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Non-contact ACL injuries: random?
This injury seems to happen quite a lot. We saw it with Welker and now Edelman. It happened to Revis as well. There are some theories about playing surfaces, which may have some relevance as players often plant their foot the wrong way on a seemingly routine play.
When I look at an injury like Edelman, I wonder if there was already some weakening of the ACL or supporting ligaments prior to the major blow. I'll wager that he has taken a plant and put extra force/weight on his knee more than just this one time, and that he has played on plenty of crappy fields. As these are professional athletes who run hundreds of routes per day, I wonder if some of these non-contact ACL tears were more likely to happen than we knew. An extreme example would be RGIII, who was playing on a horrificaly vulnerable knee structure when he gruesomely blew out his ACL and other ligaments.
Anyone have any insight?
This injury seems to happen quite a lot. We saw it with Welker and now Edelman. It happened to Revis as well. There are some theories about playing surfaces, which may have some relevance as players often plant their foot the wrong way on a seemingly routine play.
When I look at an injury like Edelman, I wonder if there was already some weakening of the ACL or supporting ligaments prior to the major blow. I'll wager that he has taken a plant and put extra force/weight on his knee more than just this one time, and that he has played on plenty of crappy fields. As these are professional athletes who run hundreds of routes per day, I wonder if some of these non-contact ACL tears were more likely to happen than we knew. An extreme example would be RGIII, who was playing on a horrificaly vulnerable knee structure when he gruesomely blew out his ACL and other ligaments.
Anyone have any insight?