it's hard to guess - it could be a bad bruise from hitting knee first on that make shift field. The only thing I didn't like was when he was getting tested on the sideline the trainer said something to him and he put his head back like he was given bad news. Of course that could have been we need to take you in for x-rays to make sure there isn't any break. We will hear the story in a few hours. If clemens has a week he will be fine. He has a solid arm and tonight they obviously said let's just run the ball and hold on with defense. You should be able to do the same next week against a young QB with Tampa.
he's not playing next week. you can't say "it doesn't feel right" 6 times and play next week. Those short answers don't help me think he's ok. The adrenaline made him feel nothing initially, and then the next snap it wears off. He has bad lateral movement, he's fucked for now. Kill the year. Just kill the fucking year and build the lines for next year. Goddammit why now?
How is the posterior cruciate ligament injured? The incidence of injuries of the PCL is less than that of the anterior cruciate ligament. This is mainly due to the greater thickness and strength of the PCL. Nevertheless, the most common way in which the PCL is injured is by direct impact to the front of the tibia itself, usually when the knee is bent. This may occur in a front-on tackle or collision or when falling with the knee bent. The injury is commonly associated with injuries to other structures in the rear compartment of the knee joint such as lateral meniscus tears. In addition the articular cartilage may also be damaged. PCL tears are graded I- III with III being the most severe. These gradings are classified depending on the amount of backward tibial displacement observed when the knee is bent at 90 degrees. In extreme cases the ligament may become avulsed, or pulled off the bone completely. Symptoms of a posterior cruciate ligament injury: * Pain at the time of impact which, over time, may also be felt in the calf region. * Swelling, although this may be minimal (video). * Pain when the posterior cruciate ligament is stressed (video). * Positive sign on the 'Posterior draw test'. * Pain and laxity when a 'reverse Lachman's test' is performed. * Instability of the joint, perhaps associated with the feeling of the knee 'giving way. I'm banking on this.
Within 45 minutes after tearing my ACL, I walked with barely a limp over the Williamsburg Bridge. I thought maybe I was okay. I was not.
I have no problem w/ him diving in that situation. I'm shocked at Rex's reaction, so basically Rex now 3 months into a season wnats him to slide every time he runs? So let's get him trained to do that then it's week 17 and 4th and 5 and he slides a yard short- it's asinine. There are times to slide and times to dive. He did a great job getting the 1st down on a 3rd down conversion.
You don't know what he was asked to do though. Maybe Rex has been drilling it in to him all week - every run, slide. In that scenario he's probably more angry at having been ignored than in the specific play situation.
On the particular play though it actually looked like the smarter play to dive head first under two defender than to slide and expose your upper body to a hit because you know he would have absorbed a hit from both of the guys. The daily news is saying players fear it is a torn meniscus
is that what he's got - a PCL tear?? have not put the news on yet today. i saw the dive and the only way to tear a PCL on a dive is by hitting your new first on the turf. looks like thats what happened. wouldn't be surprised if its a cartilage tear though.... tough but not the end of the world - his knees are proving to be a little fragile here may be we are dealing with a namath-like situation . we'll see jil
Rex sounded really pissed at him after the game. Didnt care about getting the first down, just wants his face of the franchise to protect himself.
