RGIII undergoing total reconstructive surgery: out 6-8 months

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by los panda

is anyone else excited that kirk is going to get so much work in the offseason, preseason, and possibly/probably regular season?

silver lining, a great chance to further develop our backup

and increase his value for a potential trade in the future.

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

and increase his value for a potential trade in the future.

Not a guarantee he helps himself. If he plays poorly he'll blow it and lose his chance. Not that I'm saying I want that to happen or that it will….

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SkinzWin

Not a guarantee he helps himself. If he plays poorly he'll blow it and lose his chance. Not that I'm saying I want that to happen or that it will….

He played well against the Browns on one week's worth of practice. I think Cousins will be fine next season after going an entire offseason taking snaps as the starter. He's no RG3, but it's not like he's going to straight out suck.

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

He played well against the Browns on one week's worth of practice. I think Cousins will be fine next season after going an entire offseason taking snaps as the starter. He's no RG3, but it's not like he's going to straight out suck.

Just playing devils advocate here, because I don't want this to happen but I'm going to throw out a name here that was in the exact same position. We all know how that ended.

Let me get your thoughts. Kevin Kolb.

[SkinsGuru]

Originally Posted by SkinzWin

Not a guarantee he helps himself. If he plays poorly he'll blow it and lose his chance. Not that I'm saying I want that to happen or that it will….

or to increase his value soooooo much that RGIII becomes the trade bait . . . :-0

[SkinzWin]

Originally Posted by SkinsGuru

or to increase his value soooooo much that RGIII becomes the trade bait . . . :-0

HAHAHA. NO….

[NC_Skins]

I just want to report that the surgery with Robert this morning went wonderful. My mate Dr. Andrews had some trouble with the Davinci machine at first, but he was golden after I gave him a rundown on how to operate it. As with any patient confidentiality statement, I cannot comment on the actual damage to the Robert's knee, but I'm sure the Redskins PR staff will be along shortly to blow smoke up the fanbase's ass to keep them from bailing next season.



(warpath MD)

[los panda]

i have complete faith in cousins and am actually kind of excited to see what he does.

not even thinking about the trade value side, focused more on the redskins value side

[MTK]

Originally Posted by los panda

i have complete faith in cousins and am actually kind of excited to see what he does.

not even thinking about the trade value side, focused more on the redskins value side

Yeah and given RG3's situation I think all potential trade talk with KC should just be put on the shelf.

Let's see RG3 make it back healthy first, and stay that way for an entire season or two.

Only when KC is going into the last year of his rookie deal should we even think about a trade.

[los panda]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah and given RG3's situation I think all potential trade talk with KC should just be put on the shelf.

Let's see RG3 make it back healthy first, and stay that way for an entire season or two.

Only when KC is going into the last year of his rookie deal should we even think about a trade.

amen

[MTK]

RG2 says RG3′s ACL wasn’t completely torn, fixed anyway | ProFootballTalk

[JWsleep]

Figured they'd do the full ACL once they we're in there--it's obviously a concern. Do what will provide the best long-term prognosis and take the proper amount of time to rehab.

If the skins do not err on the side of caution now, then they truly are nuts. After this brouhaha, I'd be pretty amazed if he's not PUPed, just to be sure. And I am fine with that! Let's get Rak and Freddy back, get Kirk some snaps, and draft/FA well. Then, when HE'S READY, bring RGIII back into a better team. What's the friggin rush???

[JWsleep]

Not sure if this was posted, but it is more grim, and I take it, more realistic. From Keim, who I like in general:

What RG3 faces in recovery: Sports medicine expert Richard Lehman | WashingtonExaminer.com

[los panda]

rehabbing in florida

RG3′s knee surgery has been completed, plans to rehab in Florida | ProFootballTalk

[Ohioskins]

I tore both my ACL and my MCL (complete tears) back in 1967 before there was all of the microsurgery that they have now. Since I was never going to be a star athlete and surgery rehab back in those days could have run 2 years, I never had the reconstructive surgery. Instead, I chose to accept limits on what I could do athletically. Twenty year later I did have to have surgery because all of those loose particles and chips that are discussed in the Lehman article continued to float around in my knee and limit even basic activity. So the stuff Lehman writes about all of the other aspects of the basic joint, beyond the two ligaments themselves are very true. I sincerely hope that the Skins and Griffin are cautious going forward.