Dang....tough break for Loadholt...

[BillyRay]

Phil Loadholt suffers what they think is a torn Achilles in his left foot. Tough break for the guy after working to bounce back from his injury last season.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...injures-left-leg-preseason-game-vs-buccaneers

 

[Plainosooner]

Phil Loadholt suffers what they think is a torn Achilles in his left foot. Tough break for the guy after working to bounce back from his injury last season.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...injures-left-leg-preseason-game-vs-buccaneers

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It did not appear that there was any contact on the play. He just moved to pull inside from RT and just fell. That is a year of recovery for normal sized guys. Somebody that big might take longer.

It really does suck.

 

[Dastardly Deed]

That really sucks big time. Sure seems like former OU guys have bad breaks in the pros. Maybe it happens to guys from every school.

 

[BillyRay]

That is a year of recovery for normal sized guys. Somebody that big might take longer.

Ya Plaino I was wondering about that. Wasn't sure how long these injuries typically took to recover from. I know they mentioned him being done for the year, but didn't now it could take even longer than that to recover from. A guy his size may not even be 100% by this time next year. I really hope he can bounce back and keep going. Really bad break they mentioned how hard he worked to come back after his pec injury last year.

 

[iasooner1]

Too bad for Phil; one of my boys & I got his autograph on a mini-OU helmet at a spring game a few years back and he was a mountain of a man then too. Get well soon big Phil and go vikes!

 

[Plainosooner]

BR, in the old days, an achilles injury was career ending. But even for people who aren't in pro sports, it's usually a year of recovery and a long time with crutches and eventually a boot. The point is that it takes quite a while to just be able to walk. To block a pass rusher? That's going to take a while.

 

[Yankees03]

From everything I've read its a 6 month recovery time. Not saying you are wrong but where are you getting a year?