OR Rivers 2008: people aren't supposed to play on a torn ACL, either. Rivers did. On Jan. 13 in Indianapolis, he injured his right knee in the Chargers' upset win over the Colts in the AFC divisional playoffs. On Jan. 14, he had arthroscopic surgery to clean out the damaged cartilage. He was told all week leading up to the Jan. 20 AFC title game at New England that there was no way he could play. Somehow, Rivers did.He had surgery Jan. 23 to repair the torn ACL. Less than four months later, he's back on the field -- and wearing a heavy brace on his right knee. [url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=williamson_bill&id=3379779] Those knee braces suck I lived in one for 2 yrs AND this article gives me hope Joe has 2 more months then Rivers did and of course 7 more yrs of orthopods learn and better technique's