Fins: Ronnie Brown
> Posted by Ethan J. Skolnick at 11:09:35 AM
Several readers have posed the same question over the past few months:
How is Ronnie Brown doing in his recovery?
While I haven't seen Brown since late December, I heard something last night -- from someone with direct knowledge -- that Brown is significantly ahead of schedule and getting close to full physical strength. That's the second person who has told me that this month.
We've seen that running backs generally take about 18 months to return to previous instinctual and confident form after an ACL tear. Still, everything points to Brown returning to the field for training camp, which would be nine months from the injury -- and then progressing from there. This was a clean tear, without additional damage, and Brown is young and strong.
If you've read this blog before, you know my feeling about taking running backs early.
With Ricky Williams still in the picture somewhere, and Lorenzo Booker developing as a scatback, I would take a runner on the second day for depth purposes and leave it at that.
What would you do at the position?