Vikings coach Mike Zimmer announced Tuesday that quarterback Teddy Bridgewater suffered a significant knee injury during practice. Little did he know how significant it truly was.
Not only did Bridgewater tear his ACL, he suffered a tibiofemoral dislocation — or a dislocated knee joint.
According to injury expert Will Carroll, if the team trainers didn’t react as quickly as they did and get an ambulance to the facility, Bridgewater may have lost his entire career and even his leg.
Source confirms tibiofemoral dislocation, ruptured ACL for Bridgewater. "Trainers may have saved his leg and career by quick action."— Will Carroll (@injuryexpert) August 31, 2016
Ambulance arrives at Winter Park after #Vikings Bridgewater goes down with injury in practice. pic.twitter.com/H6Uohrs9gL— Shari L. Gross (@ShariStrib) August 30, 2016
A quick Google image search of the injury is disturbing. A simple X-ray is enough to illustrate how serious and painful the injury is.
For those curious, here's what a tibiofemoral dislocation looks like....yikes pic.twitter.com/gqJO0tbvzL— Eugene V. Dabs (@CardSoHard93) August 31, 2016
"Teddy suffered a complete tear to his ACL and other structural damage," the team said in a statement Tuesday after MRIs. "Fortunately, there appears to be no nerve or arterial damage."
Though the news regarding Bridgewater is disappointing for the team and it’s fans, he’s should consider himself lucky it wasn’t much worse.
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