Mine was a grade two which is a partial tear but the doctor showed me the image and you could see it was pretty damaged. Of course if it a completely torn Achilles that's a totally different thing. When you surgically are reattaching it that is a way different. I worked really hard to rehab my injury and years later I still do all the stretches. If this one reporter has indicated surgery for Akers you would think there'd be other info out there. This is the starting RB for the Los Angeles Rams we're talking about. Major player on a huge media market. Just strange.