Is Drew Brees Still Hampered by a Knee Injury?

But I still like an injured Drew over a healthy Chase Daniel. Drew brings something mentally that you can’t expect Chase Daniel to have…

there is much more going on with Drew’s knee than SP will ever let on…

and by keeping him on the injury list with a general “knee problem” SP avoids trouble with the NFL (like what happened with Favre and the Jets in 2008), while continuing to shroud the situation in a cloud of mystery (who’s that for a Halloween metaphor?).

I just hope they figure out a way, scheme, etc., to keep him effective (and let us win, too) with his limited strength and mobility, or it will be a loooong 2nd half of the season, in which we won’t have a GHOST of a chance. (Shoot! I’m on my game today…)

even if it’s a bump or a bruise, it’s still diagnosed as a contusion. But, this does not appear to be a bump, bruise or contusion if you will.

So, when it involves the muscles or ligaments about the knee (or any joint) it is either a strain or a sprain (or a strain/sprain injury). Usually you don’t get a sprain without a strain since the muscles and ligaments are so intimately tied.

Now, when it’s a sprain of a ligament, it is a stretching or tearing of the fibers of the ligament.- a strain is the same type of injury but to the muscle. When a ligament is strained mildly, the fibers are stretched and barely torn in a microscopic sense. We’re not talking about a tear in the sense you would tear a piece of paper . Brees didn’t have a severe ligament strain, most likely, because he wouldn’t be playing as in Pierre Thomas etc. And strains are graded Grade 1, 2,3,4 . So Brees most likely had a low grade spain of the MCL which heals in a few weeks. He may have had some muscular strain also which is probably less of an issue. I would think he is either 90% recovered or better unless he reaggravated it. And while it is possible that it played a role in his past performance, I would think it’s a minimal role except when you factor in how it fits with the other factors-
- offensive line protection less than stellar
- RBs still learning the system re pass blocking, outlet responsibilities, and screen pass timing etc
- New baby and less than optimium sleep situation (possible)
- Opponents trying all kinds of various stunts to confuse Saints out of necessity
- Turnovers and penalties putting undue pressure on Brees and co.
So, it may have affected him and may not have, but most likely it’s a minor sprain and should be a non-issue in the future and maybe was in the past also.

I have recently come into some information from a guy who knows a guy with close knowledge of the situation.

Reliable source, huh?

And hypothetically, isn’t an injured Drew Brees still better than a perfectly healthy Chase Daniel?

A perfect time to find that out probably would’ve been against the Browns. To see if Chase could play well in a game that he should. Knowing now how Brees did, it is easy to say that but. Brees should start this week. I think the Steelers could be a little overwhelming for a new QB’s first game but what if we played him against Carolina or St. Louis? I think I would be ok with that

Yeah a sore knee could be limiting Drew’s deep balls and accuracy but our under performing O line is the real culprit in my opinion. Other than Tampa Bay they haven’t been doing good run blocking, nor in protection of Drew. A lot of the protection of Drew is a result of defenses going to a blanket coverage scheme rather than blitz packages to eliminate his effectiveness, but come on we are just standing there and letting three man and four man fronts get to our quarterback is really hurting us. They are so used to Drew getting rid of the ball quickly that they are quitting pass blocking too early and allowing coverage sacks to happen. I’m not putting everything on the O line, there is plenty plenty of blame to go around. We are dropping passes and Sean needs to adjust the play calling to account for the way defenses a playing us this year. All that said I still believe! Two Dat!!!!!

While journalists getting paid good money talk about how he’s tired from having a baby. Oh, what an upside down world.

Than his knee.

Than his knee.

so chase can do clean up duty in the fourth or something.