03-07-2017, 01:44 AM
(03-05-2017, 01:52 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Atkins was "just a guy" less than a year after his ACL injury.
Ogbuehi was the worst OT I have ever seen just shy of two years after his ACL injury.
That's not really comparable, Phil. Maybe if it was his rookie season, but that was year 2.
You're right that the comparison was short sighted. My point was that that injury puts anyone behind schedule (not comparing talents), and that his real rookie season isn't much of a marker and last season was the first year he was up to speed physically regardless of it being his 2nd year mentally. To me, the kid is on the outside looking in no matter how it comes across like I'm defending the guy. I chalk last year as a bad one and if he shocks us all so be it but I'm not counting on it, especially not enough to consider him a real option to start anywhere today.
