HoosierCat Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Per his twitter. Hope all goes well and that this fixes the issue so he can get on the field next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Next comes the news about how he actually had a torn ACL that was overlooked and will miss all of 2013.Seriously though, I hope everything works out for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 There was a note I read somewhere a couple weeks back to the effect that Dre had played with this issue in college and just toughed it out. That makes more sense then the initial story of some mysterious injury last spring that now requires a second procedure. I would give the usual shout-out to the (on) crack medical staff except that I don't recall a peep about knee problems in any of the stuff I read or listened to about Kirkpatrick. I wonder if he didn't just "forget" to mention this little problem so as not to hurt his draft stock...Just be back next year, Dre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Ray Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 What do we know about this? Is it arthroscopic? Meniscus ala Joey Votto? Cartilage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierCat Posted January 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 What do we know about this? Is it arthroscopic? Meniscus ala Joey Votto? Cartilage?It depends on who you believe. Initially the report was that Kirkpatrick had fractured his knee getting ready for training camp. Subsequent reporting by Brad Johansen suggested that the injury was actually a flare up of Osgood-Schlatter syndrome, which is a bone growth issue that is usually found in kids and teens. It normally clears up by itself but sometimes lingers and occasionally requires surgery. If that's the case he should make a full recovery.Or Johansen could be wrong and the original report right. Or something else could have happened during one of the various reported "setbacks" during the year. All we can do is wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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