Quote:Gus Bradley fully expects Luke Joeckel to make a full recovery by next spring, but realizes setbacks happen all the time and plans change. Bradley also wants everybody to know what is most likely and be optimistic about Luke's recovery. In other words, we should be surprised if Luke is not ready for OTAs.

 

He also probably wants to tell everyone to not keep asking if he will be back this year or anything.

 

Also it is marking. He is highlighting about the situation in a positive spin "He will be great next year" rather than "He will be out this year".

 

It is another way in which the entire administration has basically been considering this entire year as a walkthrough to figure out what current players will stay next year and to future build up depth through another draft and possibly a few FA signings.

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