Fresh thread time
Sources -- Robert Griffin III of Washington Redskins having ACL, LCL surgery, could be ready for opener - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8827480/sources-robert-griffin-iii-washington-redskins-acl-lcl-surgery-ready-opener)
SmootSmack
01-09-2013, 10:48 AM
I'm just going to say right now that I think there's a lot of PR spin behind this announcement and I'd be very surprised to see him on the field before early October.
Hope I'm wrong
firstdown
01-09-2013, 10:52 AM
What I saw was they know they need to repair the LCL and will exaiming the ACL to see if that needs repairing. LCL is several months recovery and the ACL is much lnoger.
scowan
01-09-2013, 10:52 AM
I'm just going to say right now that I think there's a lot of PR spin behind this announcement and I'd be very surprised to see him on the field before early October.
Hope I'm wrong
Smoot, I agree, aren't there risks to coming back too early? How do you know when this thing is fully healed, not "feeling good enough to play".
SCRedskinsFan
01-09-2013, 10:52 AM
I'm just going to say right now that I think there's a lot of PR spin behind this announcement and I'd be very surprised to see him on the field before early October.
Hope I'm wrong
Well the unbelievably quick return of AP will give folks hope for a rapid recovery...
Did he have just the ACL reconstructured or was the LCL involved as well? The LCL may require time, the way I read reports.
mredskins
01-09-2013, 10:53 AM
I have always said 3 to 6 weeks and he does some Arena Football in the off-season to stay in shape.
Hope I am right.
SmootSmack
01-09-2013, 10:57 AM
Surgery should be wrapping up by now, I believe
And when I say "I think"...there's more to it
RobH4413
01-09-2013, 10:59 AM
PUP him at the beginning of the year- reevaluate after 6 weeks. I'm leaning towards just having him take the year off at this point- Just because I don't trust Shanahan in handling his gradual return. He's not going to be conservative in a rehab strategy.
I'm all for drafting another QB, start Cousins, and we're still better off knowing we have our guy for 2014. Hell of a lot better than this Franchise has been the past 15 or so years.
Obviously... we can only speculate at this point....which is annoying. Just hope this is handled properly and we can get our guy back on his feet, healthy, and fresh.
I still think we can go 9-7 with Cousins at the helm. We have a great foundation of youth moving forward, and we're only going to get younger.
skinsfan69
01-09-2013, 11:02 AM
Not surprising that he needed to go under the knife. I don't expect him to be ready for 2013. This off season should have been one of RG3 doing things to become a complete QB. Now he'll be doing rehab. Kinda sucks but life goes on.
SCRedskinsFan
01-09-2013, 11:03 AM
Surgery should be wrapping up by now, I believe
And when I say "I think"...there's more to it
We love you SS, but we hate your teases. Let us know what you're talking about asap, please...