Quote:Is it a bad sign that our two future starters seem like they have had nagging injuries since they were drafted or is our front office just being smart and sitting them until the season starts? Lee seems like he compares to Shorts in the sense that he cant shake small injuries. It just aggrivates me reading about them sitting out while my favorite WR this past draft, Donte Moncrief, is standing out for the Colts. Once again, sorry if this has been addressed already, feel free the flame/close or delete the thread.

 

 

I think it is premature to say he can't shake small injuries.

 

He's had "small" injuries thus far, but it's way too soon to say he can't shake them or that he is injury prone.

 

I do think the team is being smart to bring them along slowly...for a couple of reasons.

 

First, you want them getting reps and coaching...yes.  But you want to save them for when the games actually count.

 

Secondly, on a related point, if you have guys playing on injuries, sometimes they will overcompensate for the injury and cause stress on another part of the body, causing them greater injury in that other body part, giving them multiple injuries from which to recover, and could keep them out longer.

 

We haven't even hit training camp yet.

 

The injuries are an annoyance right now, but way too soon to hit the panic button or declare any of these guys the next coming of Freeman McNeill.

 

One other thing to keep in mind. 

 

Boselli wound up missing the first 3-4 full games of his career.  Fred Taylor was called "Fragile Fred" in the early part of his career.

 

Both wound up being pretty good guys.

 

While it would exceed all reasonable expectations if both Lee and Robinson wound up as good as Boselli and Fred Taylor, the point is that early "minor" injuries to guys don't necessarily doom them, either.

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