Quote:You would not say that about one of our best players if he had two serious injuries in four years.

 

If any of our players missed 23 of 64 games (and just got hit with a severe injury) I absolutely would be glad that we didn't sign him to a long term extension.

 

The fact that any player would have re-occurring injuries, coupled with the fact that you never know whether their performance will ever be the same, is reason enough to steer away from players that have missed or are likely to miss over 36% of the games.  If Bortles or A-Rod were in the same predicament (missing 36% of their games and just suffering a severe injury), I'd damn sure be happy we didn't blow the salary cap on them.

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