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CloakNNNdagger said:
The rate of recurrent fracture of a Jones fracture with the standard intramedullary screw has been notoriously high. However, although the rate of refracture in elite athletes may be as high as 30% for intramedullary screw fixation.........the rate of refracture using the newer plate fixation repair has led to only 10% in recent studies. He could return to play in 6 weeks post surgery.
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Hopefully he falls to 2-59.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Previous NFL studies have not divided the positions per refracture rates. And unless more recent plate repairs were separated from screw repairs, there would be higher rates in any players/positions groups lending the conclusions less valid.
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Do you know what type of surgery Newton had?
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1763217571057467787
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That RT looks like Tyler Guyton. He’s been my sole focus at 23 for some time now. If Tunsil and the IOL arrives healthy and ready to play…..Guyton could be one hellava an addition. It should make Howard moveable after June 1st.

As for Sweat, I like him if he’s still on the board at 59. What I would really like if he were to be selected in RD2…..Sweat coming into his year 2 season at 346 lbs with NFL strength and conditioning.

Guyton and Sweat would be first season starters with their best work probably coming in YR2, if it doesn’t start rounding into shape towards the end of YR1.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
As for Sweat, I like him if he’s still on the board at 59. What I would really like if he were to be selected in RD2…..Sweat coming into his year 2 season at 346 lbs with NFL strength and conditioning.
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Whatever he weighs, the Outland Trophy winner will be the heaviest player at the combine the past few years. He went from 335 pounds as a freshman to 346 to 354 before leaving Austin at 365 pounds.

“This is me, as y’all can see,” Sweat said. “I’m a big guy, a big frame. That’s just how it is. I just grew into my body, man.”
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Asking him to become smaller could be a recipe for disaster even if he were to fall to 59 (unlikely)
 
JB said:
Whatever he weighs, the Outland Trophy winner will be the heaviest player at the combine the past few years. He went from 335 pounds as a freshman to 346 to 354 before leaving Austin at 365 pounds.

“This is me, as y’all can see,” Sweat said. “I’m a big guy, a big frame. That’s just how it is. I just grew into my body, man.”
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Asking him to become smaller could be a recipe for disaster even if he were to fall to 59 (unlikely)
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I've been looking at a few top 50's and Sweat wasn't in the lists, so it's possible he could fall to 2-59.
 
steelbtexan said:
I've been looking at a few top 50's and Sweat wasn't in the lists, so it's possible he could fall to 2-59.
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One or two big time dudes are gonna fall to us.
I see Keon Coleman falling down boards for one, Bralen Trice is another.
Man, I want Byron Murphy so bad but he is moving up the boards.
 
Caleb Williams has refused to undergo a medical exam! Previous, I've posted that players have always had the option to participate or not to participate in any activities in the Combine,,,,,,,,,,but NOONE in the history of the Combine has ever refused to be medically examined.
 
Texansphan said:
I wouldn't mind picking this guy up for a look.
Has decent stats running and receiving.
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Isaac Guerendo Running Back Louisville | NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report

Rating: 82.0 Rank: #12 Forty: 4.33 Isaac Guerendo's collegiate career, marked by a transition from Wisconsin to Louisville, underlines a player with the capacity to adjust and thrive u...
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If you can get him as an UDFA, no harm, no foul.
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After the rise in interest in this guy, you're gonna have to take him before the 5th.
He is eerily similar to a certain Arian Foster in his skill set and even build - Foster was 6'1" 226 and Isaac is 6'0" 226.
The big difference is in their speed AF was a lowly 4.65 40 and IG runs a 4:35!
 
The proposed kickoff change would revolutionize the play
By Mike Florio
Published March 4, 2024 09:45 AM

The XFL is coming to the NFL. Sort of. If at least 24 teams vote for it.
The details have emerged as to the proposal that will be made to the owners later this month in Orlando. As crafted, it potentially revolutionizes the play.
Via Albert Breer of SI.com, all eleven members of the kicking team will line up on the opponent’s 40 yard line. Some of the members of the receiving team will be aligned five yards away, some will be up to 10 yards away. The kick will be required to land between the 20 and the goal line.

If the ball goes into the end zone, possession starts at the 35. If it doesn’t make it to the 20, possession begins at the 40. If it hits inside the 20 and rolls into the end zone, the drive starts at the 20.

No one can move (other than the kick returner, with up to two of them back for the ball) until the ball is caught or lands in the 0-20 landing zone.

The overriding goal is to remove high-speed collisions between players running in opposite directions. This approach packs everyone together, reducing the forces that will be applied, in theory. It also resurrects the kickoff as a viable, must-see play.

Still, for a league that hates (mainly because it struggles to envision) unintended consequences, this seems like something that could go a bunch of different ways. The kicking team could keep multiple players at the 40 or even drop some of them deeper into the field, giving them a chance to tackle the returner if/when he breaks through the first line of defenders.

Teams also would no longer need a kickoff specialist who can bang the ball 75 yards. There will be a premium on placement within the landing zone, possibly via a line drive calculated to land within 20 to 40 yards of the kick and force the returner to handle it or risk having it skitter into the end zone. Or, alternatively, a team could find a non-kicker who can drop it into the landing zone, giving them an eleventh traditional defender who would participate in the pursuit of the man who catches the kick.

There are so many ways this can go. Coupled with the fact that it limits the intentional onside kick to teams trailing in the fourth quarter and eliminates the surprise onside kick, the Commissioner might have some arms to twist to get to 24.

If it does pass, it surely will be a one-year rule. That will make it easier to get rid of it (nine votes versus 24) in 2025.
 
JB said:
What is Trey Benson's injury history?
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Texansphan said:
Pretty much the same as most backs coming out of the collegiate scene.
Didn't seem to bother him over that 40.
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I would hardly consider it the same as most backs coming out of the collegiate scene.

CloakNNNdagger said:
After his 2020 major knee injury, he returned remarkably strong by 2023. I would still be concerned with a RB with a history of that injury............an injury in which he tore his ACL, MCL, lateral meniscus, medial meniscus and gracilis tendon (hamstring). That type of injury would be expected to significantly increase his chances of recurrent knee injuries and significantly decrease his already expected short NFL career.
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I would hardly consider it the same as most backs coming out of the collegiate scene.
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I am merely suggesting that most RBs coming out of the collegiate system have had an injury of some description along the way.
Granted, some are more serious than others, but an injury that keeps you out for weeks, will be looked at by potential suitors.
 
During the medical exam at the Combine, A&M's WR Ainias Smith was discovered to have a stress fracture in his left tibia. He missed the Combine drills and will not be able to do so at Pro Day. I doubt he avoids surgery.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
During the medical exam at the Combine, A&M's WR Ainias Smith was discovered to have a stress fracture in his left tibia. He missed the Combine drills and will not be able to do so at Pro Day. I doubt he avoids surgery.
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I'd take a chance on him in round 4
 
JB said:
I'd take a chance on him in round 4
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I really like him

But I would pick him in rd 5. He's been injury prone and rd 5 and later is where I like talented but troubled and injured guys to be picked. Smith falls into this category IMHO.
 
steelbtexan said:
I really like him

But I would pick him in rd 5. He's been injury prone and rd 5 and later is where I like talented but troubled and injured guys to be picked. Smith falls into this category IMHO.
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But the Texans don't have a round 5
 
JB said:
But the Texans don't have a round 5
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They can get one trade two 7ths for a 6th and then trade the 6th and the other 7th for a 5th. Then it's possible they could trade Pierce for a 6th and use that 6th and a 7th for a 5th. Also you could trade future picks.

There are ways. Including a trade down from one of the 4ths.
 
steelbtexan said:
They can get one trade two 7ths for a 6th and then trade the 6th and the other 7th for a 5th. Then it's possible they could trade Pierce for a 6th and use that 6th and a 7th for a 5th. Also you could trade future picks.

There are ways. Including a trade down from one of the 4ths.
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They could also just ignore him or use a 4th rather than three picks and two trades. You're just being argumentative
 
Texansphan said:
After the rise in interest in this guy, you're gonna have to take him before the 5th.
He is eerily similar to a certain Arian Foster in his skill set and even build - Foster was 6'1" 226 and Isaac is 6'0" 226.
The big difference is in their speed AF was a lowly 4.65 40 and IG runs a 4:35!
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More on Guerendo:-
"Listed at 6’0” and 221 pounds, Guerendo’s blazing 4.33-second time in the 40-yard dash combined with his equally impressive 41.5” vertical and 10’9” broad jump made him one of the event’s best performers this year. He is a converted wideout who tests like an elite receiver prospect, which made this event a favorable one for him."
 
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Texansphan said:
More on Guerendo:-
"Listed at 6’0” and 221 pounds, Guerendo’s blazing 4.33-second time in the 40-yard dash combined with his equally impressive 41.5” vertical and 10’9” broad jump made him one of the event’s best performers this year. He is a converted wideout who tests like an elite receiver prospect, which made this event a favorable one for him."
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This time last year I posted in a thread of "under rated prospects", that as soon as I saw Tank Dell I knew he was a playmaker waiting to happen. That's the way I feel about Guerendo. He is a load with elite speed, power, good hands, quick feet, blocks and his ypa is 6.1. I would trade up for him.
 
Toro Bravo said:
This time last year I posted in a thread of "under rated prospects", that as soon as I saw Tank Dell I knew he was a playmaker waiting to happen. That's the way I feel about Guerendo. He is a load with elite speed, power, good hands, quick feet, blocks and his ypa is 6.1. I would trade up for him.
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Absolutely agree, although I feel he may be there for our 3rd.
I fail to see why he was ranked so low in the first place.
I think he could be some teams Deebo Samuel.
 
Texansphan said:
Absolutely agree, although I feel he may be there for our 3rd.
I fail to see why he was ranked so low in the first place.
I think he could be some teams Deebo Samuel.
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Has some injury history. He suffered hamstring injuries in 2018, 2019 and 2020 along with a lisfranc injury that ended his 2021 season. He played in just 11 games over his first three seasons due to the hamstring injuries. He only logged in total 273 touches across 6 years in college.

There have been conflicting reports about the Lisfranc injury.......some report a Lisfranc ligament injury, some a Lisfranc fracture. There are some reports that he underwent surgery for the Lisfranc injury. From the feedback that I have received, he sustained a partial tear of the Lisfranc ligament which don't usually require surgery. Guerendo opted against surgery and opted for conservative rehab which ended up being a long term endeavor, as after his other repeated soft tissue injuries, did not want to rush his rehab.

He is an intriguing prospect. That said, there has to be concern regarding his extensive injury history (as team appear to be), especially when he is asked to put in significant carries......NFL carries.

He did play wide receiver in high school. He was also a track star in high school.

Although he inarguably had a very good season last year, there has to be concern regarding all of his soft tissue injuries.
 
Interesting to peruse this consensus draft board to see how high they were ranked at one time.
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2024 Consensus Big Board | NFL Mock Draft Database

The 2024 Consensus NFL Big Board from NFL Mock Draft Database. We've compiled all featured big boards into a single board.
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It's interesting that the first three are QBs and the next three are receivers.
 
Texansphan said:
Here's a thread to post up players you like.
You can put up vid clips and/or articles and comments.
I'll kick off with my favorite RB in this upcoming draft, Trey Benson, Florida Seminoles.
One of the best things I note about him is his ability to move through a crowd and still make ground. Pretty fast for a 223 pound guy too with a 4:37 40 on his resume.
Also a decent blocker and catcher of the football.
You can post up as many as you like.
This will make a nice resource for us draftniks to access.
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Benson won the combine among the RBs - so much for his injury.
Ran a 4:39 at 216 pounds and reportedly (allegedly?) ran in the high 4.2s preparing for the combine.
 
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