What is even wrong with Byrd?

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Is he still out from the meniscus injury 11 months ago?

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sounds crazy doesn't it?

makes you wonder if he's really going to return doesn't it?

If I had to guess I would say a large part of it is mental and it takes a while to be able to play again with the same confidence you once had.

For example, I played basketball all my life and my sophomore year at LSU I tore all the tendons and ligaments in my ankle while going for a rebound. Had to withdraw from the semester, have surgery, and a very painful rehab. I was 100% after a year and still am to this day (injury happened about 12 years ago) but it took me a long time to be able to play and jump on a court without fear that I would do the same thing to my ankle.

I imagine when you have millions of dollars at stake and a short career window, it must be worse for an NFL player. I would think he's back by next week. That would be my guess anyway

Seems like information they should have in the Byrd update thread.

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And he was supposedly 100% as of March 2015. Probably just enjoys cashing checks without having to exert himself.

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What little they've said makes it sound like he's Derrick Rosing the Saints.

My guess, he doesn't wanna play ball anymore and is giving the saints the runaround. If he truly wanted to be out there he would be.

At this point id be shocked to see him ever play another down for us.

Location of the tear on the meniscus makes a big difference. A friend of mine took 10 months to get back to normal and his was on the outer edge. Supposedly the further in the longer typically to heal.