As long as RGIII is 100% for 2013 training camp...

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by donofriose

Oden was 7 feet tall. A lot of those guys like Yao Ming are just so tall that it breaks down their knee and lower back. It is different when you are not 7 feet tall and have to support that height and weight.

Why I pointed out, "different type of injury".

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Why I pointed out, "different type of injury".

I thought you were speaking on the injury itself rather than the body type. My mistake.

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Why I pointed out, "different type of injury".

But maybe not completely different.

Obviously, yesterday he was playing on a injured knee from the Steelers game, which was injured because of a hit that would have injured anyone's knee. But at Baylor he tore his ACL when he planted his right foot while running, not because of a hit. And not to draw any comparisons to yesterday, but after tearing his ACL at Baylor he came back into the game and continued to play, before being kept out by his coach after halftime.

Im not a doctor, but like most people on this forum, i too like to speculate. And in my purely speculative opinion knee injuries that happen for no apparent reason concern me the most. Jarvis Jenkins last year, Meriwether this year. Those concern me, because they seem like they could be the chronic Olden/Malcom Kelly type. But sometimes those tears that just happen for no particular reason are just that, and the player never has a problem again. Hopefully one of those random and without reason ACL tears is what happened to Griffin back at Baylor.

Griffin’s first, and seemingly more concerning, injury happened in 2010 and until recently he hasnt had any issues at all. And his current injury only happened because of a hit that would of compromised anyone's knee. Like everyone im hoping it turns out its just furthered sprained and hell be fine. Im very optimistic if it turns to be his MCL. And im only really worried about the health of his right knee if it turns out to be his ACL, but not nearly as worried as i would have been if it hadnt been injury related.

More importantly im worried about his long term health, because as special of a player he is when he's scrambling, hes not going to last at all doing that with any regularity, he just doesn’t have the body for it. He doesnt have a body like Elway or even Steve Young. Luck and Wilson can get away with being regular scramblers but Griffen cant and will never be able to. But that’s fine because he can be a HOFer if he stands in the pocket all day like Brady or Manning.