Chris Carson back this year?

[SeahawksMSHing]

Chris had surgery on ankle / leg Oct 3rd. I saw this from Jared twitter account

https://twitter.com/JaredStanger/status ... 7264373761

Something to keep and eye on...

 

[Scorpion05]

If he came back I would shit my pants. Behind a revamped O-line he would definitely shine

Carson may not be an "elite" back yet, but to me he does everything at a B+ level

Vision : B+
Speed : B+
Breaking Tackles : B+
Cuts: B+

 

[pcbball12]

I’m pretty sure that was a pic from a pre draft workout. He tweeted that out after he tweeted a pic of Roos at his pro day

 

[DJrmb]

I don't think the pictures have anything to do with Carson coming back. However, with that said I do think there is definitely a chance Carson returns this season. By rule he has to be out 8 weeks following his IR designation before he can return. That would be the week we play the Eagles, week 12.

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

 

[JGfromtheNW]

I don't think the pictures have anything to do with Carson coming back. However, with that said I do think there is definitely a chance Carson returns this season. By rule he has to be out 8 weeks following his IR designation before he can return. That would be the week we play the Eagles, week 12.

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

I couldn't recall the time frames other than the 8 week designation, thanks for the info on when he can return. I thought the consensus would be that he'll be back by the end of the season, which could be a huge boost to the offense down the stretch and into the playoffs.

Just hope he looks better coming back from his injury than Rawls has looked trying to get back into the fold.

 

[ImTheScientist]

We have Eddie Lacy. Hope Carson returns healthy but Lacy is better anyways.

 

[chris98251]

I don't think the pictures have anything to do with Carson coming back. However, with that said I do think there is definitely a chance Carson returns this season. By rule he has to be out 8 weeks following his IR designation before he can return. That would be the week we play the Eagles, week 12.

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

I couldn't recall the time frames other than the 8 week designation, thanks for the info on when he can return. I thought the consensus would be that he'll be back by the end of the season, which could be a huge boost to the offense down the stretch and into the playoffs.

Just hope he looks better coming back from his injury than Rawls has looked trying to get back into the fold.

I really would like to see him 100 percent not JUST able to play and available, meaning from what he has shown let him sit and go thru full rehab and next years training camp.

I think that was part of Rawls problem.

 

[Bigpumpkin]

We have Eddie Lacy. Hope Carson returns healthy but Lacy is better anyways.

'You aren't serious about that statement.....are you? :rumble:

 

[Decimation]

Lacy is better anyways.

Could I by any chance get some of the stuff you’re smoking?

 

[SeaChat]

When Chris Carson went out with his injury, Pete said that there was a fair chance, that he would be able to return to play as soon as early December. So it may not be all that unrealistic at all, to think that the photo could very well be of Carson postop.

i know a lot of folks still don't grasp how this new stem cell injection therapy works, thats being commonly used in conjunction with more traditional treatments, i.e.ankle surgery. Its not a miraculous cure all, but it does dramatically accelerate the heal time, and promotes and enhances the strength of the mending of the break,, once it runs its course.

I, for one, wouldn't be the least bit surprised, to see Chris Carson come off the injury report, and show back up in practice, in another two or three weeks. in this day and age what was once thought nearly impossible, is highly probable. What once took several months to heal now takes several weeks.

Carson was making it happen before the addition of Duane Brown to our O-line, i can only imagine what he, or any of our other running backs will be able todo with his presence on the field.

Go Seahawks !!

 

[jammerhawk]

I want him to come back completely healed. I am OK with the team slow playing his return to let that happen. Carson has the ability to be special and it would be a shame to not allow him to be completely back prior to his activation.

By then perhaps the OLine will be able to actually block with some small ability to give Carson some holes to run through.

So far without a doubt he’s the best RB on the team and it sucks he’s on IR. Getting him healthy long term needs to be the plan.

 

[IndyHawk]

The fact we have not gone out and tried other running backs could be for a reason.
Hope CC returns ..

 

[bigskydoc]

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

Even for a doc, who isn’t directly involved with the care, it can be tricky to read the tea leaves on these injuries. The teams use generic terms like “high ankle sprain” instead of saying whether it was a grade I, II, or III syndesmotic disruption.

The one helpful thing they give us in black and white is whether the injury requires surgery or not. If surgery is required, then we know it was a bad grade II, or a grade III disruption. Historical norms for return to play are 1-4 weeks for a Grade I disruption, 5-12 weeks for Grade II, and 9-21 weeks for Grade III sprain that requires surgical fixation. Screw fixation tends to be on the longer end of recovery time, and tightrope fixation towards the shorter 9 week timeframe.

In Carson’s case, I haven’t heard any specifics, but my guess is that he has a Grade III syndesmotic sprain. I don’t know how it was fixed. Assuming no complications, the Rams game is the absolute earliest I can imagine him coming back, and that would only be if he had a bad Grade II sprain and a tightrope repair. Realistically, I think it was a significant injury, and even the playoffs are a long shot. We likely won’t see him until next season.

Incidentally, the distinction of high ankle sprain grade was lost on the “Saint Wilson” crowd last year when I said it wasn’t a particularly big deal that Wilson didn’t miss a game with his minor high ankle sprain. It’s very common for players with Grade I sprains to not miss time. If he returned to play with a Grade II sprain, without missing a game, that would be bordering on miraculous.

For both medical, and team outlook and management, reasons, I would be very surprised to see Carson back this season.

 

[scutterhawk]

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

Even for a doc, who isn’t directly involved with the care, it can be tricky to read the tea leaves on these injuries. The teams use generic terms like “high ankle sprain” instead of saying whether it was a grade I, II, or III syndesmotic disruption.

The one helpful thing they give us in black and white is whether the injury requires surgery or not. If surgery is required, then we know it was a bad grade II, or a grade III disruption. Historical norms for return to play are 1-4 weeks for a Grade I disruption, 5-12 weeks for Grade II, and 9-21 weeks for Grade III sprain that requires surgical fixation. Screw fixation tends to be on the longer end of recovery time, and tightrope fixation towards the shorter 9 week timeframe.

In Carson’s case, I haven’t heard any specifics, but my guess is that he has a Grade III syndesmotic sprain. I don’t know how it was fixed. Assuming no complications, the Rams game is the absolute earliest I can imagine him coming back, and that would only be if he had a bad Grade II sprain and a tightrope repair. Realistically, I think it was a significant injury, and even the playoffs are a long shot. We likely won’t see him until next season.

Incidentally, the distinction of high ankle sprain grade was lost on the “Saint Wilson” crowd last year when I said it wasn’t a particularly big deal that Wilson didn’t miss a game with his minor high ankle sprain. It’s very common for players with Grade I sprains to not miss time. If he returned to play with a Grade II sprain, without missing a game, that would be bordering on miraculous.

For both medical, and team outlook and management, reasons, I would be very surprised to see Carson back this season.

I'm for the 'Whatever it takes to GET CARSON BACK TO 100%' camp.

 

[MontanaHawk05]

This article pretty much killed my hopes that he'll be back. There was surgery.

https://247sports.com/nfl/seattle-seaha ... -108372159

 

[FidelisHawk]

Hoping your rookie RB will return from injury to save your running game, is kind of like hoping to get back together with your ex-girlfriend.

It happens, but rarely does it work out as well in reality as is does in your imagination.

 

[chris98251]

Good news is the article says he can make a full recovery, we just don't want to rush him back before he is I think and have a secondary injury that causes a setback.

 

[DJrmb]

High ankle sprains typically have a 4-6 week recovery and fractures that don't require surgery should heal by about 6 weeks too. That should mean that even at the max of 6 weeks he should be healed up and we'll into his recovery. Maybe he won't be ready to play in a game but they could at least have him practicing and ready for the Rams game in week 14 I think, which could be for the division...

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just looked up what I could online. Maybe one of our resident medical professionals can fact check those timetables?

Even for a doc, who isn’t directly involved with the care, it can be tricky to read the tea leaves on these injuries. The teams use generic terms like “high ankle sprain” instead of saying whether it was a grade I, II, or III syndesmotic disruption.

The one helpful thing they give us in black and white is whether the injury requires surgery or not. If surgery is required, then we know it was a bad grade II, or a grade III disruption. Historical norms for return to play are 1-4 weeks for a Grade I disruption, 5-12 weeks for Grade II, and 9-21 weeks for Grade III sprain that requires surgical fixation. Screw fixation tends to be on the longer end of recovery time, and tightrope fixation towards the shorter 9 week timeframe.

In Carson’s case, I haven’t heard any specifics, but my guess is that he has a Grade III syndesmotic sprain. I don’t know how it was fixed. Assuming no complications, the Rams game is the absolute earliest I can imagine him coming back, and that would only be if he had a bad Grade II sprain and a tightrope repair. Realistically, I think it was a significant injury, and even the playoffs are a long shot. We likely won’t see him until next season.

Incidentally, the distinction of high ankle sprain grade was lost on the “Saint Wilson” crowd last year when I said it wasn’t a particularly big deal that Wilson didn’t miss a game with his minor high ankle sprain. It’s very common for players with Grade I sprains to not miss time. If he returned to play with a Grade II sprain, without missing a game, that would be bordering on miraculous.

For both medical, and team outlook and management, reasons, I would be very surprised to see Carson back this season.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It sounds like a long shot because of the surgery then and if he can't come back before the playoffs I think I'm with the others in saying let him sit out the year. Gotta get things figured out with the guys we've got now.

 

[sdog1981]

Even for a doc, who isn’t directly involved with the care,......(bigskydoc then proceeds to drop a tremendous amount of knowledge.)

Thanks again for your insights :2thumbs:

 

[bigskydoc]

This article pretty much killed my hopes that he'll be back. There was surgery.

https://247sports.com/nfl/seattle-seaha ... -108372159

Pretty much in line with my thinking. Yes there is a chance, but it is pretty minuscule.