Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is on the path to return from a torn ACL he suffered last December. While he has a goal to be ready in Week 1, most expect him to start the season unable to play.
However, immediately following his surgery, he ended up being a little ahead in his progress than he thought he would be.
He explained this in the new episode of “Flight Plan” on the team’s YouTube channel.
He didn’t just tear his ACL. He also had meniscus damage.
“Before I got surgery, everybody was telling me, because I had a meniscus (tear), (I’d) have to be on crutches for six weeks, non-bearing, not being able to put pressure on it for six weeks,” he said. “But I was Day 1 brought out of surgery, they let me put pressure on it, so I think that was helpful. I was in the training room the next day.”
That doesn’t mean his recovery was easy.
He prehabbed the injury for nearly a month after he got hurt before his surgery, and he didn’t think it was that bad.
“But after the surgery, that first two weeks was (expletive) terrible,” he said. “Moving was tough and then you’re just helpless, you’re dependent on everybody. But luckily I have people that help me out.”
He is now running in straight lines, although he is not yet at full speed.
With training camp beginning in under two weeks, we will see how much he is able to do in the weeks to come.
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