Rapoport: Vernon Butler Suffered Just A Sprain - MRI Today

[WarHeel]

4 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

Honestly depth was never a concern.  We'll just have to rely on the starters a bit more until Vern is back.

Based on what I saw at times out of our second unit and beyond on D, I'd say it's justified to be a little concerned if our starters go down. But you do you.

[L-TownCat]

29 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

Based on what I saw at times out of our second unit and beyond on D, I'd say it's justified to be a little concerned if our starters go down. But you do you.

It's a rotation not a switch.  G-mans goal was to have a rotation of stater quality line play.

When healthy we have that.  If a guy goes down we are still formidable but with longer stretches for the starters.

How have you missed this?

[stirs]

So when do we hear about the MRI?

[WarHeel]

3 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

It's a rotation not a switch.  G-mans goal was to have a rotation of stater quality line play.

When healthy we have that.  If a guy goes down we are still formidable but with longer stretches for the starters.

How have you missed this?

Gman is gone. And his 1st Rd guy that played a limited number of snaps last year and is injured once again. 

I haven't missed a thing.

[pantherclaw]

Ask KK why our dline will be more gassed late in games.

[LinvilleGorge]

Hopefully it's fairly mild and he can be back relatively soon. But "just a sprain" doesn't mean much. There's a wide range of sprains.

[L-TownCat]

46 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

Gman is gone. And his 1st Rd guy that played a limited number of snaps last year and is injured once again. 

I haven't missed a thing.

Except the question I asked.

[Malt Liquor]

I'm not a doctor but if it was very serious. I don't think he would be walking around right after it happened.

[therealmjl]

The anticipation is killing me.

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, Malt Liquor said:

I'm not a doctor but if it was very serious. I don't think he would be walking around right after it happened.

Plenty of guys have walked off the field only to be diagnosed with a torn ACL. You can casually walk around on a torn ACL, it's your knee's lateral stability that's gone.

[E CaT PanTHer 2]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Plenty of guys have walked off the field only to be diagnosed with a torn ACL. You can casually walk around on a torn ACL, it's your knee's lateral stability that's gone.

phillip rivers and hines ward actually played through torn ACL's.

[Castavar]

15 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Plenty of guys have walked off the field only to be diagnosed with a torn ACL. You can casually walk around on a torn ACL, it's your knee's lateral stability that's gone.

Hell, Jordy Nelson jogged to the locker room with no sign of injury and was later diagnosed with a torn ACL.

[Peppers90 NC]

24 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

phillip rivers and hines ward actually played through torn ACL's.

Kris Jenkins in 05 came back in for a few plays with an ACL before it totally got destroyed

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Just saw Rapoport  on TV and he says it's an MCL sprain. That's great news, if true. FTR, he also called that a cheap shot.