RGIII undergoing total reconstructive surgery: out 6-8 months

[MTK]

Fresh thread time

Sources -- Robert Griffin III of Washington Redskins having ACL, LCL surgery, could be ready for opener - ESPN

[SmootSmack]

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

[scowan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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

I don't mind if you are right, if October is when he is 100% that is when he should play, not a moment before that.

That report did seem a bit optimistic to me also.

If we learned anything its that we do not need to RUSH this thing. Just get it done right, no matter the time frame.

Kirk Cousins was drafted for a reason.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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

I think this is what this boils down to. Skins PR staff calming the masses so they'll keep the fans from bailing next season. If they knew he'd be out the 2013 season, I can guarantee you they wouldn't tell us. Why would they? Gotta milk that cash cow and continue to give people hope so they'll buy tickets, only to string them along. Mind you, I do think he'll be back next year, but I was merely using this as an example. The fact they've been so secretive this past weeks generally means there is more to it than what there is. Hell, you can tell from the spin they put on the surgery itself. "Oh, he had his LCL repaired....and by the way we decided to redo his previous ACL surgery". In other words, he also tore his ACL and but we don't want to come out and say how severe the damage was because we don't want to take the heat. (for keeping him in the game)

As far as his return, I just hope its sooner than we hope, and he comes back when he's 100%. (not 80%) Whether that's going to be 6 months or 12 months remains to be determined.

[firstdown]

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.

[mredskins]

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.

[RobH4413]

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.

[SmootSmack]

Surgery should be wrapping up by now, I believe

And when I say "I think"...there's more to it

[SCRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

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...

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by SCRedskinsFan

We love you SS, but we hate your teases. Let us know what you're talking about asap, please...

Read between the lines.. It's more of an 8-10 month rehab but 6-8 months sounds much better and if he returns by opening day then it looks like they didn't truly risk his future.

[mlmpetert]

And isnt it a little ridiculous to give an extremely opportunistic view before the surgery was even started? i can see if they were like things went extremely well..... but when this 6-8 months stuff was coming out last night

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

And isnt it a little ridiculous to give an extremely opportunistic view before the surgery was even started? i can see if they were like things went extremely well..... but when this 6-8 months stuff was coming out last night

That was my first reaction as well... i think the 6-8 month is a "best case scenario" based on normal recovery times. AP's recovery has shown that anything is possible... Phillip Daniels tweeted that he had the same surgery when he was 35 and was squatting 600lbs 7 months later.

I get that people heal at different rates, and that surgical techniques have advanced, but i have to wonder if some of these remarkable recovery times are partially due to players taking HGH or some other drugs to speed up recovery. And if they are - i dont have a problem with it. I think the NFL should allow those drugs (assuming they are legal in the US) on a case by case basis to players who are recovering from certain injuries - with the league and doctor approval. How can getting the NFLs star players back on the field sooner be a bad thing for the league?

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Surgery should be wrapping up by now, I believe

And when I say "I think"...there's more to it

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