# tore both patellar tendons - thats gotta hurt **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 6, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569 "2012-08-06T00:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569/1 "2012-08-06T00:10:09Z")
Ex Razorback Greg Childs rookie season for the Vikings ended early. He is a wide receiver. That sounds like a possible career ending injury? It’ll be awhile before he’s even walking again. Both knees blown out at one time. Ouch! > [@](#): > > Two NFL sources said late Saturday night the Vikings feared he’d suffered a significant injury to both knees, which were swollen after he crashed to the turf untouched while diving for a pass in practice and immediately screamed in pain. > > The Vikings released a statement early Sunday morning confirming Childs tore both patellar tendons and he’ll have surgery soon. > **[Greg Childs suffers season ending injury](https://katv.com/archive/greg-childs-suffers-season-ending-injury)** > > MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Our sister station, KSTP, tells us former Razorback Greg Childs tore the patellar tendons in both knees Saturday night. {} The injury will end his rookie seaSon before it begins. {} Two ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569/2 "2012-08-06T04:32:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Ex Razorback Greg Childs rookie season for the Vikings ended early. He is a wide receiver. > > That sounds like a possible career ending injury? It’ll be awhile before he’s even walking again. Both knees blown out at one time. Ouch! > [Greg Childs suffers season ending injury](http://www.katv.com/story/19199987/greg-childs-suffers-season-ending-injury) [http://football.about.com/od/nflhistory/tp/Unusual\_Football\_Injuries.htm](http://football.about.com/od/nflhistory/tp/Unusual_Football_Injuries.htm) I remember when something like that happened to Wendell Davis.. I’ve torn both patellas.. however i did mine seven years apart.. Wish the young guy good look.. He can make it back.. It’s gonna be a while.. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569/3 "2012-08-06T17:45:19Z")
Gary Baxter (CB, Browns) tore both his patellar tendons in one landing, ending his career. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569/4 "2012-08-07T01:32:42Z")
I see the Vikings’ curse continues unabated. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tore-both-patellar-tendons-thats-gotta-hurt/630569/5 "2012-08-08T13:44:12Z")
Cadillac Williams tore one patellar tendon and then the other, and managed to come back from both injuries. He was never the same, but he had never recaptured his rookie form before getting hurt anyway.