05-06-2022, 09:09 PM
(05-06-2022, 12:01 AM)fredtoast Wrote: And Rob Gronkowski was a three time All-Pro after having back surgery. So your limited anecdotal evidence is meaningless.
To be fair I was also concerned with Carman's back going into the offseason. But the Bengals know all about Carman's back. If it was sketchy at all I am pretty sure they would have signed someone else in free agency or took an o-lineman high in the draft.
There is no news of any setback. The team expects Carman to come in and be the frontrunner in the competition for LG.
I'll bet you have disliked Carman ever since the draft. I see this happen with a lot of players. People who express strong negative reactions to a player at the time of the draft/signing carry that bias for years.
Like I said,I’ve known quite a few people over the years who have had back surgery and were never the same.But that doesn’t mean everyone.It’s a high risk surgery which doesn’t have a particularly high success rate on average.
Hoping Carman,Smith,Volson,or whoever steps up to the plate this year and takes the staring LG position,which is obviously wide open.It’s going to be the most interesting spot to watch on this OL for me.I just hope it’s that simple,so that the OL will be complete,and hopefully above average.
