Davis is already on the road to recovery

[Argus Plexus]

He needs to do what my Dad had done. He had them put an Achilles Tendon in his knee to completely replace the ACL when he tore his. They clipped the tendon from a donor corpse right at the bone spur on the heel, so the tendon was connected to that bit of bone when it was inserted into his knee. Now, a year later, that tendon is in there, and that poo aint never breaking. It's like it never even happened now.

[pantherj]

I think TD needs to slim down a bit to put less weight on his knees.

[PhillyB]

He needs to do what my Dad had done. He had them put an Achilles Tendon in his knee to completely replace the ACL when he tore his. They clipped the tendon from a donor corpse right at the bone spur on the heel, so the tendon was connected to that bit of bone when it was inserted into his knee. Now, a year later, that tendon is in there, and that poo aint never breaking. It's like it never even happened now.

stick him on a football field for half the year launching himself at 250-lb athletic specimens in armor and see if his corpse-knee holds out.

[PhillyB]

I think TD needs to slim down a bit to put less weight on his knees.

he's undersized for a linebacker to begin with. and the little bit of weight that he might lose would have no bearing on whether or not the knee blew.

[pantherj]

he's undersized for a linebacker to begin with. and the little bit of weight that he might lose would have no bearing on whether or not the knee blew.

What makes you say that? Common sense tells me that less weight equals less strain on the tendons in his knees. Do you know otherwise?

[PhillyB]

What makes you say that? Common sense tells me that less weight equals less strain on the tendons in his knees. Do you know otherwise?

my admittedly limited and unprofessional understanding of ACL tears is that they're caused by torsion - torque on the knee caused usually by a twisting motion. It's not as much the weight on the knee as the force behind the torsion. Obviously weight plays a factor in this - but to what extent?

Were Davis 400lbs I could see your point... but as the (former) weakside linebacker, Davis' biggest attribute was speed. No room for fat on his frame (and there was none anyway.) If he were to lose weight, he'd be much less effective a tackler.

And if ten or twenty pounds is the difference between standing upright and writhing in agony on the field, Davis is clearly not the answer at the position for 2010, or any year until that changes.

[pantherfan49]

Already running in a pool----- well on his way to another torn ACL. Take the time to come back and be a contributor next year. It isn't happening this year and another ACL tear will definitely do him in.