Joe mixon

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(01-18-2017, 01:12 PM)Au165 Wrote: As you mentioned, if he gets surgery now he gets red flagged and can't work out at the combine. I think they are trying to let his name value carry him and cover up the issues.

If he has chronic instability it will limit his combine participation and/or adversely affect his results. I checked two pages of search results and almost every report of a chronic ankle injury stems from a single source, SEC Country dated 11/18/16. If he has ankle surgery then, he has enough time to rehab to participate in a Pro Day and teams can assess his progress after surgery. Plus, this gives him the best chance of being ready Week 1 and being a Top 10 pick like Gurley who was recovering from a much worse injury. 

The chance Fournette can sneak ankle instability past team doctors is 4% or less (96% sensitivity as I mentioned before.) so if he delays surgery, it's doubtful he can participate in combine or a Pro Day. There will be less time for teams to track his recovery, and the longer he waits the chance he won't be ready Week 1 increases. The second scenario makes him more of a draft risk than getting surgery at earliest opportunity. 


I guarantee Fournette's injury is already red flagged so there is no way they can just cover this up and get by on name alone. His name makes this more of an issue than a less well known prospect. And I mentioned red flagged for recheck because every year there is a group of players that have a follow up physical closer to the draft to check their progress. If Fournette doesn't have instability then there is no reason to bring him back for a second physical. 

Also, if a player has chronic ankle instability it means they probably need surgery. It doesn't mean they will have problems throughout their career. Let's take Jake Butt's ACL tear. ACL tears result in instability of the knee. Most people's attitude regarding an ACL tear is the player gets surgery, completes rehab, problem solved. Has Jpoore mentioned Butt's chronic problem?  I don't believe so because he is just parroting an unconfirmed report he doesn't understand to begin with.