04-07-2018, 02:50 PM
(04-07-2018, 01:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Problem with Bryant was not an inadequate evaluation by our medical staff. Bryant played in the last 6 games of the '09 season and evn had a 100 yard game in week 13. So he obviously re-injured his ankle in the offseason before training camp. You don't go from having 100 yard receiving games to never being able to even practice again without some sort of new injury.
Actually, the Bengals knew Bryant's knee (not ankle) was bad and gambled on the chance that his offseason knee surgery would help return him to form. It didn't and the rest is history. Bryant's knee was going bad before the 2009 season with the Bucs as he had preseason arthroscopic surgery on the same knee, which more than likely led to his poor stats for that year.
Either way, the FO gambled on him and lost. Not sure how the medical staff could've predicted how his knee would respond. This one is on Mike Brown for the poor contract terms.
"Our offensive line is going to surprise a lot of people" - Mike Brown (7-26-21)
