[dirk digler]

Reid doesn't seem at all concerned. Guess we will have to trust them.

“We’ve got a pretty good idea of where he’s at,” Reid said. “Does he have to go out and do it? Yeah, he’s got to go out and do it.

“But it’s not one of those (injuries) where you’re looking at it going, ‘Oy, it’s a problem — either a bad surgery or he just hasn’t been working it.’ He’s been doing all of the above.”

Reid said Simmons’ specific injury usually required six months of recovery, and the tackle was right about at that time in his rehab.

“From where we’re sitting,” Reid said, “the experts would tell you that (the knee) looks good.”

Reid and Burkholder have a long history of treating players with patellar injuries. On Thursday, Reid referenced former Philadelphia Eagles running back Correll Buckhalter, who missed the 2004 and 2005 seasons after tearing the patellar tendon in his knee.

Buckhalter made a return after that, playing three more years with the Eagles and five more pro seasons overall.

“Rick’s got a pretty good feel on that. Our docs have a good feel on it,” Reid said. “And we thought (Josh’s), it looked like it was a good surgery.”