Mystery solved? Todd Gurley has arthritis in knee, per report

There was just something that wasn’t right about Todd Gurley during the NFL playoffs, but the Los Angeles Rams denied it.

The mystery may have been solved: Gurley has arthritis in his left knee, according to TheAthletic.com’s Jeff Howe.

Here’s more insight from PFT’s Mike Florio: “It’s the same knee that underwent an ACL repair in 2014. If the report is accurate, what will the Rams do about it? Coach Sean McVay discussed stem-cell treatment options for the knee this week at the Scouting Combine. If Gurley has arthritis that comes from a loss of cartilage, microfracture surgery presumably would be a possibility. However, the Rams have said that Gurley won’t have surgery.”

Who knows if Gurley will return to his dominating form from last season’s first 14 games that made him a bona fide NFL MVP candidate. The good news for Gurley, per PFT, is that “by the third day of the 2019 season, Gurley will have $34.5 million fully guaranteed and another $9.5 million still guaranteed for injury.”