Hoffman's piece on The Athletic

[The Duck]

If you're concerned about Carson not being ready for the start of 2018, you'll feel a lot better after reading it.

https://theathletic.com/184042/2017/12/13/breaking-down-carson-wentzs-road-to-recovery/

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[brotherharv]

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In a nutshell because Wentz suffered no additional damage, his timetable for a productive return should been 7-9 months, they compared the results of other QB’s with a similar injury, McNabb, RG3, Brady, Palmer, and Rivers. Rivers numbers were insane, all these guys started Week 1 of the following season, Rivers and Palmer both made strong bounce backs considering theirs occurred during the playoffs no reason to think CW can’t do the same

[The Duck]

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Here's the most comforting section. I hate to copy and paste, and I won't do this again... The Athletic does a fantastic job and deserves everybody's support.

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How have other NFL quarterbacks performed after ACL surgeries?

I looked up most of the significant quarterbacks that suffered an ACL tear in the past decade-plus, how long it took them to play in a game from the date of their surgery (preseason or regular season), and finally, how they performed the season coming off the injury.

Carson Palmer: Surgery on 1/10/06, first game back on 08/28/06 (7 months, 18 days) — 2006 stats: 16 games, 324-520 (62.3%), 4,035 yards, 28 TD, 13 INT, 6.79 ANY/A, 26 rushes for 37 yards.

Donovan McNabb: Surgery on 11/28/06, first game back on 08/17/07 (8 months, 20 days) — 2007 stats: 14 games, 291-473 (61.5%), 3,324 yards, 19 TD, 7 INT, 6.12 ANY/A, 50 rushes for 236 yards.

Philip Rivers: Surgery on 01/23/08, first game back on 08/09/08 (6 months, 7 days) — 2008 stats: 16 games, 312-478 (65.3%), 4,009 yards, 34 TD, 11 INT, 8.04 ANY/A, 31 rushes for 84 yards.

Tom Brady: Surgery on 10/06/08, first game back on 08/13/09 (10 months, 7 days) — 2009 stats: 16 games, 371-565 (65.7%), 4,398 yards, 28 TD, 13 INT, 7.38 ANY/A, 29 rushes for 44 yards.

Robert Griffin III: Surgery on 01/09/13, first game back on 09/09/13 (remember that night? 7 months, 21 days) — 2013 stats: 13 games, 274-456 (60.1%), 3,203 yards, 16 TD, 12 INT, 5.48 ANY/A, 86 rushes for 489 yards.

Sam Bradford: Surgery on 11/18/13, first game back on 08/16/14 (8 months, 29 days) — Two preseason games, and as you all know…

Sam Bradford again: Surgery on 09/08/14, first game back on 08/22/15 (11 months, 14 days, and man, what a preseason that was for the King of Sleeves) — 2015 stats: 14 games, 346-532 (65.0%), 3,725 yards (none of which came on DeMarco Murray swing passes), 19 TD, 14 INT, 5.85 ANY/A, 26 rushes for 39 yards.

Carson Palmer again: Surgery on 11/18/14, first game back on 08/15/15 (8 months, 29 days) — 2015 stats: 16 games, 342-537 (63.7%), 4,671 yards, 35 TD, 11 INT, 8.41 ANY/A, 25 rushes for 24 yards.

Joe Flacco: Surgery on 12/18/15, first game back on 08/27/16 (8 months, 10 days) — 2016 stats: 16 games, 436-672 (64.9%), 4,317 yards, 20 TD, 15 INT, 5.39 ANY/A, 21 rushes for 58 yards.
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Long story short, all of the QB's above suffered ACL tears at various points in-season and the playoffs, all were under center for opening day the following season.