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OBJ played with TWO hamstring tears

Jints in Carolina : 1/26/2015 12:03 am
Ralph Vacchiano & #8207;@RVacchianoNYDN 2m2 minutes ago
Odell Beckham said he played all year with two tears in his hamstrings. He says he's still not 100%. Amazing.
My jaw dropped after I read that  
Jints in Carolina : 1/26/2015 12:03 am : link
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That's ridiculous  
BlackLight : 1/26/2015 12:04 am : link
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I beleve in one of his interviews  
moespree : 1/26/2015 12:06 am : link
Mara said something similar. That OBJ played at 80% this year. Think it was the Francessa interview.
"What the fuck...  
Chris in Philly : 1/26/2015 12:07 am : link
Becky? What a looser! Thanks Reese!"

- Mouthbreather, 2014
What the hell is he going to be like at 100%?  
Jints in Carolina : 1/26/2015 12:07 am : link
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Wow.  
arcarsenal : 1/26/2015 12:09 am : link
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Hamstrings  
Emil : 1/26/2015 12:17 am : link
Take a long time to be 100%, especially in a speed athlete.

We are not worthy! Enjoy some rest OBJ
holy shit.  
WeatherMan : 1/26/2015 12:21 am : link
Imagine what he can do at full strength with a year of experience under his belt? Wow.
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Jints in Carolina : 1/26/2015 12:22 am : link
Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 7m7 minutes ago
More Odell Beckham: "A hamstring is something that never really goes away. Its very hard to get over them."

Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 42s42 seconds ago
Beckham said his injury was obviously particularly against the Eagles and Colts, when he was "stumbling" and falling over ..

Ralph Vacchiano ‏@RVacchianoNYDN 11s11 seconds ago
... Of course, it should be noted he caught 8 passes for 156 yards in that game against the Colts.
So wait...full strength Odell could be even better?  
dpinzow : 1/26/2015 12:26 am : link
I thought he healed up about midseason after the first 3 or 4 games he played
Hope those heal up.  
RAIN : 1/26/2015 12:56 am : link
If we could get the same productivity, healed or not, I take it.
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Osix_ : 1/26/2015 1:02 am : link

Why the eff  
Pork Chop : 1/26/2015 2:26 am : link
was he playing in the Pro Bowl???
RE: Why the eff  
BlackLight : 1/26/2015 2:31 am : link
In comment 12109430 Pork Chop said:
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was he playing in the Pro Bowl???


Probably because the risk of injuring himself wasn't realistically any higher than it would've been were he 100% healthy.

If you hadn't known he was coming back from an injury, would you ever have guessed that he was, while watching the last 8-9 games of the season?
Another gear?  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 5:14 am : link
I'm a scared
RE: Another gear?  
Jints in Carolina : 1/26/2015 5:33 am : link
In comment 12109435 Headhunter said:
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I'm a scared


CANT. WAIT.
I guess i need to research how people run at any percentage  
Giants2012 : 1/26/2015 5:49 am : link
with a torn hamstring.

Wow  
rdt288 : 1/26/2015 6:12 am : link
Crazy to be the most talented guy AND biggest competitor out there


"He got that dog in him!"

Thats a bad omen for this team :)  
Curtis in VA : 1/26/2015 7:05 am : link
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Great, another injury prone rookie  
JohnB : 1/26/2015 7:07 am : link
loses a 1/4 of the year and is limited the rest of the time. What was Reese thinking when he drafted him.

Reese NEEDS to go. Him and his whole staff, fired.

<sarcasm off>
I've run out of superlatives  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 7:29 am : link
I now know how an 11 year girl feels about Justin Bieber, I get it
I'm not sure why people are excited about this  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 7:45 am : link
ODB has had a history with hamstring problems, and could ultimately be the one thing that limits him as a player. This would be a lot more exciting if it was reported that his hamstrings were 100% healed than to just read that it's still a problem.
RE: I'm not sure why people are excited about this  
Giantology : 1/26/2015 7:46 am : link
In comment 12109452 AnotherGiantsFan said:
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ODB has had a history with hamstring problems, and could ultimately be the one thing that limits him as a player. This would be a lot more exciting if it was reported that his hamstrings were 100% healed than to just read that it's still a problem.


They're excited because of what he produced on two hamstrings at 80% and now he has a whole offseason to heal up?
ODB has had hamstring issues since college  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 7:49 am : link
Again, it would be a lot more exciting to read that he's finally over this than to just read that it still is and probably will still be a problem.
Just look at the quote from him  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 7:52 am : link
On how hamstring issues never really go away.

Wow! Amazing!
ODB had back issues at LSU  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 7:52 am : link
where did you read that he had hamstring issues in college? He tore a hamstring in the spring and one in training camp.
OBJ  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 7:55 am : link
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I'm on my phone right now  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 7:58 am : link
But I remember a couple of offseason articles stating such. If there's doubt about whether he had hamstring issues in college then I'll dig up an article.
There is big time doubt  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 8:01 am : link
when he first tore a hammy he said it was all new to him
Again I'm on my phone so I can't quote properly  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 8:05 am : link
"And thats why the Giants much-hyped first-round pick, who has been sidelined with a hamstring issue since the first day of training camp, is still sitting out. Beckham, who has dealt with hamstring issues since college, said its almost that time to return. He just needs his top gear."
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His issues were that there was tightness that  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 8:07 am : link
he had to work through which were a normal part of his conditions process. He never pulled or tore a hammy, just had to get them loose from working out
He had hamstring issues  
AnotherGiantsFan : 1/26/2015 8:13 am : link
Which turned into a tear that hasn't completely healed. Hamstring issues are tricky and reoccurring. Just read his quote himself about the hamstring. That quotes a lot more telling than anything else.

This is looked at as some form of good news when it's at best something to not worry about and at worst just bad news.
I don't see anything alarming  
Headhunter : 1/26/2015 8:16 am : link
I've seen guys go down like they were shot. They completely ripped up their hamstring(s) healed and never had issues
Is this an issue which will continue for his whole career?  
Ivan15 : 1/26/2015 8:22 am : link
Maybe we will never see the "real" OBJ.
Why on earth would the Giants  
ColHowPepper : 1/26/2015 8:25 am : link
send him into battle when his hammies were at only 80% and risk further, more severe injury? Didn't Reese and Coughlin realize that OBJ could have saved their jobs? (:
He's got 6 months to heal up.  
Big Blue '56 : 1/26/2015 8:26 am : link
If he's smart about it, that's plenty of time
I think people are just kind of amazed...  
arcarsenal : 1/26/2015 8:27 am : link
...at what he was able to do on legs that weren't even 100%

The need to tell everyone to stop being excited and that it's more likely bad news than good news is probably not necessary.

But yeah, I specifically remember a play in the Colts game where he caught a pass and looked like he was going to bust it all the way into the endzone but he got caught. I thought maybe he was winded or something but it was probably this. Hopefully he can heal it up a bit this offseason.
RE: Why on earth would the Giants  
Gmen703 : 1/26/2015 8:27 am : link
In comment 12109520 ColHowPepper said:
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send him into battle when his hammies were at only 80% and risk further, more severe injury? Didn't Reese and Coughlin realize that OBJ could have saved their jobs? (:


Bingo!
I'm going to pretend I didn't even read this  
jcn56 : 1/26/2015 8:30 am : link
My expectations for this guy are already unrealistic, they don't need any help.
I tore my hamstring  
halfback20 : 1/26/2015 8:43 am : link
Last summer. Hurts like a bitch and took about two months with PT to heal. Still hurts once in a while, but not bad. I think it def slows me down running even today...but I'm a 28 year old, not a 21 year old super star athlete.
I'm not surprised  
DavidinBMNY : 1/26/2015 8:48 am : link
OBJ who is amazing and made this season for me, in that his impact on the field was so noticable that it was fun to watch and actually at times see him dominate will likely always be battling this type of thing.

IIRC in college he always played in games but frequently missed practice.

He is such a special athlete that can perform at such a high level of performance that i think he'll always have to be carefully managed, and the 100% health I believe will be elusive for him.

I sure hope I am wrong.
Lets just hope  
chuckydee9 : 1/26/2015 9:00 am : link
its not a lingering thing with him.. We need him to be good for a long time... The main reason why this year's offense was better than 2013 was him..
thats the  
jamesmichaelworm : 1/26/2015 9:01 am : link
thing that scares me the most with wide receiver and the giants luck is that they will have an injury riddled career
It's rare that a WR is taken number 1 in the draft(Keyshawn?)  
Big Blue '56 : 1/26/2015 9:08 am : link
but was there any player more deserving of being the number 1 pick than OBJ?

Yes, of course it's retrospect
Didn't he say that the hamstring problems will never really go away  
Bramton1 : 1/26/2015 9:10 am : link
It sounds like he never expects to be truly 100 percent again. Granted, his 80 or 90 percent is better than most others' 100 percent.

Hamstring muscle tears don't really have the degenerative affect that hamstring tendon injuries can have, but those athletes are more susceptible to reinjury.

That being said, hamstring strains and tears are among the most common injuries in athletes, so it's likely there are plenty of active and former players with some hamstring problems.
RE: Lets just hope  
SGMen : 1/26/2015 9:11 am : link
In comment 12109561 chuckydee9 said:
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its not a lingering thing with him.. We need him to be good for a long time... The main reason why this year's offense was better than 2013 was him..
I have to believe with an off-season of treatment and rest he'll be 100% for OTA's and pre-season.
It is exciting to think what he brings to the table. It isn't just the fact that he'll be drawing double-teams but that he also beats double teams! That makes things so so much easier for the rest of the team.
I mean, can you imagine how good this offense could be if Randle in fact emerges as a realistic threat along with Cruz in the slot and Donnell & Robinson at TE?
I could see this offense using a lot of two TE sets where we can run with some power OR throw to either superb wideout on 1st down. Just amazing when you have a total game changer on the other side!
Then  
Doomster : 1/26/2015 9:32 am : link
why the hell was he out there in that game? Reminds you of Snee(went to the pro bowl, and then had surgery) doing the same thing, for a freakin' paid vacation....I guess they don't get paid enough....
I don't recall too many  
Doomster : 1/26/2015 9:34 am : link
attempts at double teams on him this past year......but he definitely will see it next year.....that has to open the passing game for the other receivers......
SGMen  
DavidinBMNY : 1/26/2015 9:58 am : link
Donnell is still a project, and the other TE's are just guys.

If your saying OBJ is so good he makes ordinary guys good, I agree with the sentiment, but the NYG need some more depth at the play-maker level because we really saw the difference between OBJ and Cruz in that when OBJ wasn't on the field teams shut us down. When Cruz wasn't on the field and OBJ was OBJ was a force.

We need another playmaker. I'm not convinced Randle is that guy.
Also the other playmaker  
DavidinBMNY : 1/26/2015 9:59 am : link
Isn't the top of the need list and possibly is someone on the roster they like.

Well with a world-class track star  
Jay in Toronto : 1/26/2015 10:13 am : link
for a mother -- one would hope he would know how to nurture a hamstring back to health.
Sorry  
Phil in Joisey : 1/26/2015 10:54 am : link
I come down on the side of those who say he should have skipped the Pro Bowl if this story is true.
And, even better, with his injured hamstring he's out there kicking 45-yard-field goals? I'm no doctor but I don't believe that's the prescribed method to heal a hammy.
I agree with Phil...  
Doomster : 1/26/2015 11:02 am : link
Its still not right. Im still wrong on it, trying to get it 100 (percent) for next yearI could never really have that last gear that I wanted to have. If you go look at the Colts game and the Philly game, every time I went to break away I was stumbling and tripping, trying to fall over just because my hamstring wasnt strong enough to maintain all that. That is something Im working on today and Ill keep working on throughout the offseason.
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arcarsenal : 1/26/2015 11:02 am : link
Oh give me a break. He's still going to run and train this offseason. He wanted to play, he played. It's overwith. He didn't get hurt.
Beckham's history of hamstring problems  
BSIMatt : 1/26/2015 11:19 am : link
begins with the Giants.

There have been posters that have tossed that notion that he had issues at LSU re since the day he was drafted, and every time I see it I always ask for any factual link backing up the claim..and never, not once has anyone provided any actual information on Beckham having ever had hamstring issues at LSU. And that's because it's fiction.

A case of a poster making a incorrect claim based on hearsay, and then other posters regurgitating it.
BB56 Wrote  
Trainmaster : 1/26/2015 11:23 am : link
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He's got 6 months to heal up. If he's smart about it, that's plenty of time.


Obviously without examining him or being privy to the individual medical details, does "heal up" mean he'll still be more prone to reinjure it than if he hadn't torn it in the first place or does scar tissue form to make it less likely to reinjure it?
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Danny Kanell : 1/26/2015 11:33 am : link
I honestly don't think I've been more excited to start a season in my entire life rooting for this team than next season.

And this is coming off a shit 6-10 year!

hahaha, Osix  
SHO'NUFF : 1/26/2015 3:25 pm : link
I was just thinking about OBJ going Super Saiyen...
RE: What the hell is he going to be like at 100%?  
81_Great_Dane : 1/26/2015 6:31 pm : link
In comment 12109389 Jints in Carolina said:
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Will he ever be 100%? Hamstring problems heal slowly and tend to recur.

Mind you, if "80%" is what we saw in 2014, we could live with that.
I TOLD you  
Joey in VA : 1/28/2015 8:16 pm : link
I told you I told you it was torn. Blood spotting mentioned this Summer and I told you dolts it was torn. I also said he'd be IRd so f me on that but damn straight..blood on the hammy = tear.
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