Hey, he seemed to be improving and getting back to full health with his right knee. last night near the end of regulation, he caught that ball on the sidelines to pick up a first down (you know, right before we ran 3 times then missed a FG). he went down clutching his right knee, then came off the field. mccarthy mentioned his injury in the post-game press conference, but didn't mention it today... anyone have news regarding this injury?

lame topic, i know. but, i'm not much of a thread starter. I consider myself more of a thread hijacker than thread starter. so, take it easy on me.

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maybe he is injury prone?

how much has he really played this year?

lol. thanks. not much. it's his first injury. like, ever. any word on the severity?

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Yea, it is his first injury ever. It's a PCL injury, and I believe the PCL is what helps hold the shin bone in place along with the ACL. So when he gets hit bad enough, it slides the shin bone around causing pain and discomfort. It's probably something that he can rehab better over the offseason with enough time, but he shouldn't play in the Lions game in my opinion.

He's reaggravated it about 5 times this season now. There was a good article about this in one of the Madison papers.

http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=93879970 

Here's a good excerpt about the injury:

yeah i read that article. online somewhere. i should learn how RSS works so i can keep all the info straight.

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Interesting to note that Jones stated there was a surgery for his injury, but for him the surgery (and I quote) "wasn't an option" because he didn't want to lose his season.

I think it's probably an injury that takes time to heal, and Jones hasn't given it enough time to fully heal. Every time it gets good enough that he can play with minimal discomfort, he lands awkwardly on the knee, reaggrevating the injury to some degree.

Probably stating the obvious up there.

I wonder if the coaches should spend more time with Jones practicing how to fall / go down, so he can better protect the knee when being tackled.

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and re-aggravating me!

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I would keep him out the last game, and have him get the surgery ASAP.
Why take a chance that this will happen again next year?

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yes i wouldn't play him either do we really need him against the lions

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All I can say is this.. James Jones can play for my team anytime.. kid is a ball player.

Heal up and give it hell next season.

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