(11-21-2023, 11:34 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(11-20-2023, 10:20 PM)Caldrac Wrote: Maybe. Sure as [BLEEP] looked good in a brace just four days later in New Orleans where he ran his [BLEEP] off.

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I'm assuming you've never torn a knee ligament and tried to change directions while running afterward.
They played it safe with him for good reason.

I have. I actually was somewhat of an athlete in high school. Short, thick and stocky. Played mostly fullback and special teams my freshman and sophomore year. 

Had a grade 1 knee sprain after going too hard on stadium runs during practice one day and I missed a step flat footed and put too much weight on my left knee on the way up after catching the step in front of me barely with my toes and front portion of my foot. Basically rolled all 285 pounds forward of my body weight on the upper left portion of my foot. Which caused me to shift all my weight upwards and onto that knee. Sucked.

Thankfully it wasn't an ACL. It was just an LCL. That injury kept me from playing football for about three weeks. It honestly throbbed and would feel at it's worst while sitting in class all day. Felt like something was constantly biting my knee or stabbing it with a very fine needle every 5 - 10 minutes. 

It actually felt better when I kept moving, lightly jogging on it. Couldn't go full speed or anything too crazy, couldn't lift heavy for awhile, which bummed me out but I at least tried to test it a few times.

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