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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Jimmy Graham (never the same)
Victor Cruz (never the same)
Jarod Mayo (ended career)
Cadillac Williams (never the same)
The Chiefs Lucas Niang (after his first year)
Jack Conklin (hasn’t played as well since coming back, can’t stay healthy)
Ryan Williams (Cardinals RB, ended career)
JC Jackson (never the same)
Le Charles Bentley (ended career)
Most of these guys were early in their careers/in their prime.
Like 50 percent of guys who have this injury have even return to play in the NFL. And I can’t find a single dude who came back and was as good as he was before.
Simmons’ knee can check out healthy and the repair can be successful, and all history tells us that his new “healthy best” won’t be as good as it was before.
That’s the problem.
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Yeah, I’m just convinced it would be asinine to even draft him in the first round, much less trade up for him. Maybe, MAYBE take a flyer on him if he lasts until the third or fourth. Even then I’m skeptical. There will be so many day one impact players in the first; we need to go that route.