OL Zion Nelson

[passitback]

Once Mario recruited elite OLineman I knew this dude would never see the field again.

Yeah I just don't see it happening.

The silence is deafening with this kid.

 

[Imukat]

Returning to court/field sooner:
Lonzo Ball -110
Zion Nelson +225

 

[Confidence1000]

I’ve seen soldiers with battle wounds recover faster

 

[Confidence1000]

Returning to court/field sooner:
Lonzo Ball -110
Zion Nelson +225

I’m laughing but it ain’t funny

 

[Bender]

I wonder if they'll get him into coaching.

 

[Bender]

I'm not sure what his injury is and I hope he is able to make a return this season, but with the speculation around cartilage there is good and bad news with those type of injuries.

Good is, that there are procedures and options with both real and synthetic cartilage to be transplanted via autograph or allograft for a patient that do have good outcomes, and return to function.

The bad is, those procedures can go sideways quick for a wide variety of reasons both intra-operatively and down the road during rehab. Dependant on surgical pathway(s) taken, these procedures can be revised several times.

Worst case the kid ends up with a hemi or full knee replacement at 30ish.

These cartilage surgeries are for regular people who don't participate in heavy sports with slightly advanced ages, most recommended for people with a certain extent of cartilage left. My father's knees are destroyed to the point where such a surgery would have no effect (Osteoarthritis at 14, advanced, I'm glad I don't have his bones, he'll turn 54 soon).

Zion Nelson is +300 lbs playing football, even if he got said surgery, it'd be ****ed anyway. If your knee cartilage is already ****ed at his age, there are more underlying problems.

He should stop playing. It's not worth it.

 

[816Cane]

These cartilage surgeries are for regular people who don't participate in heavy sports with slightly advanced ages, most recommended for people with a certain extent of cartilage left. My father's knees are destroyed to the point where such a surgery would have no effect (Osteoarthritis at 14, advanced, I'm glad I don't have his bones, he'll turn 54 soon).

Zion Nelson is +300 lbs playing football, even if he got said surgery, it'd be ****ed anyway. If your knee cartilage is already ****ed at his age, there are more underlying problems.

He should stop playing. It's not worth it.

This is not entirely true, but yes that size and requirements out of your knee in football definitely make it more challenging.

 

[OptimusCreampie]

Once Mario recruited elite OLineman I knew this dude would never see the field again.

Careful you’re going to alert the horde

 

[AtlAtty]

Why are any of you still discussing this topic? Are you just that bored at work?

 

[dantheman349]

Why are any of you still discussing this topic? Are you just that bored at work?

Its offseason what else is there to do?

 

[Michayn]

Saw this today on Reddit. What think you???? Oh yeah. Something something, Zion Nelson.

 

[pacusmc]

They should use peptides to help heal these surgeries.
NFL guys and other athletes in Europe are using them.

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

Saw this today on Reddit. What think you???? Oh yeah. Something something, Zion Nelson.View attachment 280905

Stopped reading at Brock Bowers going at 30.

That man is going to be a top 10 pick at worst.

 

[ben]

This guy got injured three years ago and still hasn’t officially had to medically retire. This has to be one of Vinny Scavo’s greater success stories.

 

[N.M.B. Cane]

 

[Scorpioncane]

This dude aint playing. Get it out of your minds. It aint gonna happen. If it does, it is a miracle.

With that said, how many more years is he gonna be on this roster?

Only him , McCormick and patchen knows?

 

[NaplesCane]

Zion Nelson gonna be on the Cam McCormick Plan!

 

[N.M.B. Cane]

wiIn all seriousness… obviously take the 1st round pick projection pipe dream talk from 2-3 years and throw that out the window…

but ….IF Zion could come back , let rivers slide to LG and hold down the LT spot with even 2-4 round projection kind of year….

It would allow Samson and Bell to backup the T spots and Kinsler and Mcoy as the backup G. Leaving Rodriguez as the weakest link at 2nd string C.

Now Rodriguez may not ‘wow’anyone as a starter by any means . On the other hand, for him to be the 10th best offensive lineman on the depth chart; plus some of the other guys we’re developing behind him, gives us as stacked of a cupboard at Oline than I can remember in a long time.

Zion’s return would raise our ceiling and our floor.

Disclaimer:

 

[Da Jumbo Mutombo]

wiIn all seriousness… obviously take the 1st round pick projection pipe dream talk from 2-3 years and throw that out the window…

but ….IF Zion could come back , let rivers slide to LG and hold down the LT spot with even 2-4 round projection kind of year….

It would allow Samson and Bell to backup the T spots and Kinsler and Mcoy as the backup G. Leaving Rodriguez as the weakest link at 2nd string C.

Now Rodriguez may not ‘wow’anyone as a starter by any means . On the other hand, for him to be the 10th best offensive lineman on the depth chart; plus some of the other guys we’re developing behind him, gives us as stacked of a cupboard at Oline than I can remember in a long time.

Zion’s return would raise our ceiling and our floor.

Disclaimer:

Even if Zion could give us 4-5 weeks of starter level quality at that LT spot, it would be great.

Give Bell or Samson more time to get ready.

 

[Dwinstitles]

I wonder if they'll get him into coaching.

I thought that would be great for Flagg when he’s done. He’s a good dude man pause