Ravens RB Willis McGahee Update.

Coachnorm · 08-22-2008, 06:02 AM

RB Willis McGahee had his knee scoped awhile back. His knee was swelling up and he needed a cleanup surgery. it was hoped he would be back in time for the regular season. It is down to a little over two weeks to go. Reports have him running in a pool but not able to jog on dry land.
Officially worried??? Ok, He could still be ready for the season opener but you can put him down as probably not practicing or playing at all before the start of the season. Now if Ray Rice was struggling in any sense of the word I would say they have to get Mcgahee out there as soon as possible. But with Rice looking good I have to think that they may end up going cautious when it comes to bringing McGahee back early.
Week 3 preseason coming up, The starters tuneup game, watch Ray Rices' performance this week. It may go a long way towards determining how fast the Ravens try to bring Mcgahee back. Of course, we probably won't get to see Rice in the preseason week 4 tilt. Who says preseason isn't interesting. For us fantasy types there is a lot to see.

Mike · 08-22-2008, 06:06 AM

Must be some strange knee disease spreading this year. Seems everybody has some sort of knee problem.

Coachnorm · 08-22-2008, 06:30 AM

Well the MRI equipment is getting better all the time. So if there is bits and pieces floating around or flaps causing trouble they can see it. The techniques of the operations are better now also. So if somebodys knee is swelling up they can go in and do something about it. It used to be if the knee swells give then a cortizone shot or drain it if it is bad. Now they can scope the knee and if there is no major damage the player can be back in 3 or 4 weeks. With the operation techniques getting better recovery times is quicker also. It used to be goodbye for the year (IR) and next year the player was only about 75 %. Look at Kevin Jones with the Bears, operated on in the offseason, dropped by the Lions,holding public tryouts during OTAs to show how good his knee was now. KJ got picked up by the Bears and all the ESPN experts was saying over and over he would be PUPrd for 1/2 the season. Yet he was out on the field last night for a short while, just amazing.

Mike · 08-22-2008, 06:34 AM

I need to let them take pictures of my knees. No telling how much crap is floating around in there