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In a draft that has plenty of tailbacks, one of them has a question mark sprouting from his shoes.
According to Adam Schefter of NFL Network, Oregon running back Jonathan Strewart had surgery on Wednesday to repair a fracture in his foot.
As a result, Stewart will be out for four months, and will miss his Pro Day workout. The goal in having the surgery now was to ensure that Stewart would be ready for the start of training camp.
Stewart had the injury in February, when he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.45 seconds at the Scouting Combine. He also churned out a 36-inch vertical jump.
The situation has drawn comparisons to Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, whose broken collarbone arguably prompted a mini-slide to No. 7 in the 2007 draft. But most running backs don’t use their collarbones to, you know, run.
Really, how can anyone justify a first-day pick (which is now only rounds one and two) on a guy with a surgically-repaired foot?
March 13th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Unfortunately I think the Lions will make that justification.
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
If McGahee was still a 1st round pick after his legs bent in ways and places that they weren’t supposed to bend, I don’t see how Stewart’s thing is a big deal.
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Seahawks are getting rid of a guy with a fracture in his foot. Why not take another? Come on man, drop to #25!!!!
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March 13th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Because even if you have to put him on the PUP list to start the season, is that really a bad thing? Especially if he slides to the late 20s where a certain team in Dallas has two first round picks and a need for another RB.
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March 14th, 2008 at 12:27 am
With his lack of break away speed and injury history he was a borderline first round pick before this. You just can’t miss OTA’s, training camp, and conditioning in your rookie year and expect to make any significant contributions or be an effective NFl player. It puts him behind the 8 ball out of the gate and it is going to be some time before he can catch up. Even Mcgahee needed almost 2 years before he could make any significant contributions.
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March 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
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