Quote:Alualu was a rookie in 2010.

 

According to this, he had the microfracture surgery in the 2012 offseason.

 

http://www.jaguars.com/news/article-Jagu...4482cc2bc2

 

I thought this Oklahoma drill injury supposedly happened in his rookie year.

 

If so, and it was that limiting, why wait to have the surgery until 2012?

 

It supposedly happened in that first padded practice during the Oklahoma drills his rookie year.  That injury was a primary reason why the team stopped doing them to get the fans fired up for that session during training camp.  Those drills were like the main event.

 

I think he played through it his rookie year and season 2 as well before deciding he needed to have the surgery done.  That microfracture surgery is a scary thing because you're encouraging arthritic changes in the joint, but I guess when you're basically bone on bone, there's no real alternative.  The fact that he played through 2 seasons with that injury is a testimony to his toughness, but also pretty dumb.  He should have had the surgery done at a minimum as soon as the rookie campaign was over.  I think that cost him in many ways, although I really don't think he was ever going to live up to the expectations associated with his draft position. 

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