improve with rest and the usual treatments. Early last week, Mike Tice (groan) was quoted as saying that Udeze had just "jammed his knee up" and it was thought since he went back into the game that it was unlikely to be anything serious. The injury was even minimized after his MRI on Monday. Problem is, MRI ain't the greatest exam to properly diagnose the severity of chondral defects and sometimes misses them altogether. So, the guess here is, Udeze's knee is messed up much more than originally believed (the trainer's comment that they're also interested in checking his meniscus is telling), and the scope this week will show that. They may let him try to play through the pain, but he's unlikely to be very effective this season if he does.
He's doing well and ahead of schedule, ill try to find a link.
I've noticed that they get some pretty good interviews on the site when I'm googling for stuff.
