Quote:Bottomline, whether Shorts is great, average or crappy he is becoming a player you can not really count on due to his injuries. In 2013 he had three games out and another game in which he played only 3 snaps (week 6). So for real purposes he was not a contributor in 4 of 16 games. In 2012 he missed 2 games. Keep in mind in 2012 he did not even begin playing much until Week 6 of that year. Now missing first game of 2014. So of the 33 games we have played since 2012 he has not been able to contribute in 7 games because of various injuries. That means he has missed 21% of our games, to me that is someone you can't count on.

Actually even looks worse if you include his rookie season. Per Mark Long and a Fox story he was also inactive in 6 games his rookie season due to hamstring issues. So that means he has now been a non contributor in 13 of his potential 49 games, or 27% of his games. Now that to me is a trend. I guess the soiling may have been warranted. BTW, Mark Long said his numbers for rookie season are from the Jags Media Guide.

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