Actually that is GREAT news, the main ligaments are good, and a fibula is a non weight bearing bone. DD
Anyone else looking at that play think why didn't he jump over the guy going at his knees. I thought it looked strange that he went full speed into the guy.
I hate feeling happy about this cause it didn't end up being a serious injury but at the same time he's our most important defensive player out there. Really going to miss watching him play. Praying a speedy recovery for you Cush!
I hope Cushing considers taking Roids to help with the recovery. That's what steroids are intended for
http://www.csnhouston.com/texans/houston-lb-brian-cushing-out-season?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo Out for season once again! Sux, Cush brings so much to our defense. You can always notice the difference when he is in the line up.
I know you weren't talking to me, but its not complicated. He's had two major ligament tears that will make him miss 20 regular season games. He's had concussions that have taken him out of games. And not an injury, but of course the steroid punishment. This is his 5th year. Out of a possible 80 games that he should have played in based on talent, he will have played in 56, or 70%. I know there's been a lot of back in forth in this thread. I admit to not being nearly as up on football contracts and GMs as basketball. Would DRose have gotten a max contract extension this past offseason if that was when the timing lined up? I'd suspect so. Younger player, have to keep them, max is what they deserve, and all indications are they will be back as healthy as every. That said, football isn't basketball, and Cushing's impact isn't nearly what DRose's is to a team. On its surface, it seems a little folly to lock up a player to a contract coming of a major injury in a sport where injuries happen often, when the probability of signing him to a very similar contract the next offseason after seeing how the injured knee and the player's performance holds up would be high. I can see arguments either way. It is a little bit of Monday morning quarterbacking, but that's how things are judged in real life... on results. You can't fully judge whether something was a good move until you see the results. So, in retrospect, it seems to have been a move that (i) wasn't absolutely necessary (all the articles, etc. surrounding the contract make it clear Cushing and his agents were pushing to get something done at least a little more than the Texans were pushing for it), and (ii) was probably a bit overpaid in any case... certainly no "coming off major injury" discount.
