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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Mayo has not come back anywhere close to his play prior to the injury. This article suggests they can be worse than an ACL.That was my initial reaction too, but just read this from study below:
"Although this is usually a season-ending injury when it occurs in isolation, acute surgical repair generally produces good functional results and allows for return to play the following season."
Patellar tendon ruptures in National Football League players. - PubMed - NCBI
From the article I just read...Why is this injury so tough, to those who know this sort of thing? Spare me the research that I'll inevitably do if nobody responds because I'm a nerd like that.
The surgery is the easy part. The rehab is the hard part. Patella tendon repair is not an arthroscopic procedure, rather it is a simple open repair where the tendon is sewn together and often augmented with suture through drill holes in the bone. The kneecap tendon is well over an inch wide and is larger, broader and stronger than the ACL. The open incision and early immobilization required leads to more scar tissue, loss of motion and atrophy. In ACL surgery, an arthroscopic is used and patients are encouraged to move and bear full weight immediately after surgery thus speeding recovery.
The grueling rehab takes a minimum of 6-9 months; however, the struggle to regain explosiveness and full power goes well beyond that.
Thank you for leading me to this. That really sucks for Jimmy Graham. I always laughed at the people who attempted to put him in Gronk's stratosphere, but he was damn good in his own right. I do wonder how much of that was Brees and that offense, though. I say that because Jimmy was largely a non-factor in Seattle and I just don't see that offense being any near as complex as Sean Payton's creative offense. Wilson is not that terrible to where he couldn't get Jimmy the ball. And the O-Line, though largely inconsistent in pass blocking, is not nearly that bad. Why wasn't he more successful in Seattle, I wonder.From the article I just read...
Wilson doesn't get the ball out on time like Breeze. Not a good fit in Seatle's scheme. Wilson is very good, but at this point he just doesn't operate in a real precise manor like Breeze. (sp)I would say RIP to Graham's career the minute he was traded away from New Orleans to Seattle.
That really sucks for him, Seattle's probably going to cut him after the season as a result. At least he has some guaranteed money coming his way
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My 13 year old run blocks better than him.Wilson doesn't get the ball out on time like Breeze. Not a good fit in Seatle's scheme. Wilson is very good, but at this point he just doesn't operate in a real precise manor like Breeze. (sp)
we tried the same thing with Jake ballard, didn't work too well. Obviously Graham is a much better player but someone is going to give him a multi year deal, Jax would lose nothing by taking a cap hit if it means they could potentially get him back as full Jimmy Graham in year 2You know, with his injury he will probably take a long time to get back to form, if ever. Imagine if the Pats took a flier on him if he were released. If he gets to 80% of what he was, he would be the replacement to Hernandez that the team has been looking for. The Pats would be able to use him to the same degree that he was used in N.O. That would be a hard offense to stop barring injury. A fan can dream