Report: Rookie Ben Ijalana Tears ACL, Season Over
by Brad Wells on Oct 4, 2011 10:19 PM EDT
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PrintSources for the Indianapolis Star are reporting that the knee injury Colts rookie second round pick Ben Ijalana sustained in last night's 24-17 loss to the Buccaneers was an ACL tear. If so, Ijalana's season is likely over before it really even began.
The former Villanova left tackle was drafted in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft by the Colts after they moved up in Round Two in a trade with the Washington Redskins. Ijalana played left tackle in college, but the Colts planed to move him to right tackle. Against the Bucs last night, an ankle injury to 2011 first rounder Anthony Castonzo, who is the Colts current starting left tackle, forced Ijalana into the role of protecting quarterback Curtis Painter's blindside.
On his weekly radio show Tuesday night, Colts vice chairman Bill Polian did not provide any news or updates on the health of Ijalana, saying only that the rookie 'grew up before our eyes' when he spelled Castonzo last night in Tampa.
If Ijalana is done for 2011, this is yet another crippling injury in a season defined by injuries. Already, team captains Gary Brackett and Melvin Bullitt are listed on the Injured Reserve list, and quarterback Peyton Manning will likely miss all of 2011 after neck surgery this past August.
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"a season defined by injuries"
Wasn’t last season “a season defined by injuries”? This is getting ridiculous.
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by coldy4goldy on Oct 4, 2011 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Yes. Either your incredibly unlucky,
your strength and conditioning teams suck, or some Patriot fan is a witch and put a curse on you. I’m leaning toward the second option.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 4, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
this hurts my heart.
i was really really happy about our offensive line play… it was bordering along the lines of becoming slightly above average.
by coltsfanbeforemanning on Oct 5, 2011 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Probably some Patriot fan is a witch and put a curse on us.
Or else maybe Polian drafted Job and didn’t tell anyone.
by tim55 on Oct 4, 2011 10:46 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I was like job?
then it hit me, Job, nice biblical reference…it does seem like we are being tested here.
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by dezznutz1001 on Oct 5, 2011 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
THE ARTICLE LINKED DOES NOT REPORT ACL TEAR
an acl tear might be the case, but that’s NOT what the indystar reported. they reported “acl damage” which is hardly the same thing.
Ijalana walked to the locker room by his own power later on, which does not match an acl tear. Players are usually get carted of, or helped out (think Tom Brady or Jarvis Jenkins this year).
Seriously?
WTF other kind of ‘damage’ does an ACL have other than a tear?
That is what Indy Star reported. Calm down, already.
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WTF other kind of damage ? are you serious ?
it could be strained, for example, just like any other ligament. The indystar reported exactly this:
“The second-round draft pick damaged the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, according to a source with knowledge of the injury”
“Damaged” is NOT the same thing as “teared”. Again, it may be a tear, but he walked to the locker room afterwards without a visible limp, which is not usually coincidental with acl tears.
I am calm.
Lots of misinformation in what you said
I have some sports medicine background and have to agree that there isn’t much of a way to damage an ACL, but to tear it.
Strain or Sprain is another word for tear. What you may be referring to is a full tear. The reason why there may have been a visible limp with a tear is two fold. 1. Lots of other soft tissue is generally injured with a tear. Blood vessels, cartilage, etc. is often damaged when an ACL tear occurs. 2. There is a lot of instability with a tear. There are many cases where there isn’t a ton of pain associated with an ACL tear, but there is a lot of instability. People limp to compensate for the instability because if feels like their knee is slipping out from under them.
Regardless, these days ACL injuries hardly mean your season is over. At my alma matre there is a running back who tore his ACL in summer practice. He put on a brace and still is top 5 in the state for rushing and tackling (iron man and just happens to be Chad Greenway’s cousin). Won’t have surgery until the offseason. I assume Ijalana might be able to do this as well. There are range of motion braces that limit the amount the joint can slide and therefore keep it in place until it can be repaired. It all depends on the degree of the tear.
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Just to clarificate
http://kinesiology.wikispaces.com/ACL+sprain
I’m not ignorant on medicine either. I think we are agreeing here that his season might not be over.
Hey, Mark Olson
Since you have some sports medicine background, do you know if a player can have a complete ACL tear and walk in a hurry to the lockerroom ? Just curious, I’m not a doctor myself so I don’t know
Listen
ALL ACL injuries are tears. It is the degree of the tear that is the issue. Even a ‘strained’ ACL is indeed a tear. It’s just not as severe as, say, a half tear or a break.
Please, stop obsessing over stupid language, such as the Star using the word ‘damage.’ There’s no other kind of damage an ACL can sustain other than a tear of some kind. Also, since they are reporting his season is likely over, it is doubtful the ACL is a strain.
Also, people are not ‘calm’ WHEN THEY USE ALL CAPS WHEN THEY ARE WRITING STUFF.
So, again, calm down. Relax. Stop being a semantic word nazi.
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You can't strain an ACL.
Sprain is ligaments. Strain is muscles and tendons. Each injury type has grades of 1, 2, or 3. 1 being mild tearing. 2 being moderate tearing. 3 being severe tearing, that is, where the ligament (for sprains) snaps in two. A “half tear” would be a grade 2 sprain. A break is a grade 3. All sprains just different grades.
And if his season is over it’s likely a grade 3 sprain. Usually an ACL sprain is a grade 3 it’s uncommon for the grade 1 and 2 in the knee joint. If you’ve ever seen the ligaments on a cadaver you can understand why that is. The ligaments are pretty small, tough though, but with the amount of movement in the knee and high impact in football it’s understandable that grade 3 is the most common.
Well
You implied that he had the full tear to declare his season over, and then linked a Star story that never did that. Again, if you have your sources that say that his season is indeed over, I will believe you, but that’s not what you did.
And I will never not be calm when I am on this site. I am angry when I see a breaked tackle, or a 3r n 18 conversion for the other team. CAPS have nothing to do with it.
Really?
I have no problem with reporting negative news, but how about we refrain from calling people a “nazi”.
That’s extremely disrespectful.
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I know what you mean.
I was a bit upset when they called that nice little guy behind the counter on Seinfeld the soup nazi. He just liked things done his way. I think he was a bit misunderstood.
I just don't think it's necessary
Will it actually offend many people? Probably not.
But football discussion is no place for unnecessary remarks. It just comes off as irresponsible and immature.
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That was the joke.
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by ISN on Oct 6, 2011 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions
That is True
You are semi-right when saying that ACL damage may not be an ACL tear, but the only damage that can be done to an ACL is an ACL tear, when people say ACL tear, it usually means their season is over. Like Tom Brady in 2008 (though I think his MLC was f*cked up too). There are minor tears which a lot of people refer to as stretches. Even if his ACL is only stretched, he should not be playing. Any ACL tear, no matter the severity, should have him resting, if it’s minor, than surgery is not required and it is better to let it heal naturally, if it’s torn bad, he’ll need surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
If his injury is only minimal, he’ll be out for at least 3 weeks, though I’d rather not take a chance with a developing player so I’d give him 5 weeks of rest.
I really can’t remember his or Castonzo’s injury, I just can’t get Eric Foster’s injury out of my head. I believe that Ijalana was helped off the field by coaches and teammates, if that’s the case, the tear is probably severe. I played high school football and I had a minor ACL tear, but I was able to walk off the field with my own power, I’m sure a big boy like Ijalana could too. So I think it’s a severe tear and his season is done.
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Ijalana and Castonzo injuries
Castonzo injuried himself in our first FG. He fell do his left in an akward way.
Ijalana was defending a pass rush, and in the middle of it he made a little jump and landed on one leg, and his knee stumbled just a little bit. He then fell. After he went to the sidelines, he went to the locker room walking in his own power, almost not limping, almost running. That’s why I believe his injury is not as severe as a full tear.
You can walk with a torn ACL.
Just can’t move laterally, make quick moves, that sort of thing.
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by ISN on Oct 5, 2011 7:06 AM EDT up reply actions
actually you are wrong
You can walk/limp off the field with an ACL tear. I knew it was an ACL the second he went down…no one really hit him, his foot got caught in the turf and his knee twisted.
Not sure that the conditioning coach has anything to do with that. Its just bad luck. Get well soon Bigger Ben!!
Damn, we may have to go to Warren Central or Ben Davis
for replacements.
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by PV Mike on Oct 4, 2011 11:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Either way...
It’s very discouraging. The only thing positive about this year is young player development. When Ijalana was drafted the talking heads mentioned his durability at Nova. Hurt in his first game…that sucks.
I don’t agree with a lot of things on this site but they are spot on with injury reports. If one of the writers here says his season is over its over.
by Lewballer 3 on Oct 4, 2011 11:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
If it weren’t for injuries we’d be watching the same nail-biting peyton-saved-us games we’ve grown used to over the last few years.
There’s a salary cap, remember? Peyton is the reason we win—remember? We’re paying him the money he deserves—and then some. All these ridiculoous winning stats? He deserves those. We got our money’s worth! All temas are on that cap. Did they get those seasons?
Acting like the Colts didn’t build a team around Peyton and now we are losing because of it is fucking idiocy. We spent all of our money! We got you all of those wins! We didn’t plan on the injuries, but frankly, we’re surprised it didn’t happen after the 8th or 10th season.
Why don’t you enjoy the games for the players that are in them? Are we rooting for Dwight to get his 100th sack? Reggie his 900th catch? His 1,000yds? Hey, unforseen bad shit happened. Report on what’s happening with the players and let all this anger go. You have only so much money. The salary cap made Indy what it was, and will hamper Indy when the big guy goes down. Shut your goddam negative mouths and be a fan for once. A blogger is a fan. A reporter gets the excuse of having to report the facts.
Please stop this hate rally. You’re acting like if the $4,000 engine in your car fails, the $100 starter motor should get you home.
by wcwills on Oct 5, 2011 12:36 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It worked out pretty well for the Patriots a few years ago.
There $4000 engine failed, and they went 11-5. Just sayin’…
The words "Patriots" and "Colts" should never be used in the same sentence.
unless in a game situation.
Turned what should have been a 14-2 at worst season into a January at home though.
Didn’t work out that well.
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by ISN on Oct 6, 2011 2:44 AM EDT up reply actions
More to do with the eggs not being in one basket.
Schedule and coaches helped a bit lot.
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by ISN on Oct 6, 2011 9:39 AM EDT up reply actions
As much as I hate to admit it,
that’s called competent ownership and coaching. Wish we had it.
Man...
I’d really love to say something insightful. But all I can think of is…
SON@L$K L:SAKL:SFDK FAKPS P!!!!!!!1
Crap
The crap just will not stop for the Colts. It is too much to watch or even think about any more. We seem to be jinxed…who is playing LT tackle this week? Diem is still hurt too….Linkenbach is not doing well….this season sucks more and more…
Please do not use rational thought in these parts
It is much easier to rush to judgement
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by brown11b on Oct 5, 2011 10:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wish all of the players well, especially the injured.
This season is a hell of a lot harder on them than on the fans. And it is torture for us, so imagine what it’s like for them. Eric, Ben, Anthony, Drake, we are behind you 100%.
The next 2 weeks are the best chance for a win
But I dont see the Colts getting a win with the Oline beat up. I cant remember this much bad luck. The QB`s cant hold on to the ball when they get sacked. The RB and TE are going to help block more so that will make moving the ball even harder.
by SRBradford on Oct 5, 2011 11:08 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
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