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Recovery for Redskins’ Griffin could be more complicated than expected: report

The recovery process for Robert Griffin III could be much more difficult than many originally believed.

There is a much greater concern for the quarterback’s knee than anyone in the Redskins organization or even Griffin himself has publicly said, according to a report by Pro Football Talk. The biggest issue, a source told the website, is the damage to Griffin’s cartilage since he has lost enough in the right knee, after tearing his ACL twice in less than four years, for doctors to wonder how much remains and how long it can hold up.

RG3, 22, could end up dealing with bone-on-bone contact, leading to chronic pain and potentially even dreaded microfracture surgery.

Griffin tore his ACL and LCL in the Redskins’ playoff loss to the Seahawks last week and had surgery this week. There was also a partial tear of the meniscus. Doctors had to take a patellar tendon graft from his good knee and put it in the bad one during the procedure.

Publicly, the Redskins and Griffin have stated that the hope is that he could be back on the field in time for the team’s season opener in September. With this new information coming to light, that could be a very optimistic timeframe.