Since these guys get the best care and it is repaired so quickly, he has a shot to return late on the year. I just don't see this team making the playoffs with jenx and LW out all year.
everyone please feel free to correct me if i am wrong, but i believe with the broken fibula, Leon will be off that leg for the 6-8 weeks in a cast, and as a result will almost definately not be in game shape for probably another 3 weeks to a month which if it takes full time, that is 11 weeks, which means over estimate and say 3 months which is approximately the week of the AFCCG if memory serves. Oh if we make it to the AFCCG without Leon and Jenks not only will I be shocked, but I would probably rather play without Leon because our offense is obviously clicking with the ground game without him. Putting him back in the mix could throw everything out of whack...
A broken femur is a much more serious injury than a broken fibula. The femur is a much more weight-bearing bone.
I don't think that is entirely correct. I believe it's 6 weeks in a cast. More likely two months out. He'll probably be back by playoffs.
I'm getting a kick out of all the doctors's in this thread.... So I was right... both TO and Vick broke their legs and played later in the season. It's not the end of the world. ESPN in their quest to be 1st often times in wrong and in this case Schefter apears to have jumped the gun in it being an end of the season apparently w/o speaking to a member of the Jets.
It wouldn't be worth the risk. If he hasn't played in the last 6-8 weeks he would not be in shape and could end up with other injuries. If we can get that far with our backups, they deserve to be playing in that game.
What makes the injury more "serious" is that the bone was exposed thru' his skin, on the football field. All kinds of dirt can get into your leg, when the bone is sticking out. That is why he had to stay in Oakland and get into the operating room right away...so that they could clean out his open wound. His main problem is infection...and then letting the bone heal. Hopefully, Leon will heal quickly and be good to go soon! :up:
Right, and this underscores my point. If I can completely come back from a broken femur in 90 days or less, then there is no reason a professional athlete can't come back from a lesser injury in a shorter period of time.
yep, the bone pierced the skin. There is very high risk for infection and until they do the surgery they won't know what kind of muscle and/or ligament injuries also occurred. Hopefully he'll be ok, but this is a VERY serious injury for RB, esp one like leon who depends a lot on quick cuts.
Im not a doctor and I'm not pretending to be one but Im only speaking from what I've seen... When I was a kid my father broke the same bone and it actually busted through the skin...pretty horrific. I remember him laying flat on his back with his leg straight and his heel and toes where touching the ground at the same time. He had to get screws/plates and was in a hard cast for a 5 weeks and a walking boot for another 5. Followed by tons of painful rehab. Of course my father wasnt a world class athlete nor did he have the best doctors in the world but it was about 6-8 months before he was anywhere close to normal again.
not playing doctor here...but i went through it this summer and heard all the different things from the doctors.
