Perhaps a bad stress fracture that could easily be aggravated or made much worse without an extended recovery time? I don't believe he is even practicing.
You would think if it were a bad stress fracture in his leg, there would be crutches and some sort of immobilization boot or like-kind devise that he would be wearing until it is healed.
Yeah that's the part that concerns me, that he hasn't really been with the team. Makes it seems like he's out for the year. Hope not, this defense really misses his quickness and athleticism.
Yeah that's what I was thinking. A boot or crutches, especially on Sept.21 just shortly after injury if that were the case.
Thank you. Sounds like that could be accurate.
Not necessarily. If he is really coveted then he may be able to satisfy ther desire to see he is healthy through private workouts and the combine. Not sure but you could be right they may want more game action post injury.
Who knows, but one example would be he could have torn cartilage in a knee. Cleaned up by minor surgery, but then letting tissue around it heal 4 or 5 weeks before putting big stress on the knee. He would be strengthening it under supervision for a few weeks or more.
It may be enough of a question on his health / rehab to drop him into the 2nd round, which is a pretty big $ difference. Not sure but maybe a million / year. So it's a gamble. Sure would be nice to know more about the medical issue.
Yeah I would think typically athletes get surgery on partial ligament tears, correct? Any doctors here?
A partial ACL tear heals on its own. Poz partially tore his ACL in the "06 Orange Bowl and no surgery was required.
How can his injury still be a secret? This is the internet world where almost everything leaks out. Not a single player or non-player friend has posted? Franklin must have some kind of hammer.
Did the injury happen in a game, is there video? Without that, no clue really. Could be ligament and he's already undergone surgery. ACL repair can have a much faster recovery time now but still it's probably the season. Or maybe its a partial tear and they think they can heal it w/o surgery but that can be a long time too. A bone bruise or something I don't think they'd say "long term."
Yes that is a good clarification. My point really is that as fans I would not put a lot of hope in him returning and having a meaningful impact.
All we know is that he hasn't had surgery. If he can return at some point, that would be on par with NATO weapons intelligence, and we would have zero clue until he dressed for the game and was warming up.
At least he is still on the team. You could see a situation where it is announced Winston has left the team (and school) to prepare for the draft. Since that is not the case then maybe he could return next year which would obviously would be great for us.
Even then until he actually is on the field for a play would be when anyone has any clue on his status.
That ACL tear didn’t have a chance 😂….That was one bada$$ of a man.
That is not the question. A simple broad assessment to determine if you think he would be back this season. Even a "possibly but not sure" answer would be helpful. As it stands now for all we know his football career is over and he will never play again, college, NFL, nothing.
