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As a doc, I try to help you guys out on the major injuries as we come into the big games. I have been mostly right and occasionally wrong. Here are some thoughts on the the big TE injury.
We have a really good idea of how Gronk will do with looking at Big Ben. This is the same injury. Remember how Big Ben also went back into the game. Then remember how he played the following week but had to take the second game off, when the pain was too great?
I have watched the tape of the injury and the mechanism does not appear to have been as severe as Big Ben's. Yes, he gets rolled up on but the ankle is not really tweaked that much....some thoughts.
1) Belichick will give us no info, Gronk is questionable as is the rest of the Pats every week. He is the only coach who can and does get away with this shit but that is another column.
2) The injury did not appear that bad and he returned both positives.
3) There are some reports he will need surgery after the game, this is a big negative. It means that the membrane is not just stretched but also torn. This puts him on its own, as a grade II or worse.
4) He is not a QB, this means that he actually has to run and engage blockers, this will be harder than Big Ben just delivering the rock.
5) He has had two full weeks of rest to heal, this is a big positive.
So here is my guess and this is only a guess....this is not based on personal knowledge of Gronkowski.
I think there is little doubt he suits up and plays. Most seem to agree on this. That said, he will be limited, at least some. I base this on the line that he needs surgery after the game. This makes this injury again at least a grade II. There is no way he heals a full grade II tear in two weeks, no way. Not even with PRP.
This is a fucking horrible painful injury which they can cover up and also a unstable injury which they cannot cover. In that this membrane shares responsibilities in holding everything together, I think that he will not have the 100% confidence he should.
You get Rob at 75% or so and IF he takes a hit to the ankle it could end his game. That is my best guess. 75%, you can see the effects on cuts and blocking but not so much with vertical running.
I am going to bet against him in the props but small, looking more on yardage than catches, with the idea being he will not be able to YAC and go deep as easy.
I see him as a decoy and look for large games from Hernandez and maybe Branch. I may even look at 85 some here, as crazy as it seems. This little prop voice keeps yelling at me Branch, Branch, and Branch. He has been there before and that year he also had not had all that big of a regular season...
Also, looking to Edelman?
Hope it helps,
GL
Crash
We have a really good idea of how Gronk will do with looking at Big Ben. This is the same injury. Remember how Big Ben also went back into the game. Then remember how he played the following week but had to take the second game off, when the pain was too great?
I have watched the tape of the injury and the mechanism does not appear to have been as severe as Big Ben's. Yes, he gets rolled up on but the ankle is not really tweaked that much....some thoughts.
1) Belichick will give us no info, Gronk is questionable as is the rest of the Pats every week. He is the only coach who can and does get away with this shit but that is another column.
2) The injury did not appear that bad and he returned both positives.
3) There are some reports he will need surgery after the game, this is a big negative. It means that the membrane is not just stretched but also torn. This puts him on its own, as a grade II or worse.
4) He is not a QB, this means that he actually has to run and engage blockers, this will be harder than Big Ben just delivering the rock.
5) He has had two full weeks of rest to heal, this is a big positive.
So here is my guess and this is only a guess....this is not based on personal knowledge of Gronkowski.
I think there is little doubt he suits up and plays. Most seem to agree on this. That said, he will be limited, at least some. I base this on the line that he needs surgery after the game. This makes this injury again at least a grade II. There is no way he heals a full grade II tear in two weeks, no way. Not even with PRP.
This is a fucking horrible painful injury which they can cover up and also a unstable injury which they cannot cover. In that this membrane shares responsibilities in holding everything together, I think that he will not have the 100% confidence he should.
You get Rob at 75% or so and IF he takes a hit to the ankle it could end his game. That is my best guess. 75%, you can see the effects on cuts and blocking but not so much with vertical running.
I am going to bet against him in the props but small, looking more on yardage than catches, with the idea being he will not be able to YAC and go deep as easy.
I see him as a decoy and look for large games from Hernandez and maybe Branch. I may even look at 85 some here, as crazy as it seems. This little prop voice keeps yelling at me Branch, Branch, and Branch. He has been there before and that year he also had not had all that big of a regular season...
Also, looking to Edelman?
Hope it helps,
GL
Crash
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