Ibar_Harry
All Pro
Some of you seem to be quote knowledgeable concerning roids, but perhaps not. This is a big disappointment to me also, but some people just do have bad luck and I've been their myself. If its a torn ACL then perhaps its just one of those things. I think others on our club have had the same thing. May be he had worked out too hard and put to much stress to early. After all we had how many out our 2nd year? Capers said we had our best year ever in the weight room. If our guys are in as good a shape as he says why are we loosing so many to injuries. Yes, injuries are not uncommon in the NFL, but I think we are running above average. Is our weight program stressing the musscles to much? It could be. I know Riley is an expert, but sometimes you can go too far.
In the early part of the seasn last year Fresno State lost its best back at the end of the Kansas game to a similar injury. Why they played the player at that point in the game was beyond me, but they did. That cost them probably the WAC conference title and you name it, because the back was that good. I believe they would have beat Boise if they had that back. Sometimes I think these kinds of injuries are disasters waiting to happen. In other words I think there is a partial injury that really is not diagnoisable or obvious and when the right move is made it just reveals itself. Others are obviously the result of a tackle or play. I think BJ's was the former. Sometimes I think players should go through a CAT Scan after every game. I think it would be amazing what they would find. I guess we can hope its something minor that looks bad, but my guess he would miss most of the mini camps and that would be a disaster for him learning wise.
Many were hopeful that his blocking ability would help the O-line, but quite frankly I though he would have to be brought along slowly to avoid reinjury. I have a feeling they and he tried to move too quickly and this is the end result. I can't fault someone for trying too hard. All the players quoted seem to say BJ wanted to perform, but may be that was his achelles heel. We will just have to wait and see.
In the early part of the seasn last year Fresno State lost its best back at the end of the Kansas game to a similar injury. Why they played the player at that point in the game was beyond me, but they did. That cost them probably the WAC conference title and you name it, because the back was that good. I believe they would have beat Boise if they had that back. Sometimes I think these kinds of injuries are disasters waiting to happen. In other words I think there is a partial injury that really is not diagnoisable or obvious and when the right move is made it just reveals itself. Others are obviously the result of a tackle or play. I think BJ's was the former. Sometimes I think players should go through a CAT Scan after every game. I think it would be amazing what they would find. I guess we can hope its something minor that looks bad, but my guess he would miss most of the mini camps and that would be a disaster for him learning wise.
Many were hopeful that his blocking ability would help the O-line, but quite frankly I though he would have to be brought along slowly to avoid reinjury. I have a feeling they and he tried to move too quickly and this is the end result. I can't fault someone for trying too hard. All the players quoted seem to say BJ wanted to perform, but may be that was his achelles heel. We will just have to wait and see.
Bennie "they called me Mr. Glass" Joppru is a bust of epic proportions. He hasn't seen ONE friggin down in an NFL game. Another Casserley 2nd or 3rd round bust. To think we could have drafted Jason Whitten who is a star with the Cowboys. Before the draft I was looking forward to the season and a playoff push but I don't think we are close. With McKinney as our starting center, no decent TE, and the drafting of TJ instead of DJ I think we will be luck to reach 7-9 again. Great another season of seeing David Carr running around with no offensive line protection. Awesome.
but are we better off with Glenn, and a 2nd and 3rd pick from this years draft, or PB alone? I realize Everett was injured in Buff, but that doesn't neccessarily mean he would have been injured here. I mentioned this at the time, that Everett was there for the taking, and would make a decent emergency starter. Oh well. Unless we get Bubba Franks, or some other legit two way TE, there is no way this team makes a playoff run. 
Originaly drafting Joppru was'nt a bad pick , he's a victim of bad circumstances . 
