Robert Griffin III has partial tears of ACL and LCL, MRI suggests

The Washington Post ^ | January 7, 2013 | Mark Maske and Mike Jones

[llevrok]

Many will blame the coach, team doctor and RG 3 himself.

Partial blame also goes to the NFL and the groundskeeper. That field was attrocious.

Seattle came out with some knee and ankle dings too.

[RIghtwardHo]

Sure could have been much worse.

[tennmountainman]

It the Redskins continue to run this type of offense with RG3,
he will have a short NFL career.

[dfwgator]

They need some receivers, but they do have a good running back.

[colorado tanker]

Can't blame the Doc. RGIII wouldn't let him look at it during the game.

I saw the initial injury and I blame RGIII. He exposes his body to hits way too often and should have given himself up before that hit. I understand this point has been made to him many times. If he doesn't cool it, he'll have a very short career.

[oh8eleven]

That field was attrocious.
Why do you say that? What was wrong? Were you there?
Were there pre-game questions about even playing the game because of the field's condition?

[Doogle]

[superfries]

Concerns about the field were raised last year when Adrian Peterson blew out his ACL on it. Before the game the announcers said this and mentioned that if it were not for paint the field would have been the color of dirt. No excuse for a NFL team to have to endure that type of field.

[oh8eleven]

I blame RGIII. He exposes his body to hits way too often ...
I'm a Giants fan and I knew early on RGIII was going to be trouble for the Giants ... like Michael Vick. I was right.
But I also knew that like Vick, he wouldn't remain trouble for very long. Right again.
His career may not be over, but neither he nor his career will ever be the same.

[crosshairs]

My wife and I thought there was something strange about the field. It looked like it wasn’t attached to the soil or something. Pieces were flying off with each player’s step.

[Starboard]

That field was attrocious.
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A colleague at work who played a lot of college football said the same thing.

[Doogle]

UGLY

[jagusafr]

Yike. I can feel mine all over again and that was 35 years ago!

[lonevoice]

ping

[llevrok]

Saw the game on TV. I have some “experience”.

Played on many fields like that (all sand or less) in junior high and high school (late 60’s) so FedEx was all too reminiscsant.

But the difference between what I saw yesterday (affecting both teams) was - I was a 16 year old kid and did not have my career and livelihood dependant on such a POS field.

[llevrok]

Sad to say, that video can be added to the Redskin's Hall of Lame along with Joe Theisman's leg break against the Giants.

[nickcarraway]

Yeah, Adrian Peterson’s career is over, after he had the same injury last year.

[boop]

"Can't blame the Doc. RGIII wouldn't let him look at it during the game."

But wasn't that the doctor or trainer that took RG III into that little shed on the sidelines? What goes on in there?

[IamConservative]

Tough thing to watch. Football tears a body up. I still have an angry hip from HS football.

Robert is a superb athlete and is a fine young man. Likely will recover, but he won’t ever be what he was.

Here’s long bet. Will RGIII or Kirk Cousins have the best career? Think I’d have to bet on Cousins right now. Running QB’s get broken in the NFL.