Baltimore Ravens center Matt Skura suffered a devastating knee injury last season, dislocating his knee cap and tearing his ACL, MCL and PCL in the process. It put him on injured reserve, ending what had been a great start to the 2019 season and has him facing an unclear timeline for his return in 2020. But Skura has been keeping up with rehab this offseason and is getting some mighty fine results in the process.
Skura has posted updates on Twitter this offseason as he works his way back from the injury and has rapidly increased what he’s able to do. Back in January, Skura told fans he was finally off crutches — a big milestone for any knee injury. At Marshal Yanda’s retirement press conference in early March, Skura said he was back to squatting and deadlifting before posting a video of him riding the stationary bike and squatting a week later. Now in April, Skura is back at the weight rack once again, this time squatting even more weight.
Felt good getting back into the 300 pound club. Thanks to my PT for pushing me to go for a 3rd rep pic.twitter.com/FlVSDRR1dR
— Matt Skura (@Matt_Skura62) April 15, 2020
While it’s still unclear if Skura has an expected timeline to return to the football field in any major way, his increasing workouts are a positive sign. After the Ravens gave Skura a low tender this offseason, Baltimore could be looking at getting their starting center back for the 2020 season. With Yanda’s retirement, the Ravens could use all the interior offensive line help they can get.
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