Max Hairston to return to practice from IR

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, RobbRiddick said:

As a doctor I can tell you we recommend patients wearing braces as it helps give them confidence in their previously injured leg so they don’t favor the “healthy” leg, which sometimes lead to further injury

 

I sometimes wear my knee brace for leg workouts as I tend to tweak it occasionally. Had a situation a long time ago while squatting where my knee buckled and I think I damaged my patellar tendon pretty badly but never got it checked out, just stopped doing legs for a few months while it healed. Still bothers me from time to time, and noticed it bothered me a lot when I used to play flag football and blocked - any sort of sudden force or impact while standing seems to bother it the most...

 

Pain is typically straight down the kneecap, so I brace it for a few days during workouts and my walking(I get 18-20K steps a day) and it goes back to normal without any pain. Probably something I am going to have to deal with for the rest of my life I assume at this point now that I am 50 and the initial injury was over 10 years ago.

Edited 4 hours ago by Big Turk

[BillsShredder83]

On 10/21/2025 at 9:08 AM, T master said:

 

IMHO I would think that he has been doing some kind of light running recently maybe not so much cutting or turning which he will need to get back up to speed that way but to think he hasn't done any type of drills I don't think would be part of the rehab .

 

I believe in the very beginning he would have no running what so ever but at some point I would think the medical staff would have to have him on a leg or stair master type machines and doing some kind of light running drills to make a determination that he was ready to come back . 

 

But I only play a doctor on TV so I wouldn't know for sure 🤣 .

Arm bike machine for cardio?  Thats my guess.  Not a substitute, but a damn good option when you cant run

[gobills404]

7 hours ago, LarryMadman said:

Sunday will be 89 days since Max hurt his knee, how bad was it? Was it just a sprain or something else? Seems like its been an awful long time Max has been sidelined whereas other guys in all sports seem to maybe miss a week or 3 due to something similar, a knee sprain. Something kind of stinks about this whole situation.

Partial LCL tears can take up to 12 weeks to heal completely. Seems like Hairston’s must’ve been close to about as bad as it could’ve been without being a full year.

[julian]

5 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Thank you lord.

[hondo in seattle]

9 hours ago, Paup 1995MVP said:

I understand your thinking.  And it makes sense.  However, there should have been a better plan this offseason at CB.  

 

I just don’t think that Tre White should have been in the teams plans period.  There had to have been other options at veteran CB to bring in to compete for playing time.  Poyer Hyde Tre were all real good in their time.  But we never got to the Suoer Bowl with any of them.  Now they are all old-NFL wise.  Time to move on from the past.  

 

the organization seems stuck in a time warp from 2020-2021.  I don’t get it. 

 

I think they brought Tre in to be a backup and mentor.

Anytime you bring in a FA, there's some risk involved.  He might have trouble learning a new system, adapting to new coaches and teammates, paying attention in meetings, whatever.  There was little risk with Tre because the coaches already knew his character and Tre already knew our system.  He has a good depth signing that turned out to be a bad starter.