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Apr 26 2016 09:25pm
Quote (Cheesehead @ Apr 26 2016 08:19pm)
I wish I cared enough to pull up all the lengthy injuries of the starters on your team before they were drafted. You'd be surprised. Lacy had screws in his foot which scared many but really hasn't made any difference. You think the Jags took Fowler Jr. and expected him to get hurt an hour into rookie minicamp? Anyone who has played more than a few years of football has sustained injuries. That's just the nature of the game. The degree of injury varies but medicine and the human body are at their best when the body is in that 24-30 "prime". Unless the dude is tearing ACLs repeatedly or has suffered a half dozen concussions, you're probably going to be fine.


And Fowler had never suffered any kind of major injury in his football career.

He said the worst injury he had was in high school (a shoulder injury) and he only missed part of a game. He played the very next week and the rest of the season.

He played all over the front 7 at Florida and never missed any time.

The only case you can really make about injury concerns with players, are guys who were always hurt in high school/college.

The old saying is 100% true when it comes to football. Fat guys stay fat, dumb guys stay dumb and hurt guys stay hurt.

Jack's knee injury was a freak non contact injury in practice. Sometimes those things just happen.
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Apr 26 2016 09:27pm
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All I know is that if you guys take Jack, and his knee implodes in the next couple years, you will never hear the end of it from me. The shade thrown will be legendary.

In all seriousness though, the options for the Ravens @ #6 will be plentiful, and I'd rather take any of the other blue chip prospects over someone with POSSIBLE knee concerns.


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Apr 26 2016 09:27pm
Quote (Hako @ Apr 26 2016 09:20pm)
The whole point I was making was that GMs and people in front offices will blatantly lie about things. They'll bring in players on private workouts, that they have zero interest in drafting. They wont even meet, or have a workout with guys they plan on drafting the whole time. This time of the season is one huge game of chess.


It actually baffles me how similar the NFL draft is to a fucking political campaign. All the dancing around, lying and efforts to keep all serious activities clandestine

Quote (SerotoninSerendipity @ Apr 26 2016 09:21pm)
All I know is that if you guys take Jack, and his knee implodes in the next couple years, you will never hear the end of it from me. The shade thrown will be legendary.

In all seriousness though, the options for the Ravens @ #6 will be plentiful, and I'd rather take any of the other blue chip prospects over someone with POSSIBLE knee concerns.


I mean, it's not really that bold to say I TOLD YOU SO when a player with "injury concerns" ends up getting hurt. In the same light, try and guess what percentage of NFL players end up on an injury report each season. How many end up missing games? Missing the season? Is it really all that far fetched that a potential starter goes down? Like I said before, the draft is essentially Vegas gambling in Chicago and each team hoping the work they've put in will pay off. For most teams, it won't and several of their picks will be out of the NFL before you can afford another bottle of gin. But the lucky few will have found starters for many seasons to come.
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All I know is that if you guys take Jack, and his knee implodes in the next couple years, you will never hear the end of it from me. The shade thrown will be legendary.

In all seriousness though, the options for the Ravens @ #6 will be plentiful, and I'd rather take any of the other blue chip prospects over someone with POSSIBLE knee concerns.


His knee isn't going to implode... The whole issue would be long term arthritis, like I said before. It's not like he has a ticking time bomb in his knee and it's counting the amount of steps he's going to take before it goes off.
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Apr 26 2016 09:29pm
Jesus Christ, it's like I insulted a member of you guys family.
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Apr 26 2016 09:31pm
Quote (Cheesehead @ Apr 26 2016 08:27pm)
It actually baffles me how similar the NFL draft is to a fucking political campaign. All the dancing around, lying and efforts to keep all serious activities clandestine



I mean, it's not really that bold to say I TOLD YOU SO when a player with "injury concerns" ends up getting hurt. In the same light, try and guess what percentage of NFL players end up on an injury report each season. How many end up missing games? Missing the season? Is it really all that far fetched that a potential starter goes down? Like I said before, the draft is essentially Vegas gambling in Chicago and each team hoping the work they've put in will pay off. For most teams, it won't and several of their picks will be out of the NFL before you can afford another bottle of gin. But the lucky few will have found starters for many seasons to come.


And the funny thing is, they'll also tell you the truth, in the same sentence that started with a blatant lie. Which all plays into their little games, just like political campaigns.
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Apr 26 2016 09:31pm
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His knee isn't going to implode... The whole issue would be long term arthritis, like I said before. It's not like he has a ticking time bomb in his knee and it's counting the amount of steps he's going to take before it goes off.


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Jesus Christ, it's like I insulted a member of you guys family.


You simply don't insult Myles Jacksonville and get away with it KID
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Apr 26 2016 09:34pm
Quote (SerotoninSerendipity @ Apr 26 2016 09:29pm)
Jesus Christ, it's like I insulted a member of you guys family.


Jack has a 4.6% chance of being draft by Green Bay. Why would I homer a player that A. Is not a Badger alum, B. Has no chance of becoming a Packer or C. Doesn't even play Dota?

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And the funny thing is, they'll also tell you the truth, in the same sentence that started with a blatant lie. Which all plays into their little games, just like political campaigns.


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Apr 26 2016 09:35pm
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You simply don't insult Myles Jacksonville and get away with it KID


Apparently.

I am glad that Jacksonville fans have found something they can be good at, though. If you can't win in January, you might as well win in April.
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