Why do some people here think that its "rushing him back" to return after 9 months? That's average time for recovery. Sure, it takes longer than 9 months to regain strength AND confidence, but guess what? You have to return to the field before you can regain any confidence. They are limiting him, hes not going full and hes NOT playing in this weeks game. He probably wont even play until after the bye week and that's if they think hes ready for the season at all. This is another step in the process, let it play out. There is a scientific method to determining knee strength,its not just if the players says he "feels the knee strength is back 100%". There is literally a TEST for this kind of stuff. If the team trainers and independent doctors have cleared him to practice then guess what? They feel it is in his best interest to get back out there and get back into football. They determined that his knee was ready to play on. No more amount of waiting is going to fix anything further, its just the next step. 

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