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Posey tore his Achilles.

Good (in regards to him being able to be back in time and not the injury, heh). We need the guy next year. He looked pretty decent out there and this team needs speed like yesterday. We need to be able to at least seem like we can stretch a field which means more speed on the field offensively. I liked what I saw from the kid and his fight.
 
Tearing your achilles is a bad injury. Athletes who tear their achilles tend to never gain their original speed back.
 
he'll come back but its doubtful he will gain full explosion in that leg. can be healed 100% but very hard injury to come back from
 
Back when this happened to DeMeco, CnD said that a best case scenario for recovery is to regain about 80% of explosiveness. How that is gauged I don't know.
 
Wow, this sucks. He was really coming on. He needed to be healthy for minicamp and training camp.

Brisco_County said:
Back when this happened to DeMeco, CnD said that a best case scenario for recovery is to regain about 80% of explosiveness. How that is gauged I don't know.
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They said that about Adrian Peterson too. Predictions are based on average recovery. lets hope that Posey is a hard worker
 
Brisco_County said:
Back when this happened to DeMeco, CnD said that a best case scenario for recovery is to regain about 80% of explosiveness. How that is gauged I don't know.
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Damn if that is the case then he probably won't be able help next year or not til later. Looks like we'll definitely be looked for some receiving help. Tough break for the kid that showed some actual promise then. Hope his recover goes that Adrian Peterson route that exceeds expectations, heh.
 
deucetx said:
Damn if that is the case then he probably won't be able help next year or not til later. Looks like we'll definitely be looked for some receiving help. Tough break for the kid that showed some actual promise then. Hope his recover goes that Adrian Peterson route that exceeds expectations, heh.
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What if he recovers from this the way AP recovered from knee injury?

I know, diff. injury, but b4 AP recovered as he did...you would not have expected the yr he had after that knee injury..........
 
MEGA SWATT said:
point is, AP took the knee recovery to a new level......


Posey can do similar for the achilles tear.
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Yup. It seems like any major injury, achilles or ACL/MCL usually results in loss of performance upon return to play.

I've got faith in Posey -- especially because he's so young.
 
gtexan02 said:
I've got faith in Posey -- especially because he's so young.
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we really didn't have him this year except for taking a roster spot....not playing much this year plus not having him next season plus him not playing last year doesn't give him much on field experience for when he does come back.
 
Tania Ganguli ‏@taniaganguli

WR DeVier Posey tore his left Achilles tendon. He'll be out most, if not all, of next season with that. #Texans



Terrible
 
Sad just freaking sad. I feel bad for everyone involved. This all but assures Texans draft a WR in the first or second round.
 
gtexan02 said:
Wow, this sucks. He was really coming on. He needed to be healthy for minicamp and training camp.



They said that about Adrian Peterson too. Predictions are based on average recovery. lets hope that Posey is a hard worker
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ACL recovery is much more predictable and carries a more favorable prognosis than Achilles rupture. Furthermore, pointing to AP is like pointing to George Burns smoking until he died at 103.......and concluding that smoking doesn't shorten your life.
 
Goodwrench3 said:
Tania Ganguli ‏@taniaganguli

WR DeVier Posey tore his left Achilles tendon. He'll be out most, if not all, of next season with that. #Texans



Terrible
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Horrible news. Big setback for his development. Someone said earlier it could ruin his career, I agree.

He looked really good out there. The guys on NFLN think the Texans need to aggressively go after another game changer on offense like how the Falcons traded up for Jones, maybe so now.
 
Goodwrench3 said:
Tania Ganguli ‏@taniaganguli

WR DeVier Posey tore his left Achilles tendon. He'll be out most, if not all, of next season with that. #Texans



Terrible
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CloakNNNdagger said:
ACL recovery is much more predictable and carries a more favorable prognosis than Achilles rupture. Furthermore, pointing to AP is like pointing to George Burns smoking until he died at 103.......and concluding that smoking doesn't shorten your life.
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Doc, this kind of injury is depends on how much and where on Achilles tore right? I remember the last time you explained us about tore Achilles recovery is that he may not likely to recover 100% playing form but more like 80-90% right?
 
Wasn't it an achilles injury that slowed down DeMeco Ryans after he returned? Hopefully Posey can recover and come back close to full speed for training camp or preseason...
 
SAMURAITEXAN said:
Doc, this kind of injury is depends on how much and where on Achilles tore right? I remember the last time you explained us about tore Achilles recovery is that he may not likely to recover 100% playing form but more like 80-90% right?
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An NFL athlete will have surgical repair whether it is complete or partial rupture. Those that are not surgically repaired and treated conservatively historically have shown ~60% return to play as opposed to ~70% (i.e., never returned to play in the NFL) Historically, a wide receiver was found to have ~ 85% reduction in power rating in the years following repair. His youth as well as improved techniques will possibly factor in / benefit him regarding these numbers, but I cannot tell you how much.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
An NFL athlete will have surgical repair whether it is complete or partial rupture. Those that are not surgically repaired and treated conservatively historically have shown ~60% return to play as opposed to ~70% (i.e., never returned to play in the NFL) Historically, a wide receiver was found to have ~ 85% reduction in power rating in the years following repair. His youth as well as improved techniques will possibly factor in / benefit him regarding these numbers, but I cannot tell you how much.
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Thank you as always for your professional comments Doc!
 
If he comes back in time for the 2013 season, he won't be 100%. He'll do interviews and tell everyone who will listen that he's better than new, but it'll be a lie. And just so we keep fan exp[expectations in perspective, when Demeco came back and was still slowed by it, fans basically wrote him off. Even though he finally started to really come around at the end of the season, people argued that he was only a part time LBer, which was a result of his injury.

Don't expect much from Posey until 2014.
 
It's a shame. He was finally starting to show what he can do. I liked his YAC potential. He seems to be hard to bring down.
 
eriadoc said:
If he comes back in time for the 2013 season, he won't be 100%. He'll do interviews and tell everyone who will listen that he's better than new, but it'll be a lie. And just so we keep fan exp[expectations in perspective, when Demeco came back and was still slowed by it, fans basically wrote him off. Even though he finally started to really come around at the end of the season, people argued that he was only a part time LBer, which was a result of his injury.

Don't expect much from Posey until 2014.
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then you have a player who's last significant actual playing time was in 2010. He didn't play in 2011, 2012 he really didn't get on the field much at all and 2013 will be spent recuperating. I feel bad for Posey but he's fast falling into the Benny Joppru bizarro world at this point.
 
Was Posey the one Kubiak was getting after for malingering at the beginning of the season? Or was that someone else?
 
eriadoc said:
If he comes back in time for the 2013 season, he won't be 100%. He'll do interviews and tell everyone who will listen that he's better than new, but it'll be a lie. And just so we keep fan exp[expectations in perspective, when Demeco came back and was still slowed by it, fans basically wrote him off. Even though he finally started to really come around at the end of the season, people argued that he was only a part time LBer, which was a result of his injury.

Don't expect much from Posey until 2014.
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Yeah and the bold was a ridiculous claim. Uninjured Patrick Willis, heralded by everyone, gets pulled on 3rd down or nickel and dime packages in SF a lot. During their game they said he only played 40% of snaps in the regular season meeting. When you go to nickel and dime someone has to come out.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
An NFL athlete will have surgical repair whether it is complete or partial rupture. Those that are not surgically repaired and treated conservatively historically have shown ~60% return to play as opposed to ~70% (i.e., never returned to play in the NFL) Historically, a wide receiver was found to have ~ 85% reduction in power rating in the years following repair. His youth as well as improved techniques will possibly factor in / benefit him regarding these numbers, but I cannot tell you how much.
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This is what I mean by case studies. This particular injury is very unfortunate, especially for someone just beginning his career. Other than possibly losing Posey for next season, our potential big-play threat might end up a possession receiver. It absolutely sucks, and we need to go back to the draft.
 
Vinny said:
then you have a player who's last significant actual playing time was in 2010. He didn't play in 2011, 2012 he really didn't get on the field much at all and 2013 will be spent recuperating. I feel bad for Posey but he's fast falling into the Benny Joppru bizarro world at this point.
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At least he was only a 3rd round pick.

:facepalm:
 
This really sucks. I expected him to become not only a regular starter next season, but THE legitimate #2 receiver next season.

To me, it actually hurts a lot worse than just the team losing. And it happens to him at the end of the game when the game is already lost. That really freaking sucks.

It's (performance-degradation wise) a career ending injury. Just SUCKS!

That 3rd round draft pick just vanished.
 
2 receivers drafted this year and we need two more next year? The grades for Keyshawn and LeStar won't be good, Kevin didn't have a great year and Devier really won't know until 2014 how he will recover from this.
 
Vinny said:
then you have a player who's last significant actual playing time was in 2010. He didn't play in 2011, 2012 he really didn't get on the field much at all and 2013 will be spent recuperating. I feel bad for Posey but he's fast falling into the Benny Joppru bizarro world at this point.
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Not really. He didn't play in 2011 in college due to suspension not injury. This was only his rookie season seems a little early to compare a player who tore his achilles in the last game of the season to a guy who was here for a few years and always knicked up to the point of not being able to play all the time.
 
I am literally sick.

I had no idea the extent of his injury until just now.

The glimmer of hope I had for 2013 was that we "have" a promising young WR. Now we don't. And with that injury, it's almost impossible for him to be the same.

What a rotten thing to happen to him.
 
b0ng said:
Not really. He didn't play in 2011 in college due to suspension not injury. This was only his rookie season seems a little early to compare a player who tore his achilles in the last game of the season to a guy who was here for a few years and always knicked up to the point of not being able to play all the time.
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By the time he gets on the field again he'll be three years removed from significant playing time. When Joppru finally got on the field for the Texans after three seasons of IR in a row he didn't even make the team. Inactivity is a death sentence for these guys careers.
 
I kinda feel bad for Posey. Going by what coaches and players have said throughout the year, he's busted his bust trying to get on the field. I wish him the best of luck in his rehab to get back.
 
Wow, was not aware how different this is compared to the knee. In 6 months he could be back to light physical activity, but 1 yr for football activity at subpar performance. Put him on the shelf for next year and then if all goes well, he can be 75%-90% the following year.
 
Bad news about Posey. I never understood the way the Texans drafted wr last year. I know wr is a crap shoot in the draft but the Texans seemed to take it to another level.
 
CretorFrigg said:
This means Martin's got to step up next year. Best wishes to Posey.
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Martin actually played well this year. Was criminally underused IMO. He's a slot guy though. Isn't on the field as much because Kubiak loves the 2 TE sets. Still need a legit #2. That was supposed to be Posey, but can't count on that anymore. Maybe Jean steps up, but we need to add to add some talent here in the draft.
 
Really trying hard to understand why people act like this is such devastating news as if we lost some big time receiver in the making. Posey had proven nothing in this league. Hell, he couldn't even take the reigns from the guys like Walter, Martin, and Jean. He hadn't played in like two years as far as this season went as well. He made a play or two in the last few weeks and that was no better then the sporadic plays that Martin and Jean would come up with from time to time.

Sucks for him to have an injury like that, and I feel bad for any player who gets a bad injury, but this is not a loss at all to the Texans. This guy wasn't promising, nor had he proven anything. He was just another guy on the back of our depth chart like Molden and other guys that people put high hopes for who never did anything on the NFL level.
 
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