Patriots Injury News Will Campbell Week 12 Injury [11/26 update: Placed on IR]

[jboston19]

"Omninos," eh? You forfeiit your right to be taken seriously with such gibberish.

It may just be a typo. They happen in varying degrees of severity.

 

[reflexblue]

As a highly trained physician with 30 years of experience, I can definitively say that Campbell suffered a leg injury in the vicinity of the knee.

Anything more is just speculation until MRI results come back.

I also think he will live, one way or the other.

I guess he will be able to keep his RT leg, no need for an AKA amputation

 

[Clonamery]

No one's opinion is worth jack ****. There is simply no reliable way of predicting the type, extent and magnitude if injury without an MRI, and anyone who pretends otherwise is full of it.

Speculate all you want. But that's all it is. Speculation.

Fortunately Campbell's arms are too short to present much of a target, and were not apparently injured.

Guy's a bag of jazz.

 

[bresna]

The current Patriots' coaching staff's seeming rejection of anything Belichick-ian, seems to have backfired here.
Belichick Explains Why He Asks Liinemen To Wear Knee Braces

 

[Fuzz]

Seems like this is getting reported across the board at this point.

If he’s back by playoffs that’s a major relief considering what we were anticipating.

Ian and Schefty are as close to official medical news as you can get. Great news!

 

[Water Boy]

I love good MCL/ACL meniscus talk. It's even better than talk about arm length and wingspan.

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

It may just be a typo. They happen in varying degrees

"Omninos," eh? You forfeiit your right to be taken seriously with such gibberish.

There’s going to be a future NFL running back named Omninos Henderson or something

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

No question. Someone said the way they were manipulating his leg on the field suggested they suspected an ACL, thought those are often a non-contact injury, and I gather he was rolled into. The safest assumption, I think, is that it's a ligament injury of some sort, which would suggest he's done for the year. But it is all, as you say, just speculation at this point.

Gronk tore his ACL on a similar hit on the outside of the leg on a planted foot. Altho that happened on a much higher speed play with Ward launching into Gronk’s leg at 100 mph. Legal or not, dirty ass play by a dirty ass player.

 

[PatsFan2]

There’s going to be a future NFL running back named Omninos Henderson or something

Well we have Omninos Rham in short yardage situations now.

 

[rkarp1]

too late now, but what about the others?
why not knee braces?

 

[maust]

If he is out for the year, would absolutely sign this guy from Eagles practice squad
Their OL coach is a wizard

His arm length is 36 inches

I wasn't going to give this much in the way of consideration until you mentioned the 36 inch arm length. Since we now definitively know the overwhelming importance of arm length to success we must...

SIGN THE BEAST!!!

 

[Fuzz]

too late now, but what about the others?
why not knee braces?

In his call with WEEI this morning, Vrabel implied that Campbell's injury was the most serious of the 4. With Ian Rapoport basically confirming a PCL sprain for Campbell, it sounds like they've somehow escaped without any season ending injuries.

 

[RxJock1120]

In his call with WEEI this morning, Vrabel implied that Campbell's injury was the most serious of the 4. With Ian Rapoport basically confirming a PCL injury, it sounds like they've somehow escaped without any season ending injuries.

Ian said it was MCL, NOT PCL. MCL is a "better" injury to have.

 

[Brotherblues]

No question. Someone said the way they were manipulating his leg on the field suggested they suspected an ACL, thought those are often a non-contact injury, and I gather he was rolled into. The safest assumption, I think, is that it's a ligament injury of some sort, which would suggest he's done for the year. But it is all, as you say, just speculation at this point.

Isn't that standard procedure? If it's possibly an ACL, handle like an ACL until you know more?

 

[The Gr8est]

There are multiple different tests you can do to assess the stability of a knee ligament, whether on the field or a clinic or training room. None are 100% sensitive or specific though, the ACL ones generally range from 80% to 95% depending on what articles you read, and all the tests are less good in acute knees soon after an injury. Its also hard to test stability on a huge guy with massive leg muscles like Campbell.

The staff doing them will have a decent idea based on the mechanism of what happened, post injury symptoms and tests; however you are right the MRI is the gold standard to show exactly what the damage is throughout the knee and guide the next steps.

For what its worth (which isn't much based off a 3 sec clip) the side on video on this thread seems to show a valgus force, which is more commonly associated with MCL injury, and the foot was only momentarily stuck in the ground, but he has very big dudes off their feet crashing into the knee at speed. The question is what grade, and is the meniscus and/or ACL damaged as well, which may or may not be the case. Only the MRI will reveal that.

Here's hoping for a best case grade 1 or 2 MCL and back for the playoffs (or just before). Worse case unholy triad including ACL and IR.

Might be a good idea to have our OL wear knee braces as they often did under BB.

If Campbell wore a knee brace are we even having this discussion?

 

[upstater1]

In his call with WEEI this morning, Vrabel implied that Campbell's injury was the most serious of the 4. With Ian Rapoport basically confirming a PCL sprain for Campbell, it sounds like they've somehow escaped without any season ending injuries.

4?

Are we talking prior games or just yesterday?

Yesterday I saw Campbell, Wilson and Tonga.

Is someone else hurt?

 

[PatsFan2]

4?

Are we talking prior games or just yesterday?

Yesterday I saw Campbell, Wilson and Tonga.

Is someone else hurt?

Maybe their counting Morgan Moses who came back in.

 

[TommyD4207]

4?

Are we talking prior games or just yesterday?

Yesterday I saw Campbell, Wilson and Tonga.

Is someone else hurt?

Schooler, Moses

 

[mayoclinic]

As long as our WRs are healthy, we are in good shape. It's all about the receiver room.

 

[Ross12]

There is some real irony in the fact that many folks who said Campbell could never play LT now feel that his loss is an insurmountable hurdle. So... I guess he could play after all... eh?