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My friend tore his at a taekwondo tournament. I had just finished a fight and he came over to me. I knew he just fought and assumed he’d won so I asked him when his next one was. He nonchalantly said he was done. When I, assuming he’d lost, asked him what happened he reached down and wiggled his kneecap and said he blew out his ACL (complete tear). He showed zero physical discomfort. He said it hurt when it happened, but didn’t after. He had to withdraw from his match and (obviously) would need surgery so he’d be out awhile. That was it. I would have said to call the Browns for Newsome, but they lost Emerson for the season to an achilles today. Bad day for CBs in the league - Dallas lost Carson for an couple months and NE lost Gonzales for a few weeks. Good day to have CB depth because judging by today they’re going to be scarce.

So they’re the jinx!?

I don’t know what the Bills protocol is, but walking in a straight line would not pose any danger of making this kind of injury worse. It would make sense for an NFL team to be cautious, but that’s all it would be about.

Him walking off doesn’t mean anything, unfortunately.

Crap. That’s not good. Thanks for the clarification.

I can’t see what Tre’s response was, but there were not multiple players around him with tears in their eyes. That’s a bit of a relief. I’ve been present for multiple ACL tears. After a complete tear there is usually no (or minimal) pain. Partial tears are usually painful. A person can easily walk with a fully torn ACL that’s the only part of the knee that is injured. The trainer did help Hairston off the field, but we do not know why. It could’ve just been precautionary. We just have to wait and see. While I am not filled with hope at this point, I’m not devoid of it either.

Hearing it is his knee and he walked off with the help a trainer. My guess is knee ligament(s).

I hope he’s okay, obviously. In defense of Beane, I thought Hairston was a high upside CB prospect with a substantially higher than average injury risk. I still liked seeing him take a shot at a player who had a real shot at greatness. Now to where we are today….. 🤞

Any practice squad player can be signed by any team. If more than one team offers him, he can choose whichever he wants. He could even choose to remain on the PS with his current team (though almost no player would chose that).

That’s the thing about TC, every play is a positive for one side of the ball and a negative for the other. Also without full pads and full contact it’s tough to gauge much about OL/DL except quickness and whether or not they know their assignments.

The alt Browns helmet is real, but the barge reveal and fall appears staged. Dude Wipes trying to go viral or something. https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/clearly-staged-browns-helmet-release-online-skepticism

Agreed. NE has the luxury of a ton of cap space and their main problem has been being able to spend it on quality players. He’d be a huge upgrade over Noah Brown.

The first sentence is defensible, especially the cost-effective part. The second is not.

You can sell those PSLs to other fans when you decide to stop going. If the PSLs go back to the Bills because you didn’t buy season tickets, then they will sell the seats as single game tickets until they can sell the PSLs. So there is no reason anyone would think badly of you.