More speculation: Todd Gurley has arthritis in his knee

[BonifayRam]

View: https://twitter.com/WillBlackmon/status/1101883189511970817/video/1

 

[KDS73]

Just one more reason why you don't give RB's huge contracts.

 

[Corbin]

Smh. Everyone doing the off season lazy reporting. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out Gurley had something wrong with his knee that wasn’t season ending.

I’m pretty positive this will become an non issue regardless since we’ll resign cj or draft a talented RB. Hoping it’s cj tbh.

 

[ramfan46]

Get his ass to Europe and get the best stem cell doctors in the world to look at his knee. He's still young and his body might react kindly to it. He will have to manage his knee, but I figure he does that now.

 

[Merlin]

If true sigh. But either way for this offseason just get another RB in there who fits our ZBS and can take the load off him. If you can get CJ inked to a reasonable deal do it. If not, well, you can find RBs well into most drafts.

And I'm not going to second guess the Rams for signing Todd here. They did the right thing for a player who deserved it and might have gotten burned. Oh well, move on with the program onwards and upwards.

 

[BonifayRam]

If true sigh. But either way for this offseason just get another RB in there who fits our ZBS and can take the load off him. If you can get CJ inked to a reasonable deal do it. If not, well, you can find RBs well into most drafts.And I'm not going to second guess the Rams for signing Todd here. They did the right thing for a player who deserved it and might have gotten burned. Oh well, move on with the program onwards and upwards.

Can you name a 2019 RB prospect who is a CJ clone?

As time goes on here on this issue I can see where the Rams will stay in close touch with CJ's agent as this Free Agent period gets started. Malcolm Brown will cost over $ 3 million this season. It sure looks like they can get CJ back in here to the Rams for about the same per season but for a longer period of time.

CJ is the perfect RB for Kromer's OL magic. I see no better solution to this Gurley situation than a signing of CJ back into the Ram Family. It would do many things to help damp down on a very bad cold wet blanket thrown over the Rams Organization. If CJ was under contract the concerns & worries would diminish quickly in this off season.

 

[RamFan503]

I have been living with psoriatic arthritis since my late 20s. I don’t know if this is the “type” of arthritis he has but I can tell you that there are ways to mitigate it but on certain days it just feels like (in my case) my feet or ankles won’t even support my weight.

Arthritis is mostly thought of as an old person’s illness. But it’s not and can be painful as hell. If it’s in his ankles, toes and knees like it is for me, it’s more a matter of pain than strength. It feels like you can’t rely on it so you tend to limp, or favor the hurting area.

I can only imagine how that would affect workouts, practices, and actual game play.

Fortunately, there has been a lot of research and new remedies for it. Unfortunately, if it’s a case where bones have been altered, it would take surgery to correct or you just use medicine to slow or stop the progress.

Bottom line is that we need to have two backs. But it really explains to me why he would be on fire one week and look average on others. It seems to work that way.

 

[Farr Be It]

I read this as another attempt to explain away a bit deeper issue. To the masses, (including myself) "arthritis" seems like explanation enough. But, as someone said, it is just a symptom of the actual problem. Notice his was reported from a "source". I don't know that random dudes "source", but I know where my information originated, so, just speaking for me, this "revelation" is nothing.

Todd is not geriatric. Any arthritis would be from his previous ACL injury, or a new injury. That is the question that has not been addressed here.

Edit: Just read Stu's post. That gives some clarification for me, as to the AFFECT on Gurley.
Question though @RamFan503 : Was there an incident in your 20's that brought it on for you, or just genetics?

 

[OldSchool]

Just one more reason why you don't give RB's huge contracts.

Because only RB's could have a freak thing like this happen? Bad takes are bad.

 

[Ram_Rally]

Because only RB's could have a freak thing like this happen? Bad takes are bad.

Well actually arthritis complication after an acl tear is quite common . You could make the argument that playing running back may have accelerated the process . It's literally all speculation at this point though .

 

[coconut]

Well TG isn't a basketball player. He isn't a regular person either. He has to train with heavy weights because he's paid to drag tacklers around or run into and through a wall of bodies larger than him. No amount of therapy will help him do that if it is bone on bone. Remember Rams WR Torry Holt? Hate to be the wet blanket here but TG has already seen the vast majority of his playing career. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[OldSchool]

Well actually arthritis complication after an acl tear is quite common . You could make the argument that playing running back may have accelerated the process . It's literally all speculation at this point though .

You could say the same for any player with an injury to the knee, shoulder, hand, foot etc etc

 

[Ram_Rally]

You could say the same for any player with an injury to the knee, shoulder, hand, foot etc etc

Yes but I don't think other positions are as physically taxing as hb

 

[RamFan503]

Question though @RamFan503 : Was there an incident in your 20's that brought it on for you, or just genetics?

Not an incident. I have psoriasis and it’s one of the potential results. Oddly, I did a research study in my early 30s. Yes, I was a guinnea pig. But the drug that is apparently STILL in the approval process cleared my symptoms for 15 years. Stupid thing is that they supposedly are not even allowed to say what it was or if it’s available in another country. I would bet my last dollar that it is. I only know that it’s a Vitamin A derivative that is similar to some acne medications.

One out of three Americans have some form of psoriasis. People think it is a huge rash looking thing but in my case, you’d really never know as it has mostly gone away since my guinnea pig times. But it has come back in my ankles and now fingers. But I’m in my 50s and it is no where near as bad as many with other types of arthritis. I honestly feel worse for young dudes like Gurley.

 

[Merlin]

Can you name a 2019 RB prospect who is a CJ clone?

As time goes on here on this issue I can see where the Rams will stay in close touch with CJ's agent as this Free Agent period gets started. Malcolm Brown will cost over $ 3 million this season. It sure looks like they can get CJ back in here to the Rams for about the same per season but for a longer period of time.

CJ is the perfect RB for Kromer's OL magic. I see no better solution to this Gurley situation than a signing of CJ back into the Ram Family. It would do many things to help damp down on a very bad cold wet blanket thrown over the Rams Organization. If CJ was under contract the concerns & worries would diminish quickly in this off season.

I haven't looked at the RBs at all and probably won't tbh. I really do think they get CJ signed.

This season I didn't have much desire to delve into the draft stuff, still haven't really started up either which feels weird. Going to start with the OLBs first I think, then OL and TE.

 

[Merlin]

Well actually arthritis complication after an acl tear is quite common . You could make the argument that playing running back may have accelerated the process . It's literally all speculation at this point though .

It's a legit point that tying up money in your RB is riskier than other positions, though. Shelf life alone demonstrates that. But all that aside I'm not going to criticize the Rams for signing TG. He deserved that payday.

 

[Ram_Rally]

It's a legit point that tying up money in your RB is riskier than other positions, though. Shelf life alone demonstrates that. But all that aside I'm not going to criticize the Rams for signing TG. He deserved that payday.

100 percent agree

 

[jrry32]

Every time Gurley is brought up, we have a bunch of Chicken Little'ing. Everything will be fine.

Well TG isn't a basketball player. He isn't a regular person either. He has to train with heavy weights because he's paid to drag tacklers around or run into and through a wall of bodies larger than him. No amount of therapy will help him do that if it is bone on bone. Remember Rams WR Torry Holt? Hate to be the wet blanket here but TG has already seen the vast majority of his playing career. I hope I'm wrong.

You're assuming this is bone on bone. Nobody has said that.

 

[jrry32]

It's a legit point that tying up money in your RB is riskier than other positions, though. Shelf life alone demonstrates that. But all that aside I'm not going to criticize the Rams for signing TG. He deserved that payday.

Only if you do it late. If you do it early, it's not.

 

[WarnerToBruce]

Way better than ligament damage... especially the ACL.

Dr Selassie I thinks that pain management is much easier to deal with than trying to piece together ligaments and hoping they hold up.

That is good news. At that salary, he can afford a little pain management.