05-03-2020, 06:28 PM
(05-03-2020, 06:13 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Agreed. Coming back from a torn ACL is not as dire as it used to be. Hopefully he can bring his game. It would be nice if him and Mixon could split some carries to keep them both fresh in games. Gio has never been the same since the 2015 playoff game concussion from Shazier. He's still good, but not as good as before that hit.
(05-03-2020, 06:17 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: I think you may be on to something there ? Remember when K. Rivers got blasted by Whines Hard ? Rivers never got back in the saddle after that.
It wasn't the concussion that did it. He was playing with a knee injury in 2016 and it turned into a fully torn ACL. He did fine in 2017 (4.4 YPC/9.0 AVG receiving), but then in 2018 Week 4 he sprained his MCL (he had 4.56 YPC before the injury and 2.55 YPC after he returned).
The two knee injuries are really what sapped his explosiveness. Not everyone can Adrian Peterson it.
At least that was my view of things.
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