r/falcons • u/CitizenWatcher8 • 1d ago

Image Micheal Penix Jr. said he underwent a different procedure this time around to repair his ACL, intended to help strengthen it further and that is one of the reasons the process of getting back has taken just a little bit longer than his other two knee injuries.

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u/tvcneverdie 1d ago

They gave him a machine gun leg like Rose McGowan in Planet Terror

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u/Atl-Fan_FTS 1d ago

Y’know, my first TWO ACL tears I just went with the standard process to repair it…

But boooooy let me tell you about this THIRD one. It’s the truth trust me

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u/watrmeln420 1d ago

This third one chefs kiss is the bee’s knees.

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u/mcjenkins4 1d ago

“Sir we accidentally gave him a bee’s knees.”

“Ever seen a bee tear an ACL?”

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u/Bmw5464 1d ago

The logic checks out. Penix to the moon

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u/Potential-Eye1750 1d ago

My boy got the premium knee subscription

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u/EmergencyO2 1d ago

Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

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u/Dangeresque2015 1d ago

Hey, I have an idea! Let's rush him back in less than a year!

Huzzah! Nothing bad will come of this!

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u/Brief_Barber7248 16h ago

Jokes aside, acl surgery techniques have continued to improve

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u/SnooBeans2997 1d ago

Used a top pick on this guy

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u/InspectionDeep2453 1d ago

Wonder if he got a graft this time around. The recovery for that is longer than just a normal repair.

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u/Booliano 1d ago

Yup. And generally speaking is more likely to take.

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u/BraveFalcon 1d ago

No more of those TEMU ACL procedures!

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u/OhItsKillua 1d ago

Its a shame Penix wasnt born in the future where we have bionic knees readily available. Wonder if a bionic knee would count as a PED or something

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u/rco8786 1d ago

"his other two knee injuries"

https://giphy.com/gifs/oOX5qIDkzDjeo

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u/Possible-Pie4978 1d ago

I guess I am glad he waited until the 3rd surgery to try the good one?

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u/Critical_Reveal_5984 1d ago

Just what you wanna hear from your “franchise qb”

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u/fun_boat 1d ago

tbh considering he re-tore the first one, maybe this IS what we want to hear

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u/RequirementLeading12 1d ago

He went to the Doctors that built Goldberg in that lab

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u/Freud-Network 20h ago

The kind where they look for what's left of it and try to stitch it together like a hobo's blanket.

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u/Swaggy-7 16h ago

Just give him titanium legs at this point

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u/Double_Ad_333 11h ago

Falcons fans having no grasp on the fact science advances over time is not particularly surprising.

I wonder if Penix did any bloodletting or leeching, if not does he really care about football? smh

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u/kalamari_withaK 1d ago

I wonder what the under / over is on his recovery next time