Here is what you need to know on this Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, 18 days before the NFL Combine.
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RG3 walks up to accept award
The main headline was that Robert Griffin III won the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year award. The subhead was that he walked up to the stage to accept the award.
As you can see in the red carpet video here, if you didn’t know that RG3 was three and a half weeks removed from reconstructive knee surgery, you wouldn’t know.
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It is a long way from being able to walk down a red carpet and up to a stage in February and lining up behind center in September. When watching him walk last night I recalled that he walked into the postgame news conference after the Seattle loss and it was impossible to tell that he had just sustained major damage to that knee. So, in a way, he didn’t demonstrate that he could do anything he couldn’t do the day he was injured.
Those pessimistic notes aside, it would be foolish to bet against Griffin being ready for the 2013 season opener.
In case you missed it
- Robert Griffin III wins AP Offensive Rookie of the Year . . .
- . . . and he deserved it.
- He says he’s “a little bit ahead” on his rehab.
- Breakout potential: CB Richard Crawford
Days until: Start of 2013 league year 37; NFL Draft 81; OTA’s start 101
As someone who had his ACL reconstructed (albeit almost 20 years ago), let me add this:
1. Yes, it's impressive that he's walking (somewhat stiffly) less than a month in. You can see the knee brace under the pant leg - the absolute minimum needed for protection. At this point, I was still on crutches with a knee brace for protection when moving about.
2. It's definitely possible to be walking after tearing an ACL. It may hurt a lot, but I was walking within an hour of my injury - adrenaline can hide a lot of pain for hours and even allow you to keep playing, but once it wears off, watch out. I've also broken a finger and cracked ribs playing basketball, and each time I've kept playing (not the ACL), but in every case, it wasn't until the next morning that the pain really took over.
It's good to see, but there's a long time to see if he's ready for the start of next season.
Posted by: Chip Free | Sunday, February 03, 2013 at 04:01 PM