More Eifert concern?

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(06-13-2018, 03:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Bryant had surgery before the 2009 season, not after.  He did have some injury issues but he played in the final 7 games of the season catching 23 passes for 371 yds (16.1 avg).  He had 91 yds against the Falcons in week 12 and 116 against the Panthers in week 13.  He was having some problems with the knee but he was healthy enough to play and produce.  Then by training camp he claimed he could not even practice.  Clearly there was another injury sometime between the end of the '09 season and training camp in '10.

Actually his knee had not been right throughout the 2009 season as he missed 3 games due to it.  The Bucs knew the knee was bad still and that's why he had to go.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4487567
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/2009_injuries.htm

While Bengals doctors may not be entirely to blame for not catching it, Mike Brown is responsible for giving him such a large signing bonus for someone coming off knee surgery and poor production in the previous season.  I believe that Antonio Bryant probably knew that knee was still bad when he signed the contract but hoped it'd get better.  It never did.


I hope I'm wrong about Eifert and he has a great season, but I just don't have that feeling.