I was playing tackle with the homies a few years ago, got tackled at a freak angle and suffered a slightly torn mcl. That shit is no joke. It took a month before i could even walk, and maybe 6-8 months before i got to full strength.
Pro athlete or weekend warrior, that shit takes time to heal.
Look at McGahee, he tore his acl and mcl i believe when he was still at the U. It took him what, like 2 and a half years before finally making an impact in the nfl?
And that was 2, Culpepper tore 3! He definitely wont be scrambling like he used to. If he wasn't still young, that woulda probably been a career ender right there