Worst-Case Scenario For Detroit Lions Safety Kerby Joseph
Detroit Lions safety Kerby Joseph could have his NFL cut short due to a significant knee injury.
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And then unfortunately, the worst-case scenario is, um, and, and like you said, that's where, um, and, and, and, and, and thankful to be joined by Doctor Jimmy Leo to give kind of a thorough evaluation and insights into what he's observed based on his professional medical uh opinions and experience and, and observing everything that's going on.
Worst-case scenario is, and remember Dan Campbell did say, they've done everything that they believe to try to get him to this point.
And, but he did say there is the element of the unknown, meaning they are eventually going to ramp it up, to put him at some point you would expect through a full physical workout, uh, consistent with a professional athlete playing NFL football.
At that point, will there be more clues regarding his recovery and once it sounds like, it sounded like, Jimmy, that when He said that it's like they wanna wait until the absolute best opportunity to ramp it up because he said , once you start, you can't go back.
You've now throttled it up and now you're gonna get it.
Is that why they've been delicate with the ramp-up period?
Because once he ramps it up, answers are gonna start to be known regarding his recovery, how he handles it, and going down the road of more conclusive evidence will come out once he ramps it up.
Absolutely.
After 8 months of rest, at this point, it's healed as much as it can heal.
He's rested as much as he can.
He's had all the treatments that are possible at this point.
And they will know once he starts ramping up if his knee can handle it or not.
Now, it's up to the Lions.
Do I wanna know now or do I wanna know later?
An extra month or two of rest at this point, unlikely to make a significant difference, if any difference.
Apparently, the Lions' plan is to wait till a little bit later before ramping up and before figuring it out, and that's totally fine, it really doesn't affect the team.
There's nothing they can do at this point.
They're not gonna trade for a star safety.
The draft is over.
The salary cap issue is already a sunk cost.
So there's nothing really to do at this point, whether they find out now or later.
So, apparently, the plan is to wait a little bit.
Now, you're asking about the worst-case scenario.
The worst-case scenario is once he starts ramping up pain, swelling, disability, one or two days afterwards, just like we saw last December.
And strangely, this might actually be the best-case scenario for the rest of his life.
Meaning, the best-case scenario for his life may be to early retire and not continue to put this impact damage on his knee.
Allowing him for as comfortable of life for the rest of his life.
He's gonna have a long, healthy life.
He's starting his rap career, so he may wanna consider.
Early retirement or decreasing or eliminating this high impact damage to his knee.
