Quote:
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
You're talking about the 21 and 22 seasons, right?
Because I see one "significant" injury there. The MCL tear.
His hamstring issue was coaching/trainer malpractice. He aggravated his hamstring during practice and then played on it and suffered a Grade 2 tear.
Other than those issues, Hopkins has had nagging/mentioned injury here and there throughout his career, but nothing serious that caused him to miss large chunks of the season.
Like I said, I'm not gung ho for him - cautious and potentially interested if the price isn't exortbitant - but other than being a human and age 31, there's not a glaring injury history of pattern of missing times due to injury that stands out. This isn't a huge injury risk guy.
|
I don't know if there's any actual hard facts about DHop's MCL injury, but he was just on McAfee's show last week, and he'd just left the gym after a workout, so the MCL issue can't be that bad. Pat even asked him about the knee, and he said it was fine.
Again, there's nothing that I know of that corroborates that, or doesn't, so it could be more serious than he said on the show. But you can't really work out with a knee injury.
Also, MCL tears are generally not that difficult to recover from. According to medical precedent, even MCL tears that require surgery generally require between 2 weeks and 2 months to recover depending on the grade. And if you go back and look at some recent MCL injuries to skill players in the NFL, nearly all of them fully recover within a couple months, it seems.