Injuries suck. They’re also inevitable in sports.
Particularly contact sports that also feature speed, power and the occasional acrobatics to make a play - aka, football.
The cause of Tim Patrick’s season-ending Achilles tear yesterday is multi-faceted, no doubt.
It’s possible he had some micro tears already in his Achilles, and one strong burst off the left leg would overload the tendon and cause the full rupture. Perhaps the left leg was slightly overused because of the rehab on his right knee the past 12 months. Perhaps the angle at which he took off on the route was just so that the force on his Achilles was too much.