Robert Griffin III has partial tears of ACL and LCL, MRI suggests

[ram29jackson]

LOL thanks

 

[ram29jackson]

Ever since the Redskins and Dr. James Andrews said they expected quarterback Robert Griffin III to be ready in time for the 2013 regular season, those kinds of assuring words surrounding Griffin and his right knee have evaporated. A few days ago, a source told the Washington Post's Mike Jones that the Redskins privately know it's "optimistic" to think their star will be healthy by Week 1.

On Saturday, a league source told ProFootballTalk.com that "there is much greater concern regarding Griffin's knee than anyone connected to the Redskins or Griffin has publicly conceded."

Griffin is facing a long summer rehabbing his right LCL and, for the second time, his right ACL. He also had a torn meniscus in that knee and will need to do some work on his left knee since Dr. Andrews needed to take a patellar tendon graft from that knee to repair the damage and that's not all to be worried about when it comes to Griffin, as the source told PFT's Mike Florio.

"[T]he biggest concern, as the source explained it, is the damage to Griffin's cartilage. With the ACL in the right knee now torn twice in less than four years, Griffin has lost enough cartilage in his knee to raise concerns about how much remains and how long it will last. Eventually, Griffin could be dealing with bone-on-bone contact and the chronic pain that goes along with it. And he's still only 22."

Source: FFToolbox.com

 

[ThomasTomasz]

I'll concede the cartilage point. That's not something many of us think about for sure, and that's why the team shouldn't rush him back. Forget putting on a confident front for the fans, let them know it's going to take some time and that we all need to get behind Cousins to trust him with the keys for a few weeks. If this all happened at one time, and not re-injuring and going back in, then re-injuring again, the Redskins aren't hiding this. They are trying to save face and then going to try and rush RGIII back again. They need to learn from their mistake.

 

[Houston]

I would've put Cousins in when it was 14-0. But then again, I would've started Tebow in N.Y. months ago.

Rarely on the same page with NFL coaches.