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Originally Posted by SAGA45
For Burkholder to be skeptical initially, given his KNOWLEDGE (that includes data, studies, and other relevant precedents) and, after a thorough examination, sign off on Simmons' knee - which, from all accounts, is far ahead of schedule in terms of healing - should indicate to you that Burkholder and the Chiefs are, at the very minimum, optimistic about his recovery.
Nobody is trying to "turn a bad injury into a positive". But Burkholder, a leading authority in the field, endorsed Simmons' progress. That's enough for me to feel good or at least cautiously optimistic about the pick going forward. That may not be enough for you and others and that's completely understandable. But let's not sit here and present studies, data, etc. and even remotely imply that the Chiefs didn't already do their due diligence. That's bullsh*t. |
No one is suggesting the Chiefs didn't do due diligence. I'm confident they did everything they could and know everything they could about that knee... at this point in time.
The risk I see is that the biggest risk with this type of injury cannot really be/is not really being measured yet, if all the guy is squatting is 225 pounds. At this point in his recovery, unless they've done stuff they didn't talk about, they can't have a firm answer on that yet. They can project. They can hope. They can decide the risk is worth the reward.