Yep no chance, zero, none......... then why hasnt Darnold "officially" been named the week # 1 starter yet?... If his knee soreness keeps him limited this week then that probably hurts his chances.
Don't disagree there, but I think at this stage watching video is every bit as helpful to him. If it's only 3 weeks, I'm not concerned. If it's multiple months, only mildly concerned. We'll see what the surgeons say/ do.
You need to do both though. One without the other is not as effective as doing both.
Also because missing time has a development cost. It's not just the time missed, but the atrophy of the body and reflexes, so he has to train for a certain amount of time just to get back to where he was.
Again, far from awful if it's only 3 weeks. A bit disruptive is is a couple months.
I've heard that there at least a couple fo scenarios, always keeping in mind that no one injury or body is the same as another. One is leaving it to heal, 4-6 weeks. Another is surgery, 3-6 months. The latter would be bad, but of that is the better long term outcome then you go with that.
The scenario he's facing is surgery and the 2 options are 1 a trim = 3 weeks, 2 full repair = 2-3 months (though sometimes can go as long as 5)
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Based on the above timeline, he'd be available by week 11 for a full repair.
As I said, this was going to be a mostly a clipboard season for him anyway. The important thing is to get him healthy again, so he can get back to practice so he can be ready to get in some late season games and get him ready for next year and beyond.
Do what's best for his career, this is but a speed bump. He can still learn in other ways in the mean time. Can come back ready to take it from week 1 next year.
