official Troy injury thread

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[calmkiller]

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Local News says its a Left Knee Injury. Nothing more atm.

[Steelgal]

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Tomlin just said MCL sprain, it could be 3-6. I assume he means weeks??? He said all the details aren't back yet, it could be worse.

[pfelix73]

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Looking like 3 to 6 weeks. My guess would be closer to 3 than 6. He's in tremendous shape, and I think that will matter.

[Leper Friend]

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Tomlin is saying it's a sprain and doesn't know for sure but even an MCL TEAR shouldn't be season ending. Generally the grade 3 tear would be 3 to 4 months and that's worst case scenario.Grade 1 or 2 TEAR isn't much worse tha a sprain.It's all speculation at this point though.

[SidSmythe]

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I'd love to see him back by San Diego which is just over 3 weeks from tonight.
From what i saw and my slightly trained eye, it's not serious.

I actually told my 9 yr old son right after the play that it didn't look good the way Troy was landed on. Come back from commercial and my worst fears were confirmed. But looking at the replay, it wasn't a full speed contact thing, it was more of a stretching a joint beyond it's normal range of motion.

[SteelBucks]

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Looking like 3 to 6 weeks. My guess would be closer to 3 than 6. He's in tremendous shape, and I think that will matter.

Ugh. Well here's the schedule for the next 6 weeks:

@ Chicago
@ Cincinnati
vs. San Diego
@ Detroit
vs. Cleveland
vs. Minnesota
BYE

My money is on he'll return after the BYE week....if it's not worse than a sprain. I hope Carter and Mundy are up to the challenge.

[skyhawk]

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Looking like 3 to 6 weeks. My guess would be closer to 3 than 6. He's in tremendous shape, and I think that will matter.

Ugh. Well here's the schedule for the next 6 weeks:

@ Chicago
@ Cincinnati
vs. San Diego
@ Detroit
vs. Cleveland
vs. Minnesota
BYE

My money is on he'll return after the BYE week....if it's not worse than a sprain. I hope Carter and Mundy are up to the challenge.

I hope so too. They laid an egg the series right after Polamalu went down.

[Mel Blount's G]

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Great news if it is indeed just a sprain and there's no tearing!!



How many weeks did Ben miss when he had a knee sprained by Castillo against San Diego a couple years ago? Was that an MCL sprain (his bent from a totally different angle) or...? Also didn't woodley or another d player sustain a sprained knee last year and miss very little time? Obviously the degree of a sprain varies infinitely which would largely influence how long a person would sit out.

[Northern_Blitz]

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Dale Lolley is reporting that Troy may be out 3 - 6 weeks. Too bad it comes with Chi, Cin, and SD, but I'd rather he miss time at the front end of the season than the back end (or the playoffs). At least it's not the whole season. I was encouraged that he walked off himself.

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[proudpittsburgher]

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Looking like 3 to 6 weeks. My guess would be closer to 3 than 6. He's in tremendous shape, and I think that will matter.

Ugh. Well here's the schedule for the next 6 weeks:

@ Chicago
@ Cincinnati
vs. San Diego
@ Detroit
vs. Cleveland
vs. Minnesota
BYE

My money is on he'll return after the BYE week....if it's not worse than a sprain. I hope Carter and Mundy are up to the challenge.

I hope so too. They laid an egg the series right after Polamalu went down.

That's going to happen, they had to adjust to losing their most dynamic and perhaps their best defensive player. It took only a series to adjust. Actually, I was really proud with how this defense rallied together after that series.

[stlrz d]

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Agreed Proud. It took them a series to settle in after Troy left, but they did so pretty nicely.

Unfortunately, the pass D in the secondary seemed to soften up after Troy left.

[JUST-PLAIN-NASTY]

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Umm...As far as I know a "sprain" is a tear. "Sprain" just signifies the mildness of the tear. If something stretches...It tears. We saw the replay. Our best case scenario is the 3-6 weeks. Keep your fingers crossed today. The "suddeness" Troy plays with...You won't see a 100% Troy until a min 6 weeks. I hoping for a miracle...Which is entirely possible with Troy's faith and his conditioning...Which would be the 3 weeks!

[proudpittsburgher]

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Agreed Proud. It took them a series to settle in after Troy left, but they did so pretty nicely.

Unfortunately, the pass D in the secondary seemed to soften up after Troy left.

Yea, I noticed that too, but I don't remember the d-line putting any pressure at all on Collins on the lone tenn. TD drive after Troy left, which puts a lot of pressure on the secodnary. Once they started putting pressure on him again, things got better. The steelers get over a week to gameplan against Chicago, and the Bears lack of recievers gives me hope that the Steelers could make the best of this with Troy out.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

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Tomlin just said MCL sprain, it could be 3-6. I assume he means weeks??? He said all the details aren't back yet, it could be worse.

No offense to Tomlin, but can someone really make a diagnosis without an MRI (noting the time of this post as being immediately after the game). Do they have an MRI at Heinz?