Branden Oliver's Achilles tear in slow mo

Not clicking that because I'm a pussy.

Is it worse than Willis McGahee's Fiesta Bowl injury? I still remember them showing that slo mo replay about 100 times

I saw this earlier on Twitter. Man, that's harsh. I can't imagine the pain.

Side question: What's up with Oakland's defense, bro? It hasn't looked so hot thus far. Granted, it is preseason, so it's easy to take it with a grain of salt.

That....was gnarly

Yeah, the tension that is in your Achilles is what makes a tear so gruesome. It just snaps and shite just rolls right up in your calf. Incredibly painful.

The surgery is a pretty cool one to watch though. They just go right up in there, pull that bad boy back down, and sew it back together.

I was about to call BS on your post but then I looked at his numbers. 5'8" and 208? That's a thick dude for that height. Damn.

Maurice Jones-Drew
Michael Dyer
Mike Tolbert
Trent Richardon
Mark Ingram

It's not uncommon to be that size, and even bigger...

That really grosses y'all out?

Sucks for that dude. That was tough to watch.

I had an online draft after that today and somebody snatched up Melvin Gordon in about the 5th round.

Apparently this injury is far more painful for athletes and people in very good shape compared to say a middle aged man or woman just doing weekend activities. My good friend's dad tore his playing tennis and he was laughing, his leg just didn't work. My old roommate pole vaulter for LSU and one of the girl sprinters was warming up and tore hers and he said the scream she let out was terrifying. He could see it rolled up to the calf. That injury scares the shite outta me.

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It just snaps and shite just rolls right up in your calf

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You have a dirty mouth for a southern Belle.

And I agree, tendon tears are hard to watch. I saw a guy tear a pec in the gym doing dumbbell bench press and his chest muscle rolled up into a tennis ball. Saw the same thing with a bicep tearing at the elbow joint. I will never forget those images.