re: What's stopping Georgia fans from thinking "this could be our best team ever"

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Branson Robinson seems like a really good dude and DGD in his interviews, but some more reasonable expectations probably need to be placed on him from here on out.

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I've seen some articles from recent years that are more optimistic about recovery from patellar tendon rupture. From what I've read, he has a good chance of regaining full function. This is a lot less common than other sports knee repairs and outcomes have historically had a wide variance, probably due to less surgical experience and rehab knowledge than is available for the more common procedures, as well as simply smaller sample size.

I'm not trying to raise or lower expectations, especially for 2024; an extended period without training and competing will lower performance in any top athlete, even without an injury. Everybody understands that, so I don't think many people, if any, are expecting Branson to be playing a major role right away.