05-15-2022, 04:03 PM
(05-15-2022, 03:09 PM)fredtoast Wrote: That si not the way a lot of NFL teams work. I have read different stories about how teams will not even sho interest in certain free agents due to injury history or they will completely remove a draft prospect from their board.
The problem with siging/drafting a player with serious injury issues is that you have to cut someone from the roster that you might need later in the season. Or you might pass on signing/drafting a different player who had a better chance of staying healthy.
I won't call myself an "expert", but if you have never heard coaches or offensive linemen saying they need to work together to get their timing and coordination down then I know a lot more than you.
Yes it is. Some will remove them, but there is still plenty of teams sign/draft players that have injury histories all the time as long as the team feels the value is there.
How about:
Stingley?
Drake London?
Jameson Williams?
Booth?
Ojabo?
Pickens?
Justyn Ross?
Metchie?
Damone Clark?
All those guys coming off injuries/surgeries.
It's the same with Vets, if the value is there you do it.
As far as the OL, sure lots of coaches SAY that, but they will do whatever they need to get the win(s).
And again, with Tretter, none of these guys are rookies, but all are 4yr vets. It's not hard for them to "gel" as you think.