According to Yahoo News Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington tears his ACL in a pickup basketball game. This could be the last of Pennington that we see on the field. Pennington has already won comeback play of the year award 2 times since 2004 he has already had 4 surgeries on his shoulder since 2004 so he is a tough comeback type of player. The main reason we may not see a comeback is because if he takes this season off he will be coming back trying out for a new team at the age of 36 it is very possible to do thou.
Is this a surprise that he got hurt? This is no surprise this is the main thing that hurts a lot of football players playing in a pickup basketball game. My senior year in high school I was playing a pickup basketball game went up for a dunk came down landed on somebody’s foot and broke my ankle. Although basketball may not seem like a rough sport where you will get injured a lot of players that play other sport get hurt by playing pickup games.
It will be a tough thing for Chad to make his way back not just because this new injury of tearing his ACL but the problem with his shoulder that he has had surgery on 4 times is another thing that will make it hard for a comeback. The fact that he will be 36 when he comes back if he takes a year off will hold coaches back from picking him up.
Should we call it impossible for him to come back well it is never impossible you can do anything that you put your mind to as long as you believe that you can do it. I think that Chad is a good quarterback he was never a star but he was a guy that would get the job done and would get you a WIN at the end of the day that’s all that matters.
Monty, I think you are right to think that people can do anything they put their mind to. I feel bad for Chad Pennington I mean tearing your anterior cruciate ligament is pretty intense and requires a lot of force for it to happen. I learned in Anatomy and Physiology that there are 3 C's which accompany an ACL injury. the first being the anterior cruciate ligament the second being the cartilage menisci and the third being the lateral collateral ligament. It is not impossible to recover from this but Chad Pennington will most likely need Arthroscopic Surgery.
ReplyDeleteColin S. Campbell