This does not mean Tannehill is going to be playing anytime soon. Indeed, this does not even mean the MRI is correct. That’s why Tannehill is going for a second examination and opinion as early as Tuesday.
At any rate, he’s not playing at the New York Jets on Saturday. And he isn’t playing the following week at the Buffalo Bills. A source told me Monday the initial plan is to play Matt Moore in those games and give Tannehill time to stabilize the left knee.
And if the season-finale against New England is a meaningful game, and if Tannehill is mobile and up to it, and if there is no chance for long term damage to be done by playing, then Gase will ask a million questions of the team’s medical staff and the Dolphins will consider trotting out SuperQB against the Patriots. But that comes with zero certainty.
That means on the fifth day of the 2017 league year, sometime in March, the Dolphins will guarantee approximately $14.5 million of Tannehill’s salary simply by having him on the roster. And that guarantee means Tannehill will remain the Dolphins quarterback beyond this season.That brings me to the injury portion of this saga. Remember the Dolphins feared Tannehill had torn his ACL rather than sprained it?
Team doctors performed what is called the Lachman test that showed enough instability to cause them to believe Tannehill tore the ACL. Well, the ensuing MRI suggested Tannehill only has a sprain.
But the dicey part of all this medical jargon is that a sprain is by definition a partial tear.
So while Tannehill does not have a full rupture, his ACL is indeed partially torn. That’s in the MRI he had. And unlike the MCL that heals itself through rest and regeneration, the ACL does not regenerate So the only way Tannehill can get that knee stable again is by hoping scar tissue builds up in the area to cover the partial tear -- which isn’t as good as having a new ACL -- and by strengthening his quadriceps so much as to provide added stability. Tannehill would also wear a left knee brace perhaps the rest of his career to ensure even more stability.But here is the uncomfortable part: Players who have had partially torn ligaments can be more susceptible to a complete rupture later on.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/s...-salguero/article120512268.html#storylink=cpy
Highlights from Armando- read elsewhere yesterday that surgery might still be needed if he cant stabilize the knee.
At any rate, he’s not playing at the New York Jets on Saturday. And he isn’t playing the following week at the Buffalo Bills. A source told me Monday the initial plan is to play Matt Moore in those games and give Tannehill time to stabilize the left knee.
And if the season-finale against New England is a meaningful game, and if Tannehill is mobile and up to it, and if there is no chance for long term damage to be done by playing, then Gase will ask a million questions of the team’s medical staff and the Dolphins will consider trotting out SuperQB against the Patriots. But that comes with zero certainty.
That means on the fifth day of the 2017 league year, sometime in March, the Dolphins will guarantee approximately $14.5 million of Tannehill’s salary simply by having him on the roster. And that guarantee means Tannehill will remain the Dolphins quarterback beyond this season.That brings me to the injury portion of this saga. Remember the Dolphins feared Tannehill had torn his ACL rather than sprained it?
Team doctors performed what is called the Lachman test that showed enough instability to cause them to believe Tannehill tore the ACL. Well, the ensuing MRI suggested Tannehill only has a sprain.
But the dicey part of all this medical jargon is that a sprain is by definition a partial tear.
So while Tannehill does not have a full rupture, his ACL is indeed partially torn. That’s in the MRI he had. And unlike the MCL that heals itself through rest and regeneration, the ACL does not regenerate So the only way Tannehill can get that knee stable again is by hoping scar tissue builds up in the area to cover the partial tear -- which isn’t as good as having a new ACL -- and by strengthening his quadriceps so much as to provide added stability. Tannehill would also wear a left knee brace perhaps the rest of his career to ensure even more stability.But here is the uncomfortable part: Players who have had partially torn ligaments can be more susceptible to a complete rupture later on.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/s...-salguero/article120512268.html#storylink=cpy
Highlights from Armando- read elsewhere yesterday that surgery might still be needed if he cant stabilize the knee.
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