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Originally Posted by FloridaMan88
Yes any injury presents risk… which affected his draft stock… but to argue that he’ll never be an effective player or recover from this injury… is directly disagreeing with the medical assessment of the Chiefs athletic trainer with 30+ years experience.
That’s a strange flex.
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First we have to establish that there is a significant difference between the type of injuries and how they impact a player's career. If we can't agree on that, then we aren't going to be able to have any type of productive conversation.
Secondly, I understand you are trying to establish that if the Chiefs athletic trainer gave his blessing that we should have some faith. My counter argument is that there are teams in the NFL draft that passed on Simmons because their athletic trainers did not give their blessing.
It isn't really complicated, some people see the injury history of patellar tendon's and hate the data, that is fair. Some people see the upside of Simmons and scarcity of the position and think the gamble is justified. I can see both sides of the argument and they are both valid.