Cadillac Williams Injured Again

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My heart really goes out to Tampa Bay Bucs running back Cadillac Williams. After suffering a torn PCL in his left knee last year, his career was in jeopardy. Cadillac fought his way back and somehow returned to the Bucs’ roster last month. It was one of this season’s most inspirational stories. This afternoon in a 31-24 loss to the Oakland Raiders, he was having his best day since the injury (12 carries and five receptions for 115 yards) until he hurt his right knee — with perhaps the same devastating results. Cadillac appears to have torn the patellar tendon in his left knee, one year after sustaining the same injury to his right knee. I feel sick for him if that truly is the case. Bucs head coach Jon Gruden seemed to think it was:

“Cadillac Williams — I think that scene didn’t help us at all. That was a very emotional downer on our sideline. It’s the other knee, not the same knee. That’s the real tragedy today.”

I’m not sure how much one person can take. Everyone is different and the amount of determination a person has and their physical limitations are, of course, different for each person. I do know that the rehabilitation process Cadillac went through was incredibly grueling and to have to think about going through that very same thing again is a crushing thought at this point. Hopefully it’s not as bad as it appears right now, but if anyone can make it back, Cadillac can. Former Cleveland Browns safety Gary Baxter was as determined as any human being could be in attempting to recover from torn PCLs in both if his knees, but he wasn’t able to complete the comeback. When it’s your career on the line — when your knees are your livelihood — it just makes it that much more devastating.

Source: TampaBay.com