(10-30-2019, 04:31 PM)Mikey Wrote:

(10-30-2019, 02:46 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote: I'll never quite understand why Lee garners so much flak from some of you. 

I guess if you count having his knee absolutely torpedoed through no fault of his own, then he had some injury issues. 

Dude played hard for the team 100%.

He got hurt late in the season or during USC's bowl game, can't remember which, but it was a high ankle sprain or something that tends to nag a player for ages. He's been hurt a whole bunch while he's been here, and more importantly, missed significant chunks of time, to the tune of a third of his career thusfar. 

He's had one season where he played all 16 games. You're right, he plays hard, but does that cost him, in the long run?

I get he's missed time, all though I seem to think that's more par for the course than a lot of the board. 

But I think there's more to it than that. It feels like a large segment of the fanbase question his toughness and thinks a lot of his injuries are something he should've just toughed out. 

Allen Robinson missed quite a few games as well but you never ever heard mention of him being injury prone while he was here. It's just a strange sentiment to me because the guy plays his [BLEEP] off when he's on the field. 

More than anything, I guess I take exception to people metaphorically rolling their eyes with the here we go again attitude when he had his knee blown apart.

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