Rankins expected to be out about 6 weeks due to fractured fibula [MERGED] (2 Viewers)

[football]

Mike Triplett
ESPN Staff Writer
Saints DT Sheldon Rankins is having surgery today to repair his broken fibula with North Carolina specialist Dr. Robert Anderson, per source. The projected timetable for recovery is still around six weeks, though the surgery could establish a more specific timetable.

That is good. From report yesterday, thought he will have surgery within a week. But glad there is no other issue preventing him from having surgery. Six weeks is about right. But who knows. Could be shorter. Getting one of the best doctor in the country couple that with good sports medicine.

Also adding per NFL.com that MRI revealed NO ligament damage. That is good news there.

 

[JSR]

All things considered we lucked the Hell out on this one.

 

[meily]

All things considered we lucked the Hell out on this one.

I agree 100%. considering he was already performing well in practice and his first preseason game you see he has the talent and was going to pay immediate dividends so losing a player of that caliber for 6 weeks (3 of those weeks are preason games) we may get him back no later than game 4 or 5 of the year.


I also like to point out that though people have cooled on him the DT we drafted from Canada is still a player who can contribute (not start) in pass rush situations and Bobby Richardson is another player having a good camp and can play DE/DT so our defensive line still has the players to function the way we all believe it could when we signed Fairley and drafted Rankins...still hyped about the season.

 

[Zztop]

Hopefully his physician reads your post. He probably just has not heard of your experience.

I was asking a legitimate question. this was not helpful in any way

A fracture and a break are the same thing with the severity in damage being dependent on the type of fracture it may be as opposed to a perceived difference between fractures and breaks. When a bone breaks, it is called a fracture. Yet, there are different gradations to fractures with everything ranging from a hairline to a full snap [into two pieces] of the bone.

This is an example of a helpful response

 

[gumbotron]

Que sera sera works good too