Kelce MCL, Partial ACL, Scope Will Tell
Eagles head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder said Monday that center Jason Kelce has an MCL tear and a partial ACL tear in his right knee. Burkholder said the injury isn't necessarily season-ending; he said team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter DeLuca will do an arthroscope Tuesday and assess the state of the ACL. If it doesn't need repair, the Eagles might decide to brace the knee and let it heal on its own, in which case Kelce might be sidelined only 4 to 6 weeks.
Kelce MCL, Partial ACL, Scope Will Tell
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
Eagles head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder said Monday that center Jason Kelce has an MCL tear and a partial ACL tear in his right knee. Burkholder said the injury isn't necessarily season-ending; he said team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter DeLuca will do an arthroscope Tuesday and assess the state of the ACL. If it doesn't need repair, the Eagles might decide to brace the knee and let it heal on its own, in which case Kelce might be sidelined only 4 to 6 weeks.
Burkholder said around the league, treatment of similar injuries has been a "mixed bag." If DeLuca determines the ACL tear requires surgical repair, Kelce will be sidelined for the season.
Eagles coach Andy Reid said Dallas Reynolds will continue as Kelce's replacement. The team would seem to need to make a roster move to add a backup (Julian Vandervelde? Jamaal Jackson?) but until it is sure what the prognosis is for Reynolds, that's a tough call. Reid raised the issue of the new IR designation, which allows for one player to go on IR and return that season. But you don't want to use that slot for Kelce now and have DeLuca find tomorrow that there is no way Kelce is coming back in 2012. So, bottom line, there almost certainly won't be a roster move today.
Reynolds talked to reporters today about stepping in cold against the Ravens, about his three years on the practice squad, and about his unfortunate name; Reynolds joked that he was affronted the first time he walked into a meeting room and saw "Dallas Sucks" on the white board.
Reynolds said that it actually probably was better he "didn't have time to think about anything" when Kelce went down in the middle of a TD drive in the third quarter.
"Your training and your preparation just kind of pays off and takes over," Reynolds said.
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Reid said left tackle King Dunlap (hamstring) will start this week at Arizona if he's healthy, but Reid indicated that is unlikely. Reid acknowledged Demetress Bell did a starting-quality job stepping in for Dunlap against the Ravens.
Reid said Jeremy Maclin added another hip contusion on top of the one he had and is sore. No indication of whether he'll be able to play.
Other injuries didn't seem serious -- Colt Anderson hyperextended his other knee, the one that didn't have the ACL tear, Jason Babin sustained a slight ab strain but continued to play.
- And, after tonight only 6 of the 32 teams in the NFL will be 2-0. Life is good - and crazy.
- Ryans is a keeper !!! All you haters when he signed, now how many tackles does he have in 2 games? The guy is all over the place and a team leader in the locker room. Is he the best linebacker in the league, probably not. Is he an upgrade from what we had ? Absolutely. He and Kendricks have resurrected the linebacker position for the Birds. GREAT SIGNING BY FRONT OFFICE.— edseagles
- AQ Shipley maybe?— Elbarad
- I didn't see it but I have a bad feeling that Mountain Man Kelce is gone for the year. Big loss, if so. Let's hope for 4-6 wks.— PhillySubsMac
- Maybe we can sign a guy who would rather make rap music than play football. Oh and cries alot.— Evil Overlord
- How does an ACL not cause pain? When I tore mine and tried walking with it I was in severe pain. Put down the pipe Mark!— montymiller
- monty:mark1pt has been in the field for 30 years...he knows what he's talking about. — bearsfriend
- see if there are any more 28 year old firefighters available— sammydelphia
- there was a game few years back vs redskins jason avant went up, grabbed the game winning pass in the endzone and he was so high and horizontal to dropped the ball coming down trying to not get hurt and hit the ground hard. we lost.
it's a game of inches and you need luck to win a SB. it aint 1993 with any team as good as the crygirls.
we got lucky. twice. i will take 2-0.
eagles 2-0
gmen 1-1
boys 1-1
skin 1-0
life is good right now and monday is beautiful after a W
— mwright252 - i love how people post on here like they are on the team. "we are 2-0"
"we have turned th eball over 9 times"
dude you are not on the team....— bbewsirhc - What would be a crushing comeback for Mark to use on the "put down the pipe" comment? I did put it down but your seester using it now? Anymore?— sammydelphia
- not a big loss. kelce is unbelievably overrated— psualum
- He is by NO MEANS overrated...cerebral,great mobility,and a solid low base...He's just not powerful..Ray Didinger, who I'll read and heed at every chance,tauted Pro-Bowl consideration coming into this season, a sentiment shared by Brian Baldinger, who knows a thing or two about line play...Last, Howard Mudd has seen him come and go for a long time, and knew Kelce was his man about 4 days into camp last year...Sorry you're not a fan. — bearsfriend
- tendons tears don't hurt, ligaments tears hurt like a %$^%&* !!!!— willbert31
- brandon graham....2 games 2 tackles.
jpp is laughing— mwright252
