DT Vernon Butler Did NOT Tear ANY Major Ligaments In Knee

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

just out of curiosity, why is the ACL the most common tear? 

Not necessarily the most common, but definitely the most common of the more serious knee injuries. I'd be willing to bet the MCL is the more common tear. I've torn both of my MCLs. MCLs just get less press because it's not as severe of an injury. You're usually good to go 2-6 weeks after an MCL injury depending on severity. I'm sure plenty of guys have played on partially torn MCLs and not even shown up on injury reports. It hurts like hell for a few days, but it gets a lot better surprisingly quickly. As bad as an ACL injury is, the knee ligament that you REALLY don't want to tear is the patellar ligament. That's a nasty injury. Imagine your kneecap getting slingshotted up to your mid-thigh. Yeah... fully ruptured patellar ligament.

[WarHeel]

10 hours ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

well at least we know for sure it's not the ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL and the lateral/medial meniscus, so we'll definitely see him back this year. 

 

Just curious. Outside of the patella ligament, which is arguably a tendon anyway, what other ligaments could be suspect?

Fake news.

[crushcard1976]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/panthers-vernon-butler-mri-reveals-good-news/amp/  nothing serious but could miss few preseason games and couple regular ones. That's my understanding

[The Huddler]

11 hours ago, TheRed said:

Even without major damage he could still miss significant time. For a man his size, we aren't talking about a linebacker here, suffering back to back lingering leg injuries is very concerning moving forward considering where we drafted him.

Kinda hard to fault him for a low dirty block. But otherwise i agree