Knee injuries (1 Viewer)

[Righetti]

I'm not sure if modern medicine has improved, if NFL players have become more dedicated or if they are just better athletes but this year

Culpepper returns for game 1

Palmer returns for game 1

Braylon Edwards returns for game 1

Javon Walker returns for game 1

Deuce McCallister returns for game 1

all five have put up similar #'s that they did last year, pre injury..

now they may not be 100% back but in the case of Palmer and Braylon they are both looking great.. Deuce has been solid, Javon a bit un-impressive and Culpepper is equally bad as he was in 2005

 

[gbill2004]

2006 is the year of the hammy injury.

 

[Righetti]

Update Through 3 games

Deuce: 53/218 (4.1ypc), 2 TD plus 5/37/0

Culpepper: 58 for 95 total 680 yards, 1 TD plus 11/20/1 rushing

Palmer: 55 for 85 total of 672 yards, 6 TD plus 8/5/0 rushing

Javon: 11/250/2 plus 2/21/0 rushing

Braylon 11/249/1

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

This is a good post.

The old thought of "it takes 2 years to recover from a serious knee injury requiring surgery" seems to be gone as the technology has cut down the rehab time significantly.

 

[Righetti]

Braylon goes 6/75

Javon on a bye

Culpepper 249/1

Palmer 245/0

Deuce 11/39/1 plus 1/8/0

 

[Bri]

This is a good post.The old thought of "it takes 2 years to recover from a serious knee injury requiring surgery" seems to be gone as the technology has cut down the rehab time significantly.

FWIW In Carson's case, it was a donor's ACL. There was a nice piece on this on HBO's Inside the NFL this past week.

 

[kblitz]

I wonder how much a faster return will affect the long term health of the knee. You can be back in a 1/2-3/4 year but you may be paying up later, getting your carrer shortned, or limp throughout the rest of your life once pain killers are no longer so easy to get.

 

[Righetti]

Palmer Bye

CulPepper DNP injury Shoulder

Braylon 3/27

Deuce 15/123/1 plus 1/8/0

Javon Playing tomorrow night

 

[Big Score]

This is a good post.

The old thought of "it takes 2 years to recover from a serious knee injury requiring surgery" seems to be gone as the technology has cut down the rehab time significantly.

FWIW In Carson's case, it was a donor's ACL.

Actually, it was a donors Achilles Tendon. Much stronger than an ACL and if that's a tendon that the Docs can harvest & use for an ACL replacement, it's the tendon of choice.

 

[jamil]

How about hamstrings?

Get well soon Fitz

 

[Bri]

This is a good post.

The old thought of "it takes 2 years to recover from a serious knee injury requiring surgery" seems to be gone as the technology has cut down the rehab time significantly.

FWIW In Carson's case, it was a donor's ACL.

Actually, it was a donors Achilles Tendon. Much stronger than an ACL and if that's a tendon that the Docs can harvest & use for an ACL replacement, it's the tendon of choice.

oh yeah true, achilles put as Carson's ACL

 

[Righetti]

Deuce: 111/487/5 plus 17/109

Palmer 158/1879/12 plus 6 INT

Javon: 39/669/5 plus 6/120/1

Braylon 30/439/2 plus 2/13/0

Culpepper: 81/929/2 3 INT

 

[Righetti]

Palmer 203/2594/18 and 7INT

Culpepper: 81/929/2 3 INT

Deuce 136/587/7 plus 21/140/0

Javon 45/799/6

Braylon 40/607/3

the McNabb injury seems a bit less worriesome than it would have been years ago