On the radar: Brodie Croyle

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Originally Posted by FAX

Okay ... there were exceptions ... a few exceptions.

As for Croyle's frame, I agree. He's ... breakable. From the very beginning I was hopeful the team would focus his first couple of years on building his strength while acclimating him to the NFL game. Apparently, however, that wasn't exactly a priority under Herm.

There will always be Croyle haters. I'm just not one of those. I honestly believe he has the necessary core skills to be a very fine NFL quarterback. Can he take the beating? I don't know. History says, no. Then again, some of his injuries have been pretty flukey.

FAX

I understand, and I'm definitely not a "hater"; Croyle has all the necessary tools to be outstanding.

But there are far too many flukes to account for his history. Given his laundry-list of injuries, I see his first injury with the team (when he tripped over an offensive lineman in an innocuous situation in camp) as less of a fluke and more of an apt microcosm. Unfortunately, that's Croyle's physicality in a nutshell.

And in no way do I think he's "soft." It takes tremendous courage for him to take the field. He's not stupid; he's self aware of his body.

He was worth the risk in the third round, but now we need to turn to different horizons.