A starter injured?
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Go ahead and spill the beans, so we don't all have to be twitter investigators.
I undelete this thread as there has been talk on RSS and radio about this today. Rumor is that Chris Jones suffered a mild tear of his meniscus and may miss a few weeks because of it. Nothing too major is what I've heard.
A meniscus tear, even more so a mild tear is nothing to worry about. He could fix it now and be back to full speed in 2-3 weeks or even play the whole year with it that way. And before some asks, I tore my meniscus in high school football and played the whole season with it. Didn't get it cleaned up till 10 plus years later. It's really nothing to worry about.
I tore mine and played a season and a half of Junior hockey. Hurt but didn't hinder my performance
It is not safe to assume that a meniscus injury and related surgery is not a big deal. There are many variables that doctors do not often know about until they get in the knee to see for sure. I have seen HS athletes back in action in a few weeks and some who had continuing lingering problems that lasted over a year. I have personally had two of them, one on each knee, as an adult, not in HS. One was great in a few weeks and the other was nearly a year. The odds are this type of injury is easy to treat but there are times when it is not and there are continuing problems with pain. I look forward to seeing both of these guys back on the field in a few weeks - that is best case scenario.
Jackson is a starter. I would guess Mo Berry. But I would rather Tim just tell us
Ineed. Let's all hope it's a quick recovery. Not having him at 100% would be a huge blow. And besides, I really like CJ. I think he's a class act and stands to make a name for himself at the next level.
It is a common misconception that people return 2-3 weeks after getting their meniscus fixed. When someone returns this quickly they only had a menisectomy which is the removal of the damaged tissue instead of repairing the tear. With Jones it appears there was a large enough tear with a uniform enough tear pattern to repair it which takes longer to recover as the sutured tissue requires time to heal.
