Sony Michel: Getting Ready

zoostation said:

That's today...right?

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Yeah that was he plan I heard earlier in he week.

AndyJohnson said:

I believe he plays Sunday.
I imagine we will know when they fly out.

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I want to see him play in the worst way.

robertweathers said:

I want to see him play in the worst way.

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Me too. Since May!

Nothing beats a Sony

robertweathers said:

I want to see him play in the worst way.

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I think it would be better for the Pats if he plays in the best way. But, to each their own.

I’m hoping to see him play soon but don’t want him messing up his knee again

Soliel said:

I’m hoping to see him play soon but don’t want him messing up his knee again

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I can't imagine the NEP rolling the dice with his health in a Week 2 game.

With that said, I'm sure they have a fridge full of Toradol at the ready....

robertweathers said:

I can't imagine the NEP rolling the dice with his health in a Week 2 game.

With that said, I'm sure they have a fridge full of Toradol at the ready....

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If he is ready how are they rolling the dice with his health?

AndyJohnson said:

If he is ready how are they rolling the dice with his health?

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Thats what I don't know....is he ready?

robertweathers said:

I want to see him play in the worst way.

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Well, that’s being negative.

robertweathers said:

Thats what I don't know....is he ready?

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If he plays he is.

robertweathers said:

I can't imagine the NEP rolling the dice with his health in a Week 2 game.

With that said, I'm sure they have a fridge full of Toradol at the ready....

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No, they won’t risk it but guys coming back from knee problems are at higher risk it seems. Worries me because of bad luck with draft picks

AndyJohnson said:

If he plays he is.

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Yea in the 18 years running the org I don't think BB rolls the dice with a player's health.

Horace's Ivories said:

Nothing beats a Sony

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with his knee condition, will a week really make a difference?

Soliel said:

I’m hoping to see him play soon but don’t want him messing up his knee again

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As someone who suffered a horrible knee injury resulting in cartilage damage last December, I can assure you his knee is permanently screwed. I had stem cell injections on Monday to help heal but the area is never the same again. His issue will only get worse, as will mine and he will have to have the maintenance drains and touch up procedures through his career and life. I'm not expecting his career to be long.

deters said:

As someone who suffered a horrible knee injury resulting in cartilage damage last December, I can assure you his knee is permanently screwed. I had stem cell injections on Monday to help heal but the area is never the same again. His issue will only get worse, as will mine and he will have to have the maintenance drains and touch up procedures through his career and life. I'm not expecting his career to be long.

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Every injury is different. I had a couple injuries to my left knee back in college (torn PCL, variety of sprains, meniscus damage, etc), and I'm totally fine over a decade later. I still walk slackline, play pickup soccer, go to a parkour gym -- the list goes on. I'm truly sorry to hear about your situation, but you can't just assume that because you've had a terrible time with recovery, that so will everyone else. Let's hope Michel has a strong career and a healthy life post-football.

reamer said:

Every injury is different. I had a couple injuries to my left knee back in college (torn PCL, variety of sprains, meniscus damage, etc), and I'm totally fine over a decade later. I still walk slackline, play pickup soccer, go to a parkour gym -- the list goes on. I'm truly sorry to hear about your situation, but you can't just assume that because you've had a terrible time with recovery, that so will everyone else. Let's hope Michel has a strong career and a healthy life post-football.

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Yeah. I tore my meniscus and did some ligament damage at age 39 while trying to break 26 seconds in the 200m (speed-work prep for the Boston Marathon and the several 10ks I planned on running after that. This was in 1991, when the surgeries that are commonplace today weren't readily available to me (at a price I could afford, anyway). Never even had it drained, even though it was as big as a cantaloupe for about a month.

My "treatment" was to quit running for a couple years. And, yeah, it bothered me, but incrementally less over time. I did go back to running, but nothing longer than a 10-miler. OTOH, I did manage to get my 1-mile time back down below 5 minutes at age 45.

I don't run or play sports anymore, for reasons unrelated to my knee. But I am very physically active, and the knee doesn't bother me at all. Don't even think about it unless someone else is talking about theirs.

@deters

If the knee was just getting drained as some were reporting...then I don't think it's a case of coming back to early and injuring it again. From what i understand the injury happened years ago and this was a procedure to drain the fluid as a result from the previous injury. With Hill on-board at the time...the procedure may have been an option and not 100% necessary.

I'm just saying that the injury happened years ago and draining the problematic knee was maintenance that he will need to do once in a while...and is not a case of a recent injury. That's my take on the situation.

Zuma said:

If the knee was just getting drained as some were reporting...then I don't think it's a case of coming back to early and injuring it again. From what i understand the injury happened years ago and this was a procedure to drain the fluid as a result from the previous injury. With Hill on-board at the time...the procedure may have been an option and not 100% necessary.

I'm just saying that the injury happened years ago and draining the problematic knee was maintenance that he will need to do once in a while...and is not a case of a recent injury. That's my take on the situation.

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Apparently the draining turned into a clean up procedure.

@Tuck posted an informative article on page 1 of this thread discussing the issue.