Originally posted by cciowa:it has also been stated its a chronic knee issue.. now i do not recall anyone saying this about him before or right after the trade,, we knew he has some issue with the knee but once he started missing a bunch of time. i think alot of good posters here realized. oh. this is not just "something". which led to oh... now we know why kc was eager to unload him. now we went from a every down player to.. well hope he can manage it and be productive.
Correct. Tendonosis is a chronic degradation of the collagen in the tendon. Tendinitis (which he also has, and had previously) is merely inflammation.
However, they are different. And Ford stated himself that his tendinitis devolved into tendonosis — which, again, is not just "chronic tendinitis".
There's nothing new or unexpected...his more than likely not gonna practice a ton (same as KC). He SHOULD be delegated to passing downs. We have better edge defenders anyway.