The ACL can’t be repaired if it is “partially torn”- think of trying to stitch together the head ends of two mops with all the individual strands, and do it under aircraft cable tension, plus the fact that there is no real blood supply inside the joint capsule to help it heal.

There is nothing about the surgery by itself that makes his recovery any worse, depending on the repair technique used. The trick is that he has had the surgery before, so if they did an autograft the first time using either the hamstring or the central third of the patellar ligament to replace the ACL, that tissue is no longer available this time around. Thus, I am guessing that they might use a cadaver donor for the ligament allograft- and that shortens the rehab time. The trick is getting the proprioception back for a guy who has running moves.

Talking smack doesn’t mean people deserve bad things to happen to them, especially a good person like RG3. I might add that if you are specifically talking about Redskins fans who read this site, then you are talking about one particular obnoxious fan, not the entire group. I frankly question whether he is a Skins fan or a Cowboys fan trying to create the exact negative feelings you have towards our fan base. If so, it’s clearly working. Lastly, there’s no need to ever reference the whole “God is with the Redskins” comment ever again. Any reasonable person knows RG3 wasn’t serious when he said that.

The question is would the surgeon stitch it back up or fully replace it?

The other question is there meniscus damage to the knee cartilege and was his meniscus damaged in 2009? This will impact his return too because he can’t play any sports without a functioning meniscus.

All in all a tragedy for RGIII. This should never have happened and all the signs were there that he was heading for a major knee injury long before it gave out. Given he already suffered an ACL tear in 2009 he and his parents should have known after his first knee injury a month or so ago that caution was the wise course.

Disregard Adrian Peterson’s miraculous comeback, and it will take 9 months, minimum, to get to 90%. The last 10%, including psychological, takes up to 18 months.

In addition, RG3 has already (a) had a previously torn RIGHT ACL, and (b) had the RIGHT patellar tendon was previously harvested. His articular (cartilage) surfaces isn’t going to look (or feel) very good by the time he’s 35.

We’ll be reading about RG3 and microfracture, PRP, and/or Orthokine in the near future.

Hate to see anyone get hurt but this couldnt have happened to a better fan base. Back to the cellar Washington, especially without a first round pick for next 3 years. Karmas a bitch huh?
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So the first comment out of the box comes from somebody who knows nothing. 3 years? Wow, who knew? I think you’d better check your “facts”
So without TWO first round draft picks TOTAL in the next TWO years…that’s it, throw in the towel…I mean, ONE 2013 player acquired in the first round was everything the Skins needed…ONE rookie. Wow! It looks like all of those other teams who have a first round pick in 2013 will be Super Bowl contenders….of all of the stupid things said about this trade, that is the one which cracks me up the most.

He didn’t injure it further on Sunday, it just got to the point that the brace wasn’t helping anymore.

move the skins back to RFK

the fedex crowd was weak,

no way wilson comes back from 14 points in a playoff home game @ RFK

snyder shouldnt have moved the team to the middle of nowhere in Maryland

They were playing there before Snyder bought the team….another typical dumb PFT poster

I coincidentally had an appointment with an orthopedist who consults with Andrews and the Redskins medical staff yesterday, and talked to him about the issue, a couple hours later, being a reliable authority on the subject, he went on the radio yesterday to discuss the issue and explained the situation exactly the same way.

Though it is an extensive surgery, given the money that Snyder will spend on laser treatments, all-star physical therapy teams, and the best recovery options available, the Third’s recovery should be on the shorter side of six-to-eight months. Providing that Griffin follows doctors’ instructions and spends the next six months resting, rehabbing, and not trying to push himself too hard, his recovery time should be ready to go next season.

Let’s hope one of those doctors’ instructions is “get out of bounds as soon as possible.”
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A number of folks seem not to believe me. Look it up for yourself: Dr. Matthew Levine, the interview was on WTOP around 3 PM yesterday, and repeated on WFAN later in the evening.

Highly bad form for the Skins to try and spin a quicker-than-possible recovery. First they let him play when he probably shouldn’t, then they press for him to come back sooner than he should? A grown-up needs to step in for the Skins and stop the madness.

Best wishes to RGII’s recovery, but please fix that d#RN field!!!

Bouncing back quicker generally works on a knee that suffered its first trauma – here you’re having to reconstruct a kne with trauma (an ACL tear) dating back 4 years that already had to be fixed….

It’s 8-12 months.
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Incorrect on just about every angle. LCL recovery, while longer than ACL recovery, is not an 8-12 month process. Medicine advances by leaps and bounds every year and Snyder will pull out all the stops in terms of getting Griffin the best treatments, the best physical therapy team, and the best continuing treatments (they can shoot lasers into your knee now to speed up the recovery process, I kid you not).

Though people keep discussing AP in conjunction with Griffin, but a more relevant comparison may be Thomas Davis. The continually underestimated Panthers linebacker suffered three ACL tears and was seriously considering retirement before undergoing surgery by Andrews. Younger players heal faster, but even at a more advanced age Davis made a full recovery and is still going strong.

Also let’s not forget, Andrews operated on Michael Jordan’s partially torn PCL in the early 90′s. I know it was a long time ago, but I think that guy did OK for himself.

The difference is Cutler Quit. Plain and Simple. HE didnt want to get back out there in the fire. Thats a Coward. Griffin wouldnt quit. He wanted to be out there. Even when Shanny took him out he stood on the sideline. Cutler didnt. The problem is and i think most people on here feel the same way. A head Coach is suppose to protect their players. Make the hard choices. Griffin should not have been out there after half time. Period. Any player will tell you that their ok and can continue to play. But its on your coach to make a common sense decision to take him out.

We are not even 72 hours post injury and this website has already proven it can’t cover this story with any degree of sanity. See ya in September.
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LOL! Keep dreaming waitingguilty, this is his second ACL surgery since 2009. He’s not gonna be back by September.