Conklin has experience with rehabbing injuries. He missed nine games in 2021 with elbow and knee injuries, the latter of which ended his season.
It’s an experience that Conklin said he is both fortunate and unfortunate to have gone through. No NFL athlete wants to miss time, but – as Conklin put it – “when a 280-pound guy falls on the side of your leg, there’s no rehab or strength that’s going to stop that from blowing out your knee.”
His journey back to the field over the 2022 offseason and return to playing at a high level in 2022 gave him hope that he could repeat the process this year.
“Of course, it’s never easy,” Conklin said. “But like I said, after going through it before, you know the steps and you have more confidence in knowing that you’ll be back and what the process of that is.”
Another Brown is also working to get back from a knee injury. RB Nick Chubb, who injured his knee in Week 2 of 2023 – the same knee he injured while at the University of Georgia in 2015 – has was right alongside Conklin as the duo worked through their respective injuries.
Chubb, who was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, will miss the first four games of the season. But for the pair, rehabbing together was a chance to grow – and, as professional competitors, to push and challenge one another.
“We spent almost every day with each other,” Conklin said. “And we’d push each other and make fun of each other for different stuff, just to make a little competition and keep things light. So, it was fun to create a stronger bond with him throughout the process.”
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