Its no secret what the weakest position on the team is ... how far is Kyle Walters willing to go to acquire a top notch middle linebacker? What strategies might he use to get the job done?

4 hours ago, Floyd said:

Everyone's down on the guy just because the Riders signed him...  I'd bring him into camp and maybe he surprises

 

And beat out Harris?

22 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

And beat out Harris?

Why not Flanders?

I didn't see anything earth-shattering from Flanders as our 5th receiver last year...  I'd rather see a Canadian in that spot and strengthen our ratio

I think there will be two Cdns on the market that are hybrid REC/RB potential - maybe Sask keeps LaFrance who knows...

I think we will go into camp with JSK and wild at mlb and wlb. Sam is gonna be the question mark. 

48 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I didn't see anything earth-shattering from Flanders as our 5th receiver last year...  I'd rather see a Canadian in that spot and strengthen our ratio

I think there will be two Cdns on the market that are hybrid REC/RB potential - maybe Sask keeps LaFrance who knows...

Your argument has merit -  but there's no way LaFrance would be as adept as a 5th receiver as Flanders. He only has 14 catches in 2 years in the league. It'd be neat to see LaFrance play in front of his hometown, but I think you're underestimating the dropoff in talent from Flanders to him.

43 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I think we will go into camp with JSK and wild at mlb and wlb. Sam is gonna be the question mark. 

Leggett. 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Leggett. 

again the concern, more then him being a FA is if he will be able to recover. ACL over 30 is about as bad for your career as several concussions. 

 

Hes already recovered pretty much. Guaranteed hes SAM

15 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Hes already recovered pretty much. Guaranteed hes SAM

 Where do you get that from? Middle of oct. means 4 monthes to recover from a blown ACL. Normal is 7-9 monthes for a pro athlete. But at that its not just getting back to being healthy, its about how diminished your ability to cut, stop, and explode is after recovery. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/12/06/acl-injuries-adrian-peterson-nfl-minnesota-vikings/1752355/

The repairs come with no guarantees. Doctors at the Richmond Bone and Joint Clinic in Sugarland, Texas, found in 2010 that 31 of 49 (63%) of NFL players studied returned to play in the league an average of 10.8 months after surgery.

Adrian peterson was one of the fastest acl recoveries and his was still north of 6 monthes. 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/11/acl-injuries-sports-athletes-careers

A great recent article on it.  It might actually make sense to look at mo going back to saftey post injury. 

 

3 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

Your argument has merit -  but there's no way LaFrance would be as adept as a 5th receiver as Flanders. He only has 14 catches in 2 years in the league. It'd be neat to see LaFrance play in front of his hometown, but I think you're underestimating the dropoff in talent from Flanders to him.

I'd just like to see him get a shot...  He was injured most of last year and I think you could get him on a low cost contract with incentives assuming Sask releases him - backup RB contract with major incentives built in... but maybe that's the $100k contract he's got already

 

11 hours ago, wbbfan said:

again the concern, more then him being a FA is if he will be able to recover. ACL over 30 is about as bad for your career as several concussions. 

 

I could be remembering wrong, but didn't he tear his Achilles? 

12 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I could be remembering wrong, but didn't he tear his Achilles? 

was absolutely his achilles.....went up for that short-kick and when he came down, bam. Never got up. Total fluke.

Never mind this "going all out" stuff......real fans want to know if Walters is going to go all in.

11 hours ago, wbbfan said:

 Where do you get that from? Middle of oct. means 4 monthes to recover from a blown ACL. Normal is 7-9 monthes for a pro athlete. But at that its not just getting back to being healthy, its about how diminished your ability to cut, stop, and explode is after recovery. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2012/12/06/acl-injuries-adrian-peterson-nfl-minnesota-vikings/1752355/

The repairs come with no guarantees. Doctors at the Richmond Bone and Joint Clinic in Sugarland, Texas, found in 2010 that 31 of 49 (63%) of NFL players studied returned to play in the league an average of 10.8 months after surgery.

Adrian peterson was one of the fastest acl recoveries and his was still north of 6 monthes. 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/11/acl-injuries-sports-athletes-careers

A great recent article on it.  It might actually make sense to look at mo going back to saftey post injury. 

 

I got it from a guy im friends with named Maurice Leggett. Hes already back training. 

No more half measures. I think we should sign Sherritt, Bighill, Reed and Singleton and let them fight it out in TC.

Think we should rent a house.....

1 hour ago, do or die said:

Think we should rent a house.....

Chris Jones, is that you?

8 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

I could be remembering wrong, but didn't he tear his Achilles? 

Yeah. I don't know where this talk of a knee injury started. No one can say that barely 3 months after a torn Achilles that Leggett would nearly be recovered. Just no way. 

8 hours ago, Goalie said:

I got it from a guy im friends with named Maurice Leggett. Hes already back training. 

#twitterfriends 

48 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yeah. I don't know where this talk of a knee injury started. No one can say that barely 3 months after a torn Achilles that Leggett would nearly be recovered. Just no way. 

TIL people thought Leggett hurt his knee.... was obvious as soon as it happened it was achilles and that's a tough ******* injury to come back from. 

35 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

TIL people thought Leggett hurt his knee.... was obvious as soon as it happened it was achilles and that's a tough ******* injury to come back from. 

I'd give you the thumbs up sign but somehow it isn't right. Just damned unfortunate.

Edited January 30, 20188 yr by SpeedFlex27

14 hours ago, Mark H. said:

#twitterfriends 

probably facebook.. twitter is so impersonal. 

35 minutes ago, SPuDS said:

probably facebook.. twitter is so impersonal. 

it's definitely Twitter. He's always talking about his workout and coming back better than ever.

39 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

it's definitely Twitter. He's always talking about his workout and coming back better than ever.

Nah. Its Facebook. But more specifically... I know people who know Maurice personally and even i have hung out with him once or twice. 

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Nah. Its Facebook. But more specifically... I know people who know Maurice personally and even i have hung out with him once or twice.