Quote:1. The injury happened earlier for Dante, yes. But as I already alluded to, his injury is typically a 12 month recovery time where as Myles is a 4-6 month. Myles is already at the end of that time frame, while Dante is still 2-3 months away from the 12 month mark.


2. That's not what I'm getting at though. It doesn't matter that he's already ours. Yes, we're supposed to "hope" that he comes back healthy. Yes, we're supposed to "hope" that he's an impact player.


But that's not what is happening if you believe the FO and the fans. To quote Dave Caldwell...


"Let's not forget we used a third pick on Dante Fowler, Jr. last year who is a LEO. In our scheme only one LEO can play on the field at a time, especially in base packages. So we need some depth there behind Dante, and he's doing extremely well"


That's not hoping.


That's completely penciling in Fowler to be a full-time starter without really any other alternative.

ACLs aren't death sentences anymore. He will be fine. He's had time off. He's gotten bigger and has done as many mental reps as you can. His tear happened months before the season started. Some people read their ACLs in Seasom and start week one of the subsequent season



Read my above post but to expand on this a little... It's no different than drafting a guy and penciling him in as a starter. Especially at 3. Caldwell has seen him as of late. Of course if he underperforms, he could have his spot taken. And if he doesn't have it taken, I'd want to see him battle through growing pains anyway. You draft a guy three, he's your starter. Every year.

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