HoneyB
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You don't recall how he was injured?
Keller's agent: He's ready to go right now
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You don't recall how he was injured?
dlockz
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We all know how he got injured last year, doesn't make signing him any more of a good idea
hoops
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if true no brainer vet minimum one year contract
Wishfishin
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He may be medically cleared but I don't think he'll be up to par for another year. Very few can overcome that type of injury and be mentally and physically ready to go this quickly. Would rather see a TE taken in the draft.
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I'm tired of picking up everyone else's trash. I'm sorry about what happened to Keller, but to say he's ready to compete for a starting spot after suffering the worst knee injury I've ever seen is a joke. Those kinds of knee injuries end careers and I really doubt Keller will ever be the same, much less compete for a spot. I'm not OK with using a roster spot on another injured player. I'd much rather move Dion Jordan there, a position he was recruited to play in college, than take a chance on Keller.
We need to DRAFT a playmaking TE, like just about every playoff team has done! The league has changed and the TE position is no longer about putting another athletic lineman on the field, it's about putting another playmaker on the field. If you don't believe me see how the we have done against teams with a big-time TE. Not good at all. If Ebron is there we have to take him. If not we should use our 2nd on Saferian-Jenkins.
We need to DRAFT a playmaking TE, like just about every playoff team has done! The league has changed and the TE position is no longer about putting another athletic lineman on the field, it's about putting another playmaker on the field. If you don't believe me see how the we have done against teams with a big-time TE. Not good at all. If Ebron is there we have to take him. If not we should use our 2nd on Saferian-Jenkins.
sm0kinfins
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And yet he lined up at TE both in college and in the pros. Is he a typical TE? No. But he's still a TE, regardless of the "hybrid" qualifier.
Big differene between a nagging hammy or foot injury that keeps coming back year after year, and getting your knee blown out by a helmet to knee hit.
I'm no doctor but I dont see how could possibly be "ready to go" only 8 months after that catastrophic injury - tearing his ACL, MCL, PCL, and dislocating his kneecap. It would be a miracle if he was able to run and cut...
dlockz
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big difference between recovering from that injury at 30 with that injury and his injury plagued previous season
While I'd like to give Keller a chance if he were healthy, as I think he was positioned to be a great asset for us last year, the fact remains that his injury was horrible one and if not career threatening, it likely will take a good year or more before even being able to cut on it. I'm sure they've looked at him or know the time frame that will be needed and just can't wait that long. They likely will draft somebody and then decide after if he's worth even signing and then probably putting him on PUP for at least a large piece of the season.
I don't disagree that Keller has a history of nagging injuries. But to say his blown out knee from a dirty helmet hit further proves he is "injury prone" is unfair.
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I hear Tulsa plays big time ball, and Miami is a hot bed of Tightend talent. Gotcha.
Not sure how bashing Tulsa for being a small football school makes Clay any less of a player?
Plenty of elite talent and HOF came from no-name schools.
Plenty of first round flops and NFL busts came from power house college programs.
:idk:
dlockz
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I never said he is injury prone, Jason Fox is injury prone. Now at 30 though coming off of two non productive years because of injury and the horrible extent of last year's the odds of him coming close to old form are quite long.