Quote:
Originally Posted by kccrow
Seriously, you guys need to stop with the Ojabo in the 1st shit.
The guy tore his ****ing ACHILLES, not his ACL.
It's very much improbable he comes back near as good as he was. Will he play again? He's got more than a solid shot of that but he'll probably top out at about 80% of the player he was. And that 80% may come 2 years down the road.
Throw a 3rd at the hope? Yeah, sure. He ain't going in the 1st and he shouldn't go in the 2nd either. If some dope wants to take him in the 1st, I sure ****ing hope it isn't Veach.
|
Yep. I've jumped on this bandwagon. For those that recover it's a 2 year recovery to pre-injury status. Your body learns to compensate putting further pressure on other joints/muscles/ligaments which is why players sometimes tear the other one after returning to play. Below is a snipit of an article on Yahoo about sports injuries last year. 1/4 of players over a 5 year period did not play again. That's a big gamble for a 1st/2nd rounder.
Quote:
Torn Achilles
An Achilles tendon rupture involves a complete tear of the tendon on the back of your ankle. The injury occurs most often by sudden, forceful motion that stresses the calf muscle. A study presented at the 2017 AOFAS Annual Meeting found that it took NFL players an average of nine months to recover following the injury and that 26% of the 78 players who suffered a ruptured Achilles from 2010 to 2015 did not play again.
|