Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

[feldspar]

Initial MRI on Bills Reggie Ragland’s knee revealed what appears to be partial ACL tear; team confident it's not fully torn, per team source

https://mobile.twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/762442793054720000

We should know more after the second opinion.

[Luisito23]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

What's the usual timeline for recovery?...or is it a season ending injury?

[HHURRICANE]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

What's the usual timeline for recovery?...or is it a season ending injury?

I think it's the equivalent of being 3 months pregnant or 9 months pregnant. Your going to have surgery eventually.

[Mr. Miyagi]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

This team is ****** cursed. Why can't we catch a ****** break???

[Turf]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

This team is ****** cursed. Why can't we catch a ****** break???

Stupid GM.

[Zero]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

Tank it

[stuckincincy]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

Tank it

Yep.

But that won't work with a team that has a fan base that sells out year after year. Pegula bought the Bills for the same reason he bought the Sabres - a good place to park money and get a steady if unspectacular rate of return, as well as the fun of owning a major league sports franchise.

Nothing is likely to change unless fans stop forking over their cash for an inferior product.

[feldspar]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

For what it's worth, Kiko Alonso partially tore his ACL last year in week 2 of the regular season. He was out six weeks, including the bye week, which he came back directly after. So he missed five games.

If Reggie Ragland's injury is anything like Kiko's, he might only miss a game or two.

We'll know more soon...

[Skooby]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

For what it's worth, Kiko Alonso partially tore his ACL last year in week 2 of the regular season. He was out six weeks, including the bye week, which he came back directly after. So he missed five games.

If Reggie Ragland's injury is anything like Kiko's, he might only miss a game or two.

We'll know more soon...

Its going to be 2-3 months, late October / November. If the current injuries all time out properly, we should be able to field an all-new team mid-season or so. Figure we could be healty late season.

[John Doe]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

I think it's the equivalent of being 3 months pregnant or 9 months pregnant. Your going to have surgery eventually.

Not necessarily. Thurman Thomas had a similar injury in college and still has not had surgery.

[jamze132]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

Wait and see. Be glad the Bills don't employ the New York Mets training staff! If so, he'd get a couple days rest and then try playing through it.

[Jan Reimers]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

For what it's worth, Kiko Alonso partially tore his ACL last year in week 2 of the regular season. He was out six weeks, including the bye week, which he came back directly after. So he missed five games.

If Reggie Ragland's injury is anything like Kiko's, he might only miss a game or two.

We'll know more soon...

But Kiko has never come back to anywhere near his rookie form. Whether or not it's the knee, who knows? But he hasn't been the same player he was before the injury.

[trapezeus]

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This team is ****** cursed. Why can't we catch a ****** break???

answer: russ brandon

[Mahdi]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

I have a partial tear in my ACL right now and I can say it will probably be at least 8 weeks before Ragland can play again, maybe 10.

The swelling alone takes weeks to come down and then there is also very limited range of motion in the knee where it can only be bent half-way or less.

You also lose a lot of muscle in your calf and quad due to the inactivity.

I play soccer on the 2/3 of the ACL I have so its possible to play LB like that but there is a bigger risk that at some point the whole ACL will tear.

[feldspar]

Re: Ragland appears to have partial ACL tear per Schefter

But Kiko has never come back to anywhere near his rookie form. Whether or not it's the knee, who knows? But he hasn't been the same player he was before the injury.

He had two different injuries. Obviously, the first one was much worse and caused him to miss the whole season with the Bills. I'm not talking about that one. I'm not trying to compare two different players either. Just saying that it's possible that ACL tear could mean six weeks out in some cases, if that's in fact what Ragland has.