Tannehill: Season Ending ACL Surgery

VectorPrime said:

Brady has done just that to other players who blew out their knees so he might.

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it wasn't sarcasm, so I think we agree

Deus Irae said:

It's an ACL injury. Historically speaking, he's not likely to be 100% until the 2019 season. We saw it with Brady. And Tannehill relies more on his running/moving than does Brady.

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That's what I don't really get. Soccer players come from that same surgery in 8 months. I know NFL players are heavier and sustain more muscle mass and that impacts the knee a lot more than skinny guys. Anyway after a full year from the surgery the knee is 100% healed. It must be more of a trust thing than medical.

varjao said:

That's what I don't really get. Soccer players come from that same surgery in 8 months. I know NFL players are heavier and sustain more muscle mass and that impacts the knee a lot more than skinny guys. Anyway after a full year from the surgery the knee is 100% healed. It must be more of a trust thing than medical.

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I'm not conversant enough with the soccer side of things to comment/link about it. But, as for football:

An ACL injury is no longer a career killer, but can athletes ever truly be the same?

The good news is that a better form of help may be on the way:

New ACL Procedure A Game Changer For NFL?

meatface said:

That Sucks, I know some of you disagree but I'd rather have games be competitive and I really think that Jay Cutler is going to be very bad.

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There are 256 Regular Season NFL games every year. It's great if 240 of those games are "competitive," but I am just fine if the 16 games that involve the Patriots are more or less "over" in favor of the Pats by halftime.

PatsFanSince74 said:

There are 256 Regular Season NFL games every year. It's great if 240 of those games are "competitive," but I am just fine if the 16 games that involve the Patriots are more or less "over" in favor of the Pats by halftime.

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can't really argue with that, but I'd rather Ryan Tannehill just played awful against NE rather than Jay Cutler being a starting QB.