Surgery for RG3

RG3 will undergo total reconstructive surgery of his right knee early Wednesday morning to repair torn anterior cruciate and lateral collateral ligaments, but he is expected to be ready for the opener of the 2013 NFL regular season, according to team sources familiar with the determination made by orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews.

Griffin's recovery is projected at six to eight months, barring any setbacks, sources said. The rehabilitation plan will focus primarily on strengthening Griffin's quadriceps to help protect and help stabilize the knee, according to sources. The reconstruction of the LCL is considered a complication, but sources said Andrews informed the Redskins it should rehab well during the same six-to-eight month time frame as the ACL injury.


Under this projected time frame of surgery, recovery and rehab, Griffin should be able to participate at some level during training camp in August and be ready to open the season in September, according to the sources.


Griffin thanked his fans for their support in a tweet Wednesday morning. "Thank you for your prayers and support. I love God, my family, my team, the fans, & I love this game. See you guys next season," he wrote.

I suppose it is good and bad news.  Obviously, it sucks that he needs the surgery but if the time table is accurate, it will be good to have him even for a portion of next season.  I don't doubt the kid will work hard and do whatever he can to get back on the field and play the game he loves.

Deepie posted in another section that it's obvious now that Shanny made a mistake.  I've said several times now that hindsight is 20/20.  However, RG3 was cleared by doctors.  He played the previous two games in a similar state.  Shanny made the call based on conversations with doctors, trainers, RG3 determining how RG3 practiced in the week and he did what he did.  Again, I'm sure he would love to have a do over.  Unfortunately you can't.  No one said anything about Shanny playing RG3 in the Eagles and Cowboys games.  He has been/will take heat for this.  I don't doubt that he has learned from this.  I also don't doubt that he intended to put RG3's career in jeopardy for this one game.  It was a mistake but it's understandable how he arrived to his decision.  If he had kept him in there and called a bunch of designed runs, that would be inexcusable but that wasn't the case.  The injury occurred on a botched snap and the field conditions sucked.  It was a freak play.  It's a shame but we are where we are and what's done is done and we can only move forward.  Hopefully RG3 will recover fully without any set backs and he'll be back next season.

HTTR!!!