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I heard Dennis Allen talking about Ram's knee being an issue that he has been battling for years, and it just got to the point that he couldn't play. DA said it wasn't an incident, just something he had been dealing with, and that they would see where Ram is at next week, indicating that he may just need some time.
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In the 2022 off-season Ram had surgery to clean out that knee and alleviate the issues that he had during the 2021 season causing him to miss about half the season.
Injury caused Ryan Ramczyk to battle through the past season
The Saints starting tight tackle missed nearly the whole second half of the seasonwww.canalstreetchronicles.com
In June of 2022 he said that he felt pretty confident that he was past the knee injury problems....
Ryan Ramczyk "feeling pretty confident" he's past knee injury
The Saints signed right tackle Ryan Ramczyk to a five-year extension before last season and part of the reason for that was the consistency that he'd shown over his first four seasons.www.nbcsports.com
I guess not. The procedure that he did have was considered minor, however it seems that there must be more to it. It does explain the decline in his performance, I am just wondering if it is a chronic or career threatening issue. Whatever, it is concerning! I sure would like to see the old Ramczyk back on the field. We need a healthy Ram down the stretch! I was just unaware that Ram was still having an ongoing issue with it until now. Obviously I haven't been paying enough attention.
IMO Ram's days are numbered with this chronic knee--we owe him a bunch of money next 2 years-Lets see what Young can do