Rocky has Successful Surgery, EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR THE START OF THE 2008 SEASON

[#98QBKiller]

Can we drop the LB talk please?

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=33936

McIntosh Has Successful Knee Surgery

By Gary Fitzgerald

Redskins.com

January 8, 2008

Linebacker Rocky McIntosh underwent successful surgery on his left knee on Jan. 4, the Redskins have announced.

McIntosh is expected to be ready for the start of the 2008 season, the team said.

McIntosh suffered the knee ligament injury in Week 15 against the New York Giants and he was placed on injured reserve.

McIntosh had started 14 games at weak-side linebacker last year and continued to show progress in his second NFL season. He finished with 105 tackles (70 solo), second-most on the team, three sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

The surgery was performed by Dr. James Andrews of Birmingham, Ala.

The Redskins also announced that five other players would undergo surgeries in the coming weeks.

Defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin is expected to have surgery on his right knee.

Versatile lineman Lorenzo Alexander is expected to have surgery on his right ankle.

Linebacker H.B. Blades is expected to have surgery on his left knee.

Safety Vernon Fox is expected to have surgery on his left knee.

Tight end Todd Yoder is expected to have surgery on his right knee.

Dr. Andrews is expected to perform the surgery on Griffin, while Dr. Ray Thal of Reston HCA is expected to perform the other surgeries.

[tr1]

Good news about Rocky. Knees are tricky things, though.

[PCS]

Though Joe talked about this during his press conference, seems like the team is definitely making it "official" that Rocky will be back in 2008 with this one. Miracles of modern medicine.

[Spear]

Now that he'll be slower next season, maybe he won't be able to overpursue on running plays.

[#98QBKiller]

Now that he'll be slower next season, maybe he won't be able to overpursue on running plays.

:laugh: :slap:

[Skinz248]

YES!!! No need to waste money on Briggs now!! Rocky will be a great LB for this team for years to come!! Great news... Now hire GW as HC and I am a happy camper til the start of next year

[fdarugar]

awesome...

[PlayAction]

Bing ready to play and being back to full speed are different matters. It will probably take a while before he's comfortable playing at full speed.

[TimmySmith]

Bing ready to play and being back to full speed are different matters. It will probably take a while before he's comfortable playing at full speed.

History has shown that it takes at least 2 years to successfully recover. While Rocky will probably be healthy enough to play next season I don't think it will be fair to judge him by his performance. Let us hope that nobody gets down on him if he appears slow and weak.

[dockeryfan]

Matt Bowen never came back the same player. I thought his injury was described as being the same.

[dizzinator53]

I don't think Rocky is that good. Please forgive me, but I saw a ton of mistakes out of him with little improvement. Reed Doughty showed much more improvement than Rocky. The thing that concerned me about this post was HB Blades is getting knee surgery. Why? He is going to be great.

[dizzinator53]

History has shown that it takes at least 2 years to successfully recover. While Rocky will probably be healthy enough to play next season I don't think it will be fair to judge him by his performance. Let us hope that nobody gets down on him if he appears slow and weak.

WHAT?!!?!?! I had to read this twice. :doh:

[cphil006]

I wonder why the long delay from the time he was injured to the surgery. Seems the sooner the better, maybe the swelling??

He can talk to McGahee on the proper course for rehab...

[deejaydana]

Rogers rehad worries me more, a CB needs his knees at 100% even more than a LB. I pray he can come back but I wonder if he'll ever be the same. *sigh*

[2006Skins]

It'll take some time, but this is great for Rocky so he can continue to learn the game.

[ucfSKINS]

Bing ready to play and being back to full speed are different matters. It will probably take a while before he's comfortable playing at full speed.

agreed. he won't be the same LB he was this year. Def slower and more cautious. it will take him some time to get comfortable out there. glad to hear it was successful though.

[GOSKINS_08]

Good news that he will be ready..Especially since it was said he may miss the entire year next season.

[CowboysSaintsFan]

From the other side...this is nonetheless VERY glad to hear. Regardless of the opponent, you HATE to see injuries.

With Rocky coming back, and assuming Rogers is 100% by the next stretch run, it's really good to see our division being back to the way it was 20 years ago.

[JimmyConway]

This is good news however we definitely need to address the depth at LB. Plenty of uncertainty at the position with Marcus and Godfrey getting older. We definitely still have some good guys to build around though with LFB and a young HB Blades. What's Washington's current contract status?

[MCnDaHouse]

Get well soon ROCKY!!!!!!!!!

We really need Blades back healthy too! Get well soon HB!

MC

[ALLWORLD]

I hope he does alright, just worried how much this will "slow" him down. Being as his speed is what set him apart.

Like mentioned earlier, I am really concerned with Rogers... Hope he can get back into the swing of things ASAP...

['Skins_&_'Stons]

I just hope he is not to hasty in his come back. As previously stated, knees are tricky. Rocky has tremendous potential IMO & I would hate to see him ruin his career by coming back to soon. SKINS in '09!!!!!!!!!!

[ntotoro]

History has shown that it takes at least 2 years to successfully recover. While Rocky will probably be healthy enough to play next season I don't think it will be fair to judge him by his performance. Let us hope that nobody gets down on him if he appears slow and weak.

That's true of an ACL injury, that it takes about 12 months for someone to be 100% at-speed. Was that what Rocky had? I don't know.

[Veretax]

The thing is the injury rocky has you don't always get your explosiveness back for about a year later. Look at what happened with McNabb.

[voicekiller]

I hope this is true and Rocky is back for the start of the season, but it is a really hard injury to come back from so soon