08-14-2016, 09:34 AM
(08-13-2016, 10:53 AM)jfkbengals Wrote: Watching the Vikings game right now, and around the 8 minute mark of the second quarter Tobin is asked about the injury.
He stated "we don't know the timeline yet".
My translation: The knee is still too swollen for any conclusive diagnosis of the ligaments, after which point the proper surgery can be scheduled.
My translation: do you ever really know the timeline? The best a doctor can give you is a prognosis which is an estimate and that is if everything goes right.
Let's say it is a meniscal tear. Not all meniscal tears are created equally. Some might heal on their own given enough time and physical therapy. Some may require complete removal of the meniscus. Some may not respond to surgery and a subsequent micro fracture surgery may be performed. The surgeon may do a simple clean out and "we'll see how it goes."
To me it is typical double speak, like Marvin's 'it is a knee and we'll continue to monitor." They are saying something without saying anything.
Example: do they know the timeline with Eifert? Not exactly which equals "we don't know the timeline, yet."
Did he say they didn't know the timeline or they didn't know the diagnosis? Because Tobin could know the ACL was ruptured and still claim, "we don't know the timeline, yet."
Reading between the lines two things are poor indicators:
1) claiming they don't know the timeline
2) they haven't came out with the typical strain/sprain/contusion smoke screen right away
