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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
You're misunderstanding.
The issue isn't whether he is healthy or will get healthy. All indications are he's doing well in recovery and on track to be available/cleared for football activity for the upcoming season.
The issue is whether his "healthy" now is different than his "healthy" before. Is his knee/leg the same? Is it less than? If it's less than, how much less than? Is he at risk of doing what Jack Conklin apparently did, overcompensating with his good leg/knee, and blowing that joint the **** out (Conklin tore EVERYTHING - ACL, MCL, PCL - if I remember correctly)? Is his noted upper-body strength enough to compensate for the leg/knee, if they are less than they were before, which would indicate that maybe he's never quite as good as he could have been but still is effective?
I'm hoping it all works out. But there are significant reasons for concern, and I'm not the sort to just ignore those. I can set them aside and hope, but they don't just go away.
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Understood. We’re all in the same boat, now, hoping he gets healthy and becomes a pro bowler.
Here’s a question no one’s asked…
IF he has lost a step due to injury, long term, couldn’t he just end up playing LG for us?
It would still fill a major need, he wouldn’t need as much movement skills, and he could potentially dominate that role considering his skill set.
Sure, he wouldn’t be as valuable of a 1st rounder if that were the case but we could still end up with the best IOL in the league.