It isn't light reading, but here is an article with some more recent statistics, they studied 80 NFL players as having primary Achilles tendon tears between the 2009 and 2014 seasons.:
Factors Affecting Return to Play After Primary Achilles Tendon Tear: A Cohort of NFL Players
The conclusion is:
"We found that 61.3% of NFL players were able to successfully RTP (Return to Play
) at a mean 11.90 months following a primary AT tear.......Players who returned displayed a significant decrease in the number of games played in the return season when compared with seasons preceding injury. However, when we examined >1 season following return, AT tears appeared to not affect ability, as there was no significant difference in pre- and postinjury number of games played or started. Our findings suggest that players may return to preinjury performance levels if given the opportunity."
Basically it says that players returned a mean of 11.9 months after the tear, but
they played significantly less games the first season after the tear had healed than the season before the tear. But, there appears to be no adverse affects in the second and subsequent seasons after the tear.
So: because most NFL Players play way less the season after returning from this injury, I would argue that it is to be expected that Wynn will start slowly this year and probably miss time. I'm not being negative, I just want to try to head off the posters that will start calling him a bust if he doesn't immediately play like an all-pro from the start of training camp. However, happily, according to this article there really should be no adverse affects the second season after his return, so he should be completely full strength in the 2020 season. Hopefully because of his young age, he will recover faster than most players that have suffered this injury and be a major contributor by mid season or so this season also.
