Knee-gate in Chicago

[Lurker64]

He wasn't good to go today on a good knee. Why would next year be any different with a wounded knee?

Okay, you got me there. He will be able to go when the next season begins, unless it's a truly epic shredding of the knee (c.f. Daunte Culpepper's injury).

[Joemailman]

I've had a torn PCL (not ACL thank Gawd) and it is one of the most excruciating injuries ever.... he wouldn't have been just "do-dee-dohing" up and down the side line with his best "droopy dog" look... trust me, NFL "tough guy" or not.... If Philip Rivers did indeed play an entire game with a torn ACL then they shot that MOFO up with so many drugs it would make your head spin....

He (Cutler) will be trying to stay out of the limelight in the days and weeks to come I'm sure..... to "heal".... but it won't be his knee he'll be looking to "heal".... hrummpph....

When Morgan Burnett tore his ACL this year, he didn't have pain. He said his knee just "Didn't feel right". When he described the problem to the trainers, they knew what the injury was.

[easy cheesy]

Good work.

In answer to another post, players have played on torn ACLs. Didn't Dixon from Oregon play without his ACL in a Bowl game?

I thought he sat on the sidelines during that game (the Sun Bowl I believe).... he then went on to tear his miniscus when playing for the Steelers against the Titans... of course I'm a chick and could be totally sniffing too much nail polish....

[easy cheesy]

When Morgan Burnett tore his ACL this year, he didn't have pain. He said his knee just "Didn't feel right". When he described the problem to the trainers, they knew what the injury was.

Interesting... I'll capitualte to the experts... I only know what that PCL injury felt like to me... maybe these guys have cortisone and morphine coarsing through their veins rather than "O" positive....

[pbmax]

I thought he sat on the sidelines during that game (the Sun Bowl I believe).... he then went on to tear his miniscus when playing for the Steelers against the Titans... of course I'm a chick and could be totally sniffing too much nail polish....

Nope, you got that one right. He sat out the Sun Bowl, it was the Arizona game he played on the torn ACL.

Wins in the following weeks over Pac-10 powers USC and Arizona State pushed Oregon to a #2 ranking in the BCS poll[13] and first place in the Pac-10. During the Arizona State game, he left the game with a torn ACL, but was cleared to play two weeks later against Arizona. In the first quarter of that game, he ran 39 yards for a touchdown, but a few plays later, his left knee buckled and he left the game because he suffered an injury, and the Ducks went on to lose 34-24. It was then revealed that Dixon had torn the ACL in his left knee against Arizona State and aggravated it against Arizona. In the last game of the season against arch rival Oregon State, they lost and the Beavers broke the streak of the last 10 years in which the home team had always won.[14] Without Dixon, and following an injury to backup Brady Leaf as well as a long list of injuries to the entire Duck team, the Ducks lost the last two games of the season, but went on to defeat South Florida 56-21 in the 2007 Sun Bowl as Dixon watched from the sideline and continued to cheer on his team.

[easy cheesy]

Nope, you got that one right. He sat out the Sun Bowl, it was the Arizona game he played on the torn ACL.

Gotcha! Still, playing on a torn ACL blows my mind.... guess a FBP has to do what a FBP's gotta do....

[Deputy Nutz]

Phillip Rivers tore his acl like a week or two before he played on it. Once the swelling is down the ACL provides stability to the knee, without it, your knee is like a table with only three legs, very unstabble. Pain, varies, your mobility sucks, strength sucks, and if it is not braced correctly the knee will give out, and more damage to the knee, MCL will probably go next.

Anyways if Cutler tore cartlidge, a tendon, another legiment, shit is going to swell and the leg will get stiff and trying to plant will be tough. I am sure Cutler is injured, it didn't look good because he wasn't carried off on a cart and wasn't on crutches. Chicago fans are stupid, and are looking to place blame.

our perspective might be a bit screwed because of the iron man streak of Favre, and the toughness of Aaron Rodgers.

[gbgary]

from looking at the highlights it was his left knee they were working on on the sidelines.

[mraynrand]

Looked like Cutler injured it on that blitz (with fumble) by Shields. Then got hit again by Walden on the first series in the second half. He couldn't plant on that left leg, looks like to me.

[green_bowl_packer]

Lovie is also catching heat for going with Collins instead of Hanie, for 2 crucial series. Where they figure that Collins didnt' know what the hell he was doing, so why was he in their in the first place.

I think this Packer victory could lead to the unraveling of the Bears organization, Cutler's taking huge heat, Lovie's gonna get some more today, and eventually their GM Angelo will get some too. Beautiful.

[sharpe1027]

In any event, it really sucked once Cutler and Collins went out and since the game went back to playing 11 v 11.

I love the guy; he's just good enough to hold his starting spot but consistently inconsistent enough to know he will fold under pressure. I wish him the best so that he can make a full recovery for next year.

[mraynrand]

Who wasn't terrified that Heiney was going to be another crazy name in Chicago-Green Bay lore - the third string QB comes in and saves the day. Dammit, it was close to a "Charlie Batch Moment" there...

[HarveyWallbangers]

I kind of feel bad for the guy. Nobody knows how injured he was--yet everybody is jumping to conclusions.

[Joemailman]

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/g...ionship-012311

Cutler, who finished with a 31.8 passer rating, said he tested the knee after having it taped but that he felt he was limited on his plant leg. “I knew that it was probably better that I didn’t (return),” he said. “I knew my knee. I know my body.”

Off the record, several teammates looked at Cutler amid the postgame wreckage and shook their heads. “I aint’ gonna say nothing,” one Bears player said privately, “but I don’t see a brace on that knee. Do you?”

[MadScientist]

Torn MCL:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-has-mcl-tear/

Fair enough reason not to go back in. If there isn't some other damage, he should be fine next season. He as plenty of time to heal.