12-30-2016, 08:14 PM
(12-30-2016, 06:24 PM)OrlandoBengal Wrote: Completely agree with this. The guy looked slow, weak, and completely lost this year. He did not look anything like and NFL tackle, and it's not like he had his knee surgery six months ago. Maybe he turns it all around and the lightbulb comes on this off season, but that is difficult to believe.
Statistics on return to play after ACL reconstruction
A study of NFL players who underwent ACL reconstruction showed that only 63% returned to play in a regular-season game within two seasons after surgery. A study of high school and college football players showed similar results. 63% of high school football players and 69% of college players made it back two years after surgery. Only 43% of them had returned to preinjury levels.
Finally, a 2011 study of competitive athletes in a variety of sports showed that only 33% of athletes had returned to their sports at their preinjury levels 12 months after surgery.
From watching a lot of sports that have ACL tears as a common injury, Ive found it usually takes a full season of playing after their return from this injury for them to regain the confidence in the knee and play at the level they are a custom to. Geno is a prime example of this.
