Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert
Dvorachek
Our friends over at Football Outsiders put together an interesting study with a very Black and Blue conclusion: If Chicago defensive lineman Dusty Dvoracek misses this season because of a knee injury, he'll qualify as the NFL's most-injured player this decade.
That's right. Dvoracek has missed 34 of a possible 48 games during his first three seasons. If surgery scheduled for Friday reveals he has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, as has been reported by multiple media outlets, he'll miss all 16 games in 2009.
With a total of 50 missed games, Dvoracek will surpass former Baltimore linebacker Dan Cody -- who missed 45 between 2005 and 2008.
It would be a dubious honor, for sure, one we don't wish on anyone. Dvoracek has already come back from a torn ACL in his right knee in 2006 and been sidelined by a foot injury in 2007. He also suffered a season-ending torn pectoral muscle last season.
We already know that Dvoracek has a sprained medial collateral ligament in the right knee. If doctors somehow find the ACL to be intact, he'll be available to play this season. We should know more on Friday.
Dvorachek
Our friends over at Football Outsiders put together an interesting study with a very Black and Blue conclusion: If Chicago defensive lineman Dusty Dvoracek misses this season because of a knee injury, he'll qualify as the NFL's most-injured player this decade.
That's right. Dvoracek has missed 34 of a possible 48 games during his first three seasons. If surgery scheduled for Friday reveals he has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, as has been reported by multiple media outlets, he'll miss all 16 games in 2009.
With a total of 50 missed games, Dvoracek will surpass former Baltimore linebacker Dan Cody -- who missed 45 between 2005 and 2008.
It would be a dubious honor, for sure, one we don't wish on anyone. Dvoracek has already come back from a torn ACL in his right knee in 2006 and been sidelined by a foot injury in 2007. He also suffered a season-ending torn pectoral muscle last season.
We already know that Dvoracek has a sprained medial collateral ligament in the right knee. If doctors somehow find the ACL to be intact, he'll be available to play this season. We should know more on Friday.
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Kevin Seifert
Seifert joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Minnesota Vikings for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for eight years. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife and daughter.