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Post by Hotman on Aug 30, 2016 19:39:34 GMT -5
That sucks. And speaking of sucking, lets trade Geno to them for a 7th rounder in 2020. Make it happen MacDafdy! One could only dream
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Post by jetstream23 on Aug 30, 2016 20:35:15 GMT -5
How on earth do you dislocate a knee, tear your ACL and suffer all this other "structural damage" in a non-contact injury?
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Post by Hotman on Aug 30, 2016 20:43:24 GMT -5
How on earth do you dislocated a knee, tear your ACL and suffer all this other "structural damage" in a non-contact injury? Yeah man.... to the point his teammates were vomiting on the turf.... Something aint adding up. But we need to be shipping Geno hard rn!!!!
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Post by jetstream23 on Aug 30, 2016 20:52:33 GMT -5
Very interesting development...
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Post by Paradis on Aug 30, 2016 21:11:28 GMT -5
So, if I'm to understand this correctly: A team loses its starting QB to an unavoidable devastating injury -- and are now forced to turn to Shleppy Shaun Hill. Basically the Vikings became living proof of BOTH how unpredictable player health can be AND how important it is to have a backup QB who can step in and run the offense... And the proposed popular solution is to trade them our only back up?
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Post by shakin on Aug 30, 2016 21:13:52 GMT -5
if his knee grow back it ok
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Post by RobR on Aug 30, 2016 21:49:28 GMT -5
That's terrible and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out significantly worse in the coming months. It already sounds bad enough but they always have a worse prognosis after a few months go by.
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Post by ryu79 on Aug 30, 2016 21:54:47 GMT -5
Very interesting development... I thought he'd ask for a Dunkin Donuts gift card. We must be desperate.
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Post by Big L on Aug 31, 2016 4:23:13 GMT -5
So, if I'm to understand this correctly: A team loses its starting QB to an unavoidable devastating injury -- and are now forced to turn to Shleppy Shaun Hill. Basically the Vikings became living proof of BOTH how unpredictable player health can be AND how important it is to have a backup QB who can step in and run the offense... And the proposed popular solution is to trade them our only back up? Sounds like you're saying Geno can step in and run the offense? Did I get that right?
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Post by DDNYjets on Aug 31, 2016 5:56:34 GMT -5
Non-contact but maybe he was jumping and landed poorly. I have a hard time seeing how this can happen from dropping back to pass or handing the ball off.
Either way its good news that there is no nerve or blood vessel damage although I find that hard to believe as well.
What a kick in the nuts losing your QB before the season even starts. Unfortunately we know this all too well. Some franchises are just cursed.
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Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Aug 31, 2016 7:05:35 GMT -5
Non-contact but maybe he was jumping and landed poorly. I have a hard time seeing how this can happen from dropping back to pass or handing the ball off. Either way its good news that there is no nerve or blood vessel damage although I find that hard to believe as well. What a kick in the nuts losing your QB before the season even starts. Unfortunately we know this all too well. Some franchises are just cursed. According to Wikipedia this injury can happen in non-contact when you make a lateral move, but still it seems so highly improbable to get so much damage from hardly doing anything. With the jumping, maybe that is what Geno is doing when he throws now, with all that jumping he does before doing so. Maybe he is trying to get hurt again so he doesn't have to play butdoesn't owe anyone any more money.
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Post by Mond the Bagnificient on Aug 31, 2016 7:15:55 GMT -5
How on earth do you dislocate a knee, tear your ACL and suffer all this other "structural damage" in a non-contact injury?
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Post by TRUE Jet Fan on Aug 31, 2016 7:18:14 GMT -5
And with that, the Green Bay Packers have officially won the NFC North. Totally sucks for the Vikes. Their season is done before getting started. Not necessarily, they still have Adrian Peterson. Does that not count for anything?
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Post by TRUE Jet Fan on Aug 31, 2016 7:21:33 GMT -5
I hear stuff like this and am amazed at how Brady has been able to make it this far in his career without any injury whatsoever. Non-contact dislocated knee? How do some guys like Brady get so damn lucky to avoid the injury bug all these years?
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Post by DDNYjets on Aug 31, 2016 7:39:17 GMT -5
I hear stuff like this and am amazed at how Brady has been able to make it this far in his career without any injury whatsoever. Non-contact dislocated knee? How do some guys like Brady get so damn lucky to avoid the injury bug all these years? He missed almost the entire 2008 season after Bernard Pollard aka The Patriot Killer took him out.
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