Today's blog post:
http://hamptonroads.com/2013/07/countdown-acc-kickoff-no-7-antone-exums-...
And a corresponding newspaper story updating Exum's recovery:
http://roanoke.com/sports/virginiatech/vtfootball/2075787-12/all-pro-cor...
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This may sound like a stupid question, but could you see Exum doing something like returning kicks or punts in the Bama game if he's not completely 100%? I realize it's not a good idea for him to play at all if he's not 100%, but was wondering if he could play some other role.
If he's not healthy enough to play CB, we won't have him returning kicks, which would put him at a higher risk for complications.
Well, Andy was telling the truth. This is truly a list of things. All nouns, so far.
A few things I like about the linked Exum article: 1) Chillin' with RMFW out in AZ. 2) Dr. James Andrews. 3) Spending his time watching film. 4) Learning from the islander himself. Great details, Andy.
I've also read in some places that it should be about a year before a player can come back from this injury (save the Adrian Petersons of the world). It sounded, though, as if the injury he suffered wasn't a garden variety ACL (two meniscuses [meniscii?] and a bone?). If that is truly the case, and, since his injury happened in the offseason, I'd be down with waiting to see him again in 2014, but I know that won't happen. I agree with Revis, take your time and get your body right, Antone!
To only be 65% a little over a month out seems off track to me. I was probably about 80-85% back from only a meniscus tear at this time of the year following an early January tear and a late Jan surgery working out at a top of the line sports medicine rehab facility. That last 20% takes a while. Also beyond the physical, getting back to speed making reads is another thing all together. I don't doubt he is the guy and the leader we want on the field come august but I would rather have him in october and november than for one non-conference game in august even if it is Bama. The other thing to consider is Exum is a player and a leader, you think he is going to hold back and play smart within his knee's abilities or give everything he can to win the game. My gut is he is a giver (what I love about Antone) and unless he 100% and there is no risk to the knee ... Im saving him for the conference slate. No just from a hokie football perspective but from a Exum future perspective. Sure he got alot of this with RW in AZ as well.
By the by ... is everything kosher with rehabbing over the summer with a friend who has a ton of money?
I was thinking that, too (wondering if being out in AZ was an NCAA problem). I guess if he pays for it all, it probably isn't a problem.
To your other point, though, last year Kyle Fuller was hurt much of the year and didn't look like what I expected. I'm tired of seeing our best guys not at 100%.
Every person is different, every injury is different. If the doctors are saying he's ahead of schedule, I'd trust that. Don't be like those doctors they put on tv when someone of notoriety is sick or injured. They get on a talk show or news show and analyze the person's problem without ever seeing the person. Drives me nuts. Sorry...stepping off my soapbox now.