Bronco Billy Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 nfl Broncos' tackle Clady suffers knee injury By Mike Klis The Denver Post Posted: 04/28/2010 12:29:53 PM MDT Updated: 04/28/2010 01:00:29 PM MDT Ryan Clady, the Broncos' Pro Bowl left tackle, suffered a knee injury off the field and it could be serious. An NFL source said Clady injured the patella tendon in one of his knees during non-football-related activity. The significance is not yet known. Clady, now in his third NFL year, played every down on the Broncos offensive line last season. In being voted to the Pro Bowl, he became just the 11th tackle to earn the honor in his second season. In his rookie year, Clady allowed the fewest sacks in the NFL among tackles. Clady was the Broncos' top draft choice in 2008, at No. 12, from Boise State. Check back for more breaking updates. linkage Uh-oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron2112 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Makes sense, they've already discarded their other franchise players... mission accomplished McAmigo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Champ Bailey and Elvis Dumervill should start looking over their shoulders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Champ Bailey and Elvis Dumervill should start looking over their shoulders... Is Gillooly on the DEN staff now? That'll take care of the Shanahan holdovers that are left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 LaCanfora tweeted it happened playing basketball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratesownninjas Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I think those saying it is serious and a threat to his season need to check what a PCL is. Of the three, it's the best one to tear He may not be 100% by week one, but he won't miss a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) I think those saying it is serious and a threat to his season need to check what a PCL is. Of the three, it's the best one to tear He may not be 100% by week one, but he won't miss a start. PCL and Patella tendon are two different things...the pcl runs across the back of the knee and the Patella Tendon runs across the front...at least that is what a quick google search showed...also looks like a Patella Tendon injury is much more severe than a PCL injury but I am not a doc so take all that with a grain of salt....also read that if the patella tendon injury was really severe it could be career threatening. found this which shows that the Patella Tendon is actually used to help repair a PCL injury: http://www.eorthopod.com/content/posterior...gament-injuries In a typical surgical reconstruction, the torn ends of the PCL must first be removed. Once this has been done, the type of graft that will be used is determined. One of the most common tendons used for the graft material is the patellar tendon. This tendon connects the kneecap (patella) to the tibia. About one third of the patellar tendon is removed, with a plug of bone at either end. The bone plugs are rounded and smoothed. Holes are drilled in each bone plug to place sutures (strong stitches) that will pull the graft into place. Then holes are drilled in the tibia and the femur to place the graft. These holes are placed so that the graft will run between the tibia and femur in the same direction as the original PCL. The graft is then pulled into position using sutures placed through the drill holes. Screws are used to hold the bone plugs in the drill holes. Edited April 29, 2010 by keggerz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 patella tendon ended Rob Morris' season for the Colts. twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonkis Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 PCL = Posterior Cruciate LIgament = rarely damaged because the MCL and ACL typically go first = not as big a deal as the Patella Tendon which is the huge one below your knee cap = miss serious time this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 It's a partial tear of the patellar tendon. The reports are that he'll miss 4 to 5 months from the date of his surgery - which was yesterday. That puts him back somewhere between week 4 PS and week 4 regular season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 BTW - McDorkus said yesterday on the NFL Network that he's not worried because he drafted a guy who will step right in for Clady... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTSuper7 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 BTW - McDorkus said yesterday on the NFL Network that he's not worried because he drafted a guy who will step right in for Clady... Yeah, because behemoth left tackles are easy to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopeDog Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 FYI, Local news said last night it would be 3-4 months, hopeful he is back before Week 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 well, between that and their tough early schedule, I don't think the broncos have to worry about getting off to a 6-0 start this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budlitebrad Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Ryan Clady Tears Patellar Tendon Playing Basketball Broncos left tackle Ryan Clady has apparently torn his patellar tendon while playing basketball. This is, very obviously, a catastrophic injury for the Broncos, who were already undergoing changes across their offense, and the first example of the injury regression that should be expected to come their way in 2010. I'll update this post with more about Clady's injuries and his comparables in a bit. UPDATE: This is getting interesting. Adam Schefter and Jason LaCanfora are both reporting that Clady will only miss 3-4 months, and should be able to return for training camp. Something's amiss here. We have a wide variety of players listed with torn patellar tendons in our injury database. I can't find a single player that managed to either recover from a torn patella in the middle of a season in three months time, or a player that suffered a torn patella in the offseason and then recovered to start the season. Not one. In fact, there's only one player I can find who didn't miss the entire year with their torn patellar tendon. Perhaps the closest comparison to Clady is Seahawks center Robbie Tobeck, who tore his patella tendon in May of 2000. Tobeck went on the Physically Unable to Perform list to start the season, and only managed to play in four games, none as a starter. LeCharles Bentley of the Browns, another center, tore his patella in July of 2006 and was immediately placed on injured reserve. He never played again, although that had much more to do with staph eating his knee than the initial injury. Every other player I've found with a torn patella went on IR or missed more than six months. In fact, every other instance of a player appearing on the injury list (besides those on injured reserve) with a torn patella is an example of a player being listed with that injury from the previous season. Several players were expected to come back from the injury, were placed on the PUP list or were inactive to start the season, and then ended up on IR -- Germane Crowell in 2001 and Gary Baxter in 2007 are examples. Nate Webster came off of PUP in 2005 but was never healthy enough to make the active roster. In other words, it's impossible to reconcile history with the idea that Clady's going to be back by August. So either one of three things are true here: 1) Clady doesn't have a torn patellar tendon 2) The Broncos and/or Clady are misinforming people about the expected timeframe of his injury 3) Clady is superhuman and will heal at a rate no NFL player ever has. Posted by: Bill Barnwell on 28 Apr 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Billy Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 2) The Broncos and/or Clady are misinforming people about the expected timeframe of his injury Captain Obvious, please pick up the white paging phone. Captain Obvious. Helllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooo! McDilwad! Helllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooo! Of course he's misinforming. He even joked about divulging information last night on NFLN (or at least he thought it was a joke). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 From Eric Stangle's Twitter: "NFL: Broncos Ryan Clady has surgery on tendon, out several months. Or if Tim Tebow lays hands on him, he'll be back Monday" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 From Eric Stangle's Twitter:"NFL: Broncos Ryan Clady has surgery on tendon, out several months. Or if Tim Tebow lays hands on him, he'll be back Monday" See! That first round Tebow pick is already paying dividends!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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