RG3 not built for the NFL

[Mr. Scot]

I think the only way Griffin lasts 10-12 years is if he plays in a suit of armor.

[BBQ&Beer]

Seems it's ACL & LCL... Damn...

I'll tell you this for those that haven't played sports. An athlete says "coach, I think I'm too hurt to keep playing" about as frequently as a member of Congress says "you know, I don't really need that pay raise".

Anyone else remember Byron Leftwich being carried to the line of scrimmage by his college teammates between plays? That's a pretty good example of how badly athletes want to compete.

I probably wasn't much more than eight or nine years old the first time I heard the phrase "play through it". You're taught that from early on, and the guys who make it to the pros have a mindset that's probably pretty similar to Monty Python's Black Knight ("just a flesh wound").

Griffin definitely deserves a fair share of the blame for insisting on staying in, but I think about anybody who saw him in that game could tell he needed to sit down.

Shanahan should have benched him for his oen good. Now, like a lot of people do, he may well have sacrificed a long-term benefit for a short-term boost.

THAT coach should've had his ass kicked.

[Davidson Deac II]

Robert Griffin III is bigger than Drew Brees, and several other current NFL qbacks. He just has to learn to slide and or get rid of the ball faster.

[SIGCHI222]

Robert Griffin III is bigger than Drew Brees, and several other current NFL qbacks. He just has to learn to slide and or get rid of the ball faster.

Really?

[SIGCHI222]

Don't believe the hype.

[CRA]

Remember Shanahan is the same coach that told his player in Denver who couldn't see.....it didn't matter, I need you on the field otherwise they won't believe we can run

[jtnc]

Redskins QB Robert Griffin III will undergo total reconstruction of knee for complete tear of ACL and LCL. Recovery projection: 6-8 mos.

Redskins QB Robert Griffin III will undergo total reconstruction of knee for complete tear of ACL and LCL. Recovery projection: 6-8 mos.

— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport)

January 9, 2013

[Gazi]

@mortreport reports Robert Griffin III will undergo total reconstruction surgery of his right knee early Wednesday morning.

@AdamSchefter

Griffin's recovery is projected at 6-to-8 months w/ rehabilitation that will focus on his quad strength to protect and help stabilize knee.

[Chimera]

So the ACL has been torn for a while if surgery is on Wednesday. Standard procedure is usually 2-4 weeks after the injury an the swelling has subsided. Otherwise the reconstructed ligament will not fit.

[SgtJoo]

Shanny, ya dun fuged up.

[Montsta]

How is that the ACL used to be at minimum a year to come back from? Even still guys seemed to overcompensate with the other leg. Then what Adrian Peterson did was a freak of nature, and now Bob3 is having his second surgery to the same ACL, and needing an LCL repair to boot, and they're talking six months? Is it just advances in medicine or is James Andrews just that good or what? I swear guys missed the next season if they tore an ACL late in the year, and now it's nothing. I'm skeptical about this timetable.

Side Rant: If Bob3 tears it a 3rd time (god forbid) and comes back, and makes the fact that TD did it just a footnote in NFL history, I will forever root for him to be injured again and not feel guilty at all about it.

[Gazi]

How is that the ACL used to be at minimum a year to come back from? Even still guys seemed to overcompensate with the other leg. Then what Adrian Peterson did was a freak of nature, and now Bob3 is having his second surgery to the same ACL, and needing an LCL repair to boot, and they're talking six months? Is it just advances in medicine or is James Andrews just that good or what? I swear guys missed the next season if they tore an ACL late in the year, and now it's nothing. I'm skeptical about this timetable.

Side Rant: If Bob3 tears it a 3rd time (god forbid) and comes back, and makes the fact that TD did it just a footnote in NFL history, I will forever root for him to be injured again and not feel guilty at all about it.

Your timeline is all fuged up when you're comparing him to TD

[Montsta]

Your timeline is all fuged up when you're comparing him to TD

How do you mean?

[carpanfan96]

It still takes over 6-8 months for just acl, lcl should add 3-4 months on top of that. Time table should have been around 9-12 months. Just lowered to give fans hope, or in case his recovery is faster than normal.

The lcl by itself takes 8-12 months, add the acl and the injury is harder to recover from. I'd be surprised if he's back before late Oct