Draft news/impact - Michigan LB David Ojabo tore his Achilles

[Blank Stare]

I think they go some combination of WR and CB in the first 2 rounds, but you have to give it strong consideration if he’s there for us in the second. 

Edited March 20, 2022 by TheProcess

[Rubes]

Pretty amazing to see how far we've come in the past couple of decades with this injury. Previously, if you tore your achilles, no way you could come back and have the kind of power and force needed to be an impact, speed NFL player—ever, much less in 6 months.

 

[The Jokeman]

2 hours ago, TheProcess said:

I think they go some combination of WR and CB in the first 2 rounds, but you have to give it strong consideration if he’s there for us in the second. 

OG could be in the mix depending on what happens with Bates.

[Warcodered]

2 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Bucky Brooks tweeted out video of the injury and said that he couldn’t believe the lack of concern from the coaches and officials that were there. I totally agree. They cared more about retrieving the football than a guy in obvious pain. ☹️
 

 

 

Yeah I remember seeing that on the NFL network, just no sense of urgency from anyone, felt like we were moments away from someone yelling out "hey David could you get out of the way the next guys up."

[Sierra Foothills]

3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

If they give him the same timeframe as Akers, I wouldn’t be upset with taking him at 25.  He will be available around week 6-8.  

 

That was so irresponsible for Shefter to tweet that "doctors expect Ojabo to be on the same timeline as Cam Akers" (6 months, which is an anomaly... 9-12 months is typical).

 

This sort of recovery is about as predictable as the weather in WNY.

 

Also ridiculous is the statement that "Doctors expect a full and complete recovery." When have doctors ever not expected a full and complete recovery and even if they didn't, would they ever say it?

 

Thank you very little, Shefty.

[Beerball]

On 3/19/2022 at 10:08 AM, Coach Tuesday said:

Elite passrusher is ALWAYS a position of need.  If he’s still there at 25 it’s a real conversation.

Agree 100%.

10 minutes ago, Warcodered said:

Yeah I remember seeing that on the NFL network, just no sense of urgency from anyone, felt like we were moments away from someone yelling out "hey David could you get out of the way the next guys up."

yeah, that's cold

[Warcodered]

well that's nice to hear.

 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

I don’t think his draft stock is going to drop actually. Same with that receiver from Alabama. 

[TBBills]

Just now, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I don’t think his draft stock is going to drop actually. Same with that receiver from Alabama. 

Yea 6 months for full recovery isn't a big problem for most teams. 

[dpberr]

For starters, I'd fire that jackass who walks AROUND a person in pain to retrieve a ball.

 

I'd want to know someone didn't run out there to render aid. 

[Mr. WEO]

5 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

If they give him the same timeframe as Akers, I wouldn’t be upset with taking him at 25.  He will be available around week 6-8.  

 

Who knows what his health will be. Akers came back in week 18 and was a nonfactor the rest of the way.

[DCofNC]

Could not justify taking him in the first, BUT, I could see sending next years first to somebody to get him in the second.  You think you are picking 32 next year, you aren’t getting that talent in that range and it’s always a position of need.  If you can pull it off, I’d be happy with it.

[buffalo2218]

I remember a lot of teams passing up Thurman with similar concerns. Perhaps it may be worth the gamble?

[HOUSE]

3rd round, maybe. He may never recover from that injury, it happens

 

JMO

 

78 Achilles tendon ruptures were identified in professional football players during the 2010-2015 NFL seasons. 58% of
these injuries occurred during the preseason. Of those that suffered an Achilles tendon rupture, 26% did not ever return to play

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2473011417S000314

Edited March 20, 2022 by HOUSE

[SCBills]

4 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I don’t think his draft stock is going to drop actually. Same with that receiver from Alabama. 

We’ll see.. If either Williams or Ojabo are there at 25, the injury affected their draft stock. 

[Buffalo Barbarian]

On 3/19/2022 at 9:55 AM, Draconator said:

 

 

amazing the technology today, used to be that injury was a year recovery and then another to get back to form, if ever.

 

 

Edited March 20, 2022 by Buffalo Barbarian

[CDogg20]

32 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

3rd round, maybe. He may never recover from that injury, it happens

 

JMO

 

78 Achilles tendon ruptures were identified in professional football players during the 2010-2015 NFL seasons. 58% of
these injuries occurred during the preseason. Of those that suffered an Achilles tendon rupture, 26% did not ever return to play

 

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2473011417S000314

Excellent information 

[soflabillsfan1]

6 months may ass.  He will not have the same explosiveness he had pre-injury at 6 months.  That's a total fantasy.  Sucks for the guy.

[RunTheBall]

You people are high if you think we are taking him at 25. Come on, we are in win now mode. It’s WR or CB, not a busted EDGE when we just signed Miller. Achilles injury is worse than an ACL. It’s a tendon it connects a muscle to a bone, the ACL just keeps 2 bones stable. You never know how these guys are going to recover it’s just not easy to predict like an ACL.

 

[HOUSE]

I am really bummed by that clip, that really really sucks.....really really