Die Hard Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Any acute injury... of any type and any degree... is going to cause inflammation, swelling and loss of ROM (and effect gait). You can`t tell the severity of the injury based by how the person walks or stands. There are plenty of people that lives their lives without ACL`s (completely torn and not surgically repaired). You can function... you just build up the strength of the surrounding musculature -- but that goes for non-professional athletes. Even the mechanism of injury doesn`t exactly tell you what the injury is. I`ve seen plenty of injury of structures that don`t make logistical sense on how it was impaired... as opposed to the structures that should have been comprised given the mechanism. At the very least... it looks like RG3 has a completely torn MCL. The ACL is attached to the MCL structurally... so there`s a pretty good likelihood that it`s torn (partial or complete, we`ll see) as well. However, the MRI will tell us soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSkinsFan92 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 how does it look like he has a torn MCL ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I`m a registered massage therapist.... studying Osteopathy The MCL is a ligamentous structure on the inside of the knee whose sole purpose to prevent the inside of the knee from buckling inward (foot outward). That knee gave out completely. He could have sprained that structure and injured it (hurt it).... but it wouldn`t have gone completely gimpy and fall apart like that unless something was completely torn. The mechanism of injury (how the injury occured) indicates it`s an MCL. Not an ACL. However, as I said, the way the leg looked... it`s completely unstable now. At the very least... it`s a torn MCL. Possibility of ACL injury... but that could be anywhere from a Grade 1-3 -- yet to be determined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGSKINS Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Like said in other threads..... This is bad on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCalMike Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 So.....in actuality...nothing is confirmed yet? Yes? No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSkinsFan92 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 just a lot of assuming right now, not gonna believe anything until I hear from the team *i'm not questioning anyones knowledge* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNoles21 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 "ESPN 101 St. Louis' insider, Tony Softli, has been told by a source "close to the Redskins situation" that Griffin will be "OK," but the MRI will determine treatment versus surgery." A lot of signs pointing to MCL right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gortiz Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm expecting the worse ... this sucks. What is discouraging are both of his injuries yesterday were non contact correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 LL tweeted that he's hearing it's a torn MCL (not a final or official diagnosis). To me, if that's ALL it is, I don't think it's the end of the world. My one wish is that he be 100% recovered before coming back. To me, it's one thing for him to try to gut it out during a December run to the playoffs. But, given how young this team is, I'd rather lose a year of Griffin to rest and heal up and see Cousins than have Griffin always nursing a lingering injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emor09 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 When is the MRI? I considered staying awake until the news broke, thinking it would be the same night like the Ravens injury. Thankfully I did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo3 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I don't really understand what the OP is saying. disregard.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 all I know is I still want RG3 to run the ball some in 2013 to keep our offense dynamic. He just needs to be smarter and get down or out of bounds. also, Russell Wilson is going to get knocked the **** out sooner than later with the way he dives head first into defenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 The problem is that Griffin was not effective when the gimmick of the pistol was taken away by his lack of mobility. As analysts have pointed out, Griffin isn't able to truly read defenses the way a traditional QB does and his success so far has been directly as a result of his running ability or the treat of it. Griffin is going to be an injury risk the way he plays. Lets just hope they can teach him to become better at passing when the option to option isn't there. Trent Dilfer did a decent job of breaking it down on Sportscenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleese Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 LL tweeted that he's hearing it's a torn MCL (not a final or official diagnosis). To me, if that's ALL it is, I don't think it's the end of the world. My one wish is that he be 100% recovered before coming back. To me, it's one thing for him to try to gut it out during a December run to the playoffs. But, given how young this team is, I'd rather lose a year of Griffin to rest and heal up and see Cousins than have Griffin always nursing a lingering injury. If it's an MCL there is no reason he shouldn't be full go by July. If they wanted to play it safe and hold him out until later in pre-season that would be fine. But there is absolutely no reason he should miss real time next year if these reports are true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinz4Life12 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 our offense was still effective even once griffin was no longer a treat to run IMO. two things happened that bogged us down. 1) we got away from pounding morris 2) RG3 lost all accuracy and confidence throwing the ball once he re injured that knee. guys were open, he just couldn't hit them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 If it's an MCL there is no reason he shouldn't be full go by July. If they wanted to play it safe and hold him out until later in pre-season that would be fine. But there is absolutely no reason he should miss real time next year if these reports are true. Well, if the report is true and you're right about his recovery time, then I think we should all be happy that we dodged another bullet. To me, it would be another positive spin on an incredible year and would mean that nothing negative lingers into 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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