Ickey has A Ruptured Patellar Tendon. Evero will return as DC in 2026 (Panthers Press Conference)

[Stuart Smith]

2 hours ago, Hoenheim said:

Canales just confirmed this in a press conference. 

Google says recovery timeliness is 6 months to 12 months but that's obviously for a normal person probably and not a gigantic football player 

Damn shame for Ickey 

Canales also confirmed that Evero will be retained as defensive coordinator in the same press conference for next year. Huge bombshell!!! Lot of people won't like that lol

 

Anything on Robert hunt? 

[UnluckyforSome]

15 minutes ago, flagfootballcoach28 said:

Man.. This team has so many needs. It wouldn't be the worst idea to draft a tackle, but there isn't an OT I'm a huge fan of that could be available in the 19 range. Caleb Lomu had a lot of preseason hype, but he had an underwhelming season. Got worked by Texas Tech's edge rushers. Lacks fundamental strength. Kadyn Procter projects better as a guard with his lack of foot speed. The edge rushers leave a lot to be desired in this range as well. 

Lomu has the potential, but he is a little light on the frame, and he would not be a day 1 starter. I think if a team can afford to sit him for a while, they have a very good future starter. I don't know that we have that luxury, but if we are taking a tackle at 19, and he is available, I would take him.

Proctor is a big fat guy.

[WarPanthers89]

Take back what I said earlier, seems like if all goes well,  he could be back mid season. Holding him out longer won’t really be taking necessary risk as long as core strength is rebuilt. It sounds counterintuitive but true. Tendons remodel under controlled stress. Confidence matters as much as strength. Avoiding football for the entire season next year can create hesitation, altered mechanics, secondary injuries later, etc. That’s why teams don’t bubble-wrap players unnecessarily. We will VERY likely sign a vet FA to go along with Yosh or Brady on a 1 year deal as insurance to get us through the first half of the season. 

Edited 2 hours ago by WarPanthers89

[trucpfan]

Nijman in for Icky I didn’t notice a difference hopefully he can be a above average replacement 

[frankw]

I hate it for Icky but if Nijman can be the guy at LT you have to prioritize him.

Regardless. We have invested a ton of salary cap in the OL. We need to start developing through the draft. This throwing everything and the kitchen sink at free agents model is not remotely sustainable and we already have the highest paid unit in the league.

Edited 2 hours ago by frankw

[electro's horse]

disclaimer: I’ve never scrubbed in on a patellar tendon repair but I’ve set up patients for it because it’s one of the tendon repairs that ortho trauma will do. It’s a little more emergent than like ACLs for reasons I don’t understand  

Ruptured patella is damn near worst case scenario. It’s what lets you straighten your leg. So if you imagine a bent leg the patella is like a pulley when your quads engage to straighten the leg.

rupture is the worst of patella injuries. It’s graded 1-3. There’s a lot of wiggle room between the grades as you can imagine and surgeons always exaggerate what happened for prestige and billing reasons.

Repair depends on the extent of the rupture. There are a lot of cool like nets they can put on. They can sample your own tissue and 3d print a supportive net that basically wraps the rupture and eventually gets absorbed into the tissue. If it’s totally torn and in two pieces which is pretty rare from what I understand then obviously they have to reattach it.

they can do a tendon replacement and I’ve never seen that surgery but I can’t imagine that’s an option 

for your normal person it’s 6-12 months before you even start resuming light activities. This is to say nothing about playing LT in the nfl. Obviously players are gonna get peptides and PRP and blah blah blah but at the end of the day the tendon doesn’t get a lot of blood flow and he’s gonna be in a straight leg brace for several months with very limited ROM exercises, depending on the procedure and severity. Tendons just take time and there’s only so many ways around that. Additionally if it’s strong enough to rupture the patellar it did damage to something else they won’t know about until they get in there. “MRI is just a road map” etc.

i cannot imagine he plays at all next year. Maybe they do a “he comes back for the playoffs” type deal but this is a devastating injury and it probably moves LT in the first round.

just awful. 

Edited 2 hours ago by electro's horse

[tukafan21]

This is basically the worst thing that could have happened to us yesterday, fug

[UnluckyforSome]

The FA list is not very attractive if looking for a starter. There are a few older expensive players on it, and then it is a big dropoff.

But maybe they just need a chance.

Don't know, but either the draft just became a lot clearer, or the offseason became much murkier depending on the perspective. 

[Panthero]

Draft an OT dont chase this dude. The football contract gods are testing us here. No emotions, stone cold. 

[raleigh-panther]

[BeenPounding]

4 hours ago, KillerKat said:

Christensen at LT, do it.

BC is nearly 30.  After and Achilles tear, I'd draft a LT in the 1st - 2nd round, rather than depend on BC.  However, I would resign both Yosh and BC for depth

[NAS]

Need to draft depth at tackle