Is there still such a thing as an ACL injury after effect? Adrian Peterson famously rushed for over 2000 yards the year following a December ACL tear. Jeremy Maclin turned out to be a 2014 draft day bargain after suffering an ACL tear in the 2013 preseason. Rob Gronkowski also went undervalued in 2014 drafts after coming off an ACL injury. Now Todd Gurley is meeting or exceeding his expectations. The fact is that risk is always built into the value of post ACL tear players, but they have a pretty good recent track record. I literally can't think of a single player that failed to come back from an ACL tear in the last few years. Recently the upside has outweighed the draft cost of buying a player coming off an ACL injury.
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