High ankle sprains are a bitch.... He'll be useless the rest of the year...
How long is the real rehab period? Like 6-8 weeks?
yeah, unless they go in and screw it back together. Dorsey Levens had that and was never the same. Ty Montgomery had it early last year and wasn't able to return
yeah, unless they go in and screw it back together. Dorsey Levens had that and was never the same. Ty Montgomery had it early last year and wasn't able to return
And any recovery/rehab plan that is not focused on making sure he is good for next season and beyond will be short sighted.
4 - 6 weeks being reported now. Bad sprain I guess
This maybe the best news I have heard coming from the Bears camp all season
+1 The Achilles tear would have been pretty bad for an RB. In fact that could have been something that never would be 100% again. Great news that it's just a sprain.
You can add one more to the IR. Ah well, Glenn has been playing better than Fuller anyway. The younger players are gonna get a lot of experience on that D this year.
Bears place cornerback Kyle Fuller on injured reserve LAKE FOREST, IL - MAY 18: By: Lorin Cox | 6 hours ago
The Chicago Bears might have some of the worst injury luck in the NFL as even minor nicks and bruises have become much worse. Add cornerback Kyle Fuller to the list of nightmare injury situations now, as the team added him to the injured reserve list on Tuesday, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rappoport.
Fuller had arthroscopic knee surgery on August 18 that cleaned up an injury that John Fox said at the time “was kind of bothering [Fuller].” After the procedure, he was “week-to-week,” but there was hope that might have been able to play in the season opener.
Three games went by and Fuller was limited in practices as recent as last week, but evidently the Bears didn’t like the progress he was making with his injury and decided to shut him down, at least for the immediate future.
Fuller is eligible to come off of injured reserve in eight weeks, meaning he could make his debut Week 12 against the Tennessee Titans. It’s hard to know for sure if his injury will have improved enough by then or if this is truly an injury that ended his season before it began.
I guess it's time to repeat what I posted about a month ago. This many injuries to this many players can't all be just bad luck. Either something is hinky with the training staff or these guys lack proper conditioning, the nature of the practices or practice fields is contributing or something.
These guys just don't see to be in the best of shape to play football and when that's the case injuries happen AND you get your asses kicked. Even those who aren't out or on the IR are dinged up more than usual. Too much of this is happening for it to be just bad luck or coincidental.