DeAndre Hopkins To Miss Rest Of Season After MCL Surgery

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2 min read • December 16, 2021

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DeAndre Hopkins To Miss Rest Of Season After MCL Surgery

DeAndre Hopkins, the Cardinals star wideout, is said to need MCL surgery and his reported return timeline is six weeks but that seems rather optimistic. Initially, we were mostly concerned about him hitting the back of his head but upon further video review we indeed notice a knee MCL injury when he was landed on during the final minutes of the game. The feeling was it would be mild but news of surgery is significant. It is rare to need isolated MCL surgery, but it is also extremely optimistic to expect that at six weeks he would be ready to return fully. Typically an isolated MCL surgery carries closer to a three month timeline. This effectively ends his season although the Cardinals will presumably keep being optimistic to instill hope that their star WR will return. Expect him to be 100% healthy heading into training camp and the 2022 season.