It's a cryin' shame...
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One of the best rookie right OT to play in a couple of decades, after a few years it was obvious his play was declining. People knew there had to be something they weren't telling us.
There was.
Football is one thing. Being able to walk without a limp at 30 years-old is something else...
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The sport’s tough enough, but this sounds like a degenerative disorder that would have impacted him anyway. Did playing worsen the condition?
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The Saints knew he had had a hip tweak in college, but it wasn't major and he was medically cleared. As a rookie, he was one of the best RT's in the game. He's a multiple All-Pro and has the distinction of not allowing a single sack in the 2019 season. Once he injured the knee, it's been diminishing returns. He's been pretty good, at least up until this year, but he hasn't been the old Ram since the knee started acting up. He's tough and has been playing with rest days, gel injections and painkillers, but word is the knee is now bone-on-bone.
He's only 29 and should have a half-dozen years left (and the Saints would owe him $32M for the next couple of years).
Instead, I don't know what they can do about his knee. Replace it, just so he can walk normally?
