[Steve19]

Originally Posted by TexasBuck

Saw this on another board. I don't know what kind of credibility the source has, so take it for what's it's worth. It does jive with what Mili's source is saying.

MM had a meniscus tear and a grade 2 MCL, so I would assume from my years in ortho that his recovery time is in the 4-6 week range. Generally with that type of injury, you're able to start running after 7-10 days, but even though he can run, it's VERY doubtful that he could make cuts or play anything more than a few snaps at this point.

So, if he had surgery on the 10th, he would have probably started running this past weekend and a likely timeframe for his return would be between the 7th to 18th of November although it generally takes 8-12 weeks to get up back to 100%. Despite what MM and Michigan will say in the upcoming weeks, Mario will at best probably be no better than 85-90% for "The Game".

Well, I'm much older and got over 30,000 kms on my knees, but I had almost the same injury. It's the cuts that will get him. I still have trouble with lateral rotation of my knee joint. One good Jack Tatum pop and he'll be out even if he does play.