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The difference is Cam is only 22.
Cam Akers injury, rehab & return
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Memento
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I almost didn't dare to hope. Akers has more than proven his worth on the field, but I didn't hope for a recovery that was this quick from this kind of injury.
If we get 90% Akers in the playoffs, we'll win the Super Bowl. Calling it now.
If we get 90% Akers in the playoffs, we'll win the Super Bowl. Calling it now.
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McVay definitely believes Akers can be back for the playoffs.
Sean McVay: If Rams make the playoffs, 'we'll get Cam Akers back this year' after Achilles tear recovery
The Rams placed Cam Akers on the Non-Football Injury list and designated active, which means he has the flexibility to return this season.
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Amazing. Shows again that not all injuries, even an Achilles tear, and not all rehabs are the same.
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This is a regurgitated fallacy. There's no legit comps, the guys who "didnt make it back" were guys who were on their last leg in the league (no pun intended) or who didnt belong in the first place
On a side note, I could never find on the Rams official site when he was "officially" placed on the IR. Was curious if he was a pre or post Sep 1 guy
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My understanding he was running on 80% of his body weight.McVay said he was running at 80%. Superhero healing powahs. Trying not to get excited but I'm getting excited.
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I know, I know. Sorry. I was actually looking for a positive reassurance, But................
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I heard this from McVay himself. It was a tricky-boy move by the Rams. They didn't place him on the season ending IR list. They classified his ACL tear as happening away from the field, which somehow allows him to come back when he can? I believe I understood that distinction...
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Akers did indeed go on the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list, which does enable him to return. Jourdan Rodrigue explains what happened. Since this is just factual in nature I believe it is fair to briefly quote her from the article I cited in a post above:
On the NFI list, there can be two designations: “Reserve”, which also would indicate a season-ending injury, and “Active”, which means the team would retain the ability to bring back the player. The Rams’ official transaction page lists Akers simply as, “Non-Football Injury” and didn’t publicly specify which technical designation he was assigned at the time, but his designation was officially filed to the NFL’s official transaction page on July 28 as, “counts on active list”, which means Akers has the flexibility to return if he can.
I encourage everyone to subscribe to the Athletic to read JR's great reporting on the Rams.
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I achieved my motorcycle license through 2 days of pouring rain in AZ back in July and then 1 week later a day before going to get a badass bike...this happened unrelated. I feel for Cam Akers, he was our stud and top 3 in the NFL coming into this season, easily if not top 5, Faulk type effect RB.
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HE WITH HORNS
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No. You hold him out for next season. He won't be as good as Hendo or Michel coming back from injury. Wait til next year, and see if he's anywhere close to last years ability.
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My totally calm and non-homer reply to Dr. Parekh:
Hey Dr. Dumbass, the article is from the Athletic, not the Atlantic, as you mistakenly repeated three times, you idiot!!! And it's not "asterixes", it's "asterisks", you freakin' moron!
Ahem. Okay now that I got that out of my system...
Yeah, that surgeon sure is a Debbie downer on the possibility of Cam returning for the playoffs (as anything more than a decoy). It's his opinion of course... curious what the Rams docs would have to say.
Last thing: as usual, Rams gave less than minimal info on both the injury and the type of surgery performed. As far as I know, we still don't have 100% confirmation that Cam's surgery was for a COMPLETE Achilles rupture as opposed to a PARTIAL Achilles rupture.
All kidding aside... that surgeon gives a sobering account of how hard it is for an NFL player to come back from Achilles' tendon repair surgery.
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These doctors always take a very cautious approach when coming back from surgery. Some people are in better shape going into surgery and work harder after to recover quicker. Many years ago when I was a competitive powerlifter, getting ready for a meet I tore my peck muscle and ripped my triceps, on my right arm off the bone, which had to be surgically attached to the bone. Everyone said I would never be able to be completive again. A little over a year later while competing in the National Powerlifting Championship at the age of 45 I benched pressed 500lbs, for the first time ever to win the 220lb Masters Division. While training for this meet my workout partner would always tell me, "What do these doctors know, they probably can't even bench their own body weight".