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The Most Important Guys in the Draft Room may have been the Medical Staff

Dr. Patrick McKenzie - Team Physician and Bryan Engel - Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer

If we want to be negative, we can examine the guys we are counting on to contribute and observe that they bad senior years as their results were impacted by health issues.   As a result, they are risky picks.  They include: 

Rnd       Pick                       Injury
2          TE  Musgrave       MCL
2          WR Reed           Multiple
3          TE  Kraft                Ankle
5          WR Wicks        Hip Flexor
6          Carlson, K,            ACL

Will those issues be resolved?   Let’s hope so.  I can’t imagine the pressure on the medical staff to make the right call on these guys…I would not want it.

To be positive, I can recall a former 1st round draft pick who Ron Wolf traded for after he had a marginal senior year.  He was recovering from an automobile accident.   That one turned out pretty well for us!!

I have high hopes.
 

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Thompson would often select players that had been injured and fell on draft day. I understand the concept and to a degree I can accept it. I don't want to take an injured player in the first round (Justin Harrell) but in the third round it is more acceptable. 

I think most of the players selected this year have recovered

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I'd rather take a guy who's been nicked up than a guy who's two small or too slow.

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