6-8 months sounds awfully optimistic with that kind of injury. I always thought the rule of thumb on ACL tears was 12 months minimum, which was why everyone was so damn shocked when Welker came back in 8 or so a couple years back and was actually effective. Or is it generally considered 12 months to full recovery, and everyone assumes that first season on the repaired knee is going to be at significantly reduced performance? Either way, RGIII won't likely play next year like he did this year. And he probably could have, if Shanahan would've pulled his head out of his ass and pulled the kid after the first quarter, or maybe sometime in the second, when it was clear that he couldn't, ya know, move around the field any more. He was not only a danger to himself, but a liability to his team at that point, and Shanahan should've recognized it.
Tough break for the kid though.