Clemons is probably done as a Seahawk (Opinion)

[JesterHawk]

Not sure why he can't come back, at least in a Raheem Brock role.

 

[CANHawk]

It's definately an obsticle to overcome, but I think Clem can do it. I don't see him being "done". What I could see though once Clem comes back is a swapping of responsabilities between Clem and Irvin; with Irvin becoming the every down Leo and Clem coming out on the passing downs (to help keep the mileage down on Clem's wobbly wheel). FWIW, I thought Irvin looked phenomenal when he came in and played Leo. I don't know if I was just seeing things, but he just looks so much stronger than Clem. Could wind up being better in run support on the weak side than Clem because of it.

Don't think it's an automatic though that they dump Clem. We also don't even know for sure what we're dealing with. He walked off the field, so it's not likely a severed ACL, which is devistating (ask me how I know). He'll come back.

 

[theENGLISHseahawk]

Player on my patch just suffered an ACL and was diagnosed to be out for 7 months. Bit premature to say a guy's career is done because of one bad injury. People thought Adrian Peterson would never be the same again. I expect to see Clemons in 2013.

 

[Sarlacc83]

Player on my patch just suffered an ACL and was diagnosed to be out for 7 months. Bit premature to say a guy's career is done because of one bad injury. People thought Adrian Peterson would never be the same again. I expect to see Clemons in 2013.

Hell, if Peterson is any indication, Clemons will come back bigger, faster, and stronger. He will be the bionic man.

 

[zayden185]

At Clemons age, an ACL injury may be the end of him completely. Sucks.

HUH? in the old days it was a death sentence, now not bad to come back from....i mean, when you walk off the field under your own power, its not shredded...anythng is possible in this day and age

and he is essential to our team

 

[MontanaHawk05]

The sole justification for the OP seems to be Clemons' age.

 

[Blitzer88]

This thread is unnecessary, I fully Clem to come back some time next year and contribute heavily to our team.

 

[Hawks46]

It all comes down to Clemons, and how well he heals as a person. Sharkhawk has it right; he'll be running and fulling rehabbing in 6 months. It really depends on two things: 1. the quality of rehab, which Clemons will get top notch, and 2. the efford the person puts into rehab. Genetics and how faat he heals will also help, but the effort you put into really is the key. Clemons is a hard worker and does a good job to keep himself in shape; at 31 he hasn't seemed to have lost a step yet.

15 years ago, I tore my ACL in the Marine Corps. I opted for the patellar tendon graft. At the time, the Navy had a very aggressive rehab approach. I was actually doing physical therapy the day after surgery (heel slides). I never wore a brace; the doctor told me he believed that the supporting muscles will atrophy worse relying on a brace, then it also can become a mental crutch. I was also told that you just can't run on it, no matter how good it feels for 6 months, as the graft is still soft in there and could stretch out.

This was military medicine (which I felt was very well done) 15 years ago. It sounds like they have shortened the time you can run through modern medicine. If this guy gets top of the line care, and has the drive, he'll be back. He can be PUP'd for 6 weeks of the regular season and not count against our roster, and his contract was fair to both sides, so he isn't breaking the bank. From a business standpoint, there's no reason to cut a previously productive player like Clem.

Sure, if he doesn't come back the same, he'll be done, but he'll get the opportunity next year to prove it, that I'm sure of.

 

[MORGULON]

The real issue with this is that Clemmons is our best pass rusher on a team that doesn't generate a ton of sacks to begin with. Like Kearly said in his post game write up I'll paraphrase :

"Seattle will probably have to think about bringing extra pressure in the form of blitzing"

 

[Schadie001]

My daughter had a 90% tear of her ACL. Had surgery by the University Of Colorado sports surgeon to repair it. Was in rehab the next day after surgery. Within a week was riding a stationary bike and 4 months later was back to full speed running track (sprints and long jump). Of course she isn't an NFL player but this isn't your grandpa's medicine anymore. The NFL has top of the line physical theropy and doctors. ACL tears are bad but not as huge as they used to be and certainly shouldn't keep him out next year. Just means his off season will be full of TP.

 

[bmorepunk]

If it is truly a torn ACL I can't see him back with the team ever again. You may have seen his last game.

*Added (Opinion) to the title to show this is not fact - RockHawk

We don't know the diagnosis or extent of Clemons' injury. Obviously there are ACL speculation concerns, but there could be several other things that happened that may lead them to worry about the ACL. Even if that's the diagnosis, is it a complete or partial tear? If partial, how much was it torn? It could be major. It could be minor. Declaring the guy's career with the team over with no actual diagnosis is nothing short of ridiculous.

As an aside, a couple other dudes in the threat mentioned osteopathic treatments (stem cell therapy was the method mentioned) for knee injuries. The fact that people are finally starting to use these (prolotherapy, PRP, and stem cell) more commonly for these sorts of injuries are doing wonders. I tore my supraspinatus tendon almost completely in my shoulder ("rotator cuff tear") and it wasn't healing on it's own. After one prolotherapy treatment, enough of a healing response was caused for the thing to totally repair in six weeks. A surgeon wanted to cut the thing, staple it down, and it would take me six months to recover. He also fixed a ulnar never location I had which was causing me serious problems.

If anybody has joint injuries, back injuries, carpal tunnel, and so on I recommend they see a Doctor of Osteopathy to explore prolotherapy, PRP, or stem cell treatments. They won't be covered by insurance, but they work on most people. There's a reason why athletes are getting these treatments even though they're "unproven".

 

[JSeahawks]

Not a doubt in my mind that he'll be back next year.