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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 836250"><p>It's been 9 months since that second surgery. That indicates the injury was just as bad as it looked and as was initially reported by the Packers as "significant".</p><p></p><p>Wilkerson has had 5 separate injuries to his lower right leg: turf toe, fibula fracture (Jan. 3, 2016), ankle sprain, toe fracture, and now ankle fracture, in that order.</p><p></p><p>He was not the same pass rusher after that fibula fracture in the last game of 2015. While we do not know the exact nature of this ankle fracture, certain ankle fractures that involve external rotation of the ankle (Malleous fracture), with such rotation appearing to be the case here, involve a fibula fracture and possible ligament damage.</p><p></p><p>Wilkerson is a high mileage player, logging 80 - 90% snap counts in years with the Jets, turning an "old 30" this coming season given the snaps and injuries. I'm no doctor, just a guy with two eyes, a memory and a google browser. But we do know that the older a player gets and the more mileage he has, the more likely injuries follow, and the more injuries and age, the more likely more injuries will follow that.</p><p></p><p>Now, Wilkerson has been a warrior. He played through some of those injuries or had quick turnarounds. I have no idea if he has the love of the game, the will to keep playing, to try a comeback. But if he does make it back his age and injury history says he will be a marginal player.</p><p></p><p>As for the assumption of "full recovery" to play football, not just walking around recovery, that might be Rappaport's assumption not Dr. Anderson's as pertains to that earlier link. Alternatively, there's that old bromide that may apply here:</p><p></p><p>Q: What's the difference between a surgeon and God?</p><p>A: God does not think he's a surgeon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 836250"] It's been 9 months since that second surgery. That indicates the injury was just as bad as it looked and as was initially reported by the Packers as "significant". Wilkerson has had 5 separate injuries to his lower right leg: turf toe, fibula fracture (Jan. 3, 2016), ankle sprain, toe fracture, and now ankle fracture, in that order. He was not the same pass rusher after that fibula fracture in the last game of 2015. While we do not know the exact nature of this ankle fracture, certain ankle fractures that involve external rotation of the ankle (Malleous fracture), with such rotation appearing to be the case here, involve a fibula fracture and possible ligament damage. Wilkerson is a high mileage player, logging 80 - 90% snap counts in years with the Jets, turning an "old 30" this coming season given the snaps and injuries. I'm no doctor, just a guy with two eyes, a memory and a google browser. But we do know that the older a player gets and the more mileage he has, the more likely injuries follow, and the more injuries and age, the more likely more injuries will follow that. Now, Wilkerson has been a warrior. He played through some of those injuries or had quick turnarounds. I have no idea if he has the love of the game, the will to keep playing, to try a comeback. But if he does make it back his age and injury history says he will be a marginal player. As for the assumption of "full recovery" to play football, not just walking around recovery, that might be Rappaport's assumption not Dr. Anderson's as pertains to that earlier link. Alternatively, there's that old bromide that may apply here: Q: What's the difference between a surgeon and God? A: God does not think he's a surgeon. [/QUOTE]
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