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When will RGIII return?

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    Quarterback recovering from 2nd major knee surgery

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Clutch he is one of the most athletic players in the National Football League.

Might even win rookie of the year but after suffering his second need to hear the future of Redskins quarterback RG three is in question.

Doctor or in Sherman is an orthopedic surgeon at.

New York University link on medical center joins us live today -- -- good morning we should point out you have not treated him but from what you're hearing -- an operation that he -- -- It sounds like he had a very complicated operation.

The year ready hadn't -- reconstruction years ago for an and he had to have the operation for the ACL re done.

And my understanding is a tendon was taken from his other now so it's healthy -- And -- is another ligament in his knee that was also toward and that was repaired.

We just showed in slow motion and I believe was in the fourth quarter when he went down -- that that terrible.

Spill he -- there it is right there.

He had it from from what we've seen -- can hurt before that -- me that's my understanding it is all right.

A lot of people go through stuff like that but they're not NFL quarterbacks the big question now is particularly for Redskins fans -- -- a 100%.

As a very good question.

There was a study done recently about NFL players and only two thirds can get back into -- level of activity for the NFL.

The greater the athlete is the greater his chances going to say if anyone could he probably has the best chance of getting back -- do you think you would have had to have had the surgery had.

He not played that.

That last game.

Well it's difficult to determine because we don't know how much of an injury he had before that last game.

All right now this is -- -- this is the joint show us where they did the operation this is the front of the need that the kneecap.

Well one ligament called the lateral collateral was -- And that had to be repaired by either putting in stitches or re attaching it to the bone at one end or the other end.

And in the ACL -- -- utilities there there is in there inside.

And the ACL is a very important what you make executives stability to the knee.

And that had to be replaced the second time around with it -- from his opposite me.

Know people have this surgery to repair these things frequently and their back a 100%.

Pretty close.

Pretty close but that's not you know the norm I mean most people have a little bit of a disability after -- construction.

But he's got a great doctor -- does one of the best in the world more -- Doctor -- in Sherman from here it New York get a university we thank you very much for joining us thank you interest.

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