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    Colts Select Laiatu Latu Edge UCLA

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    4 minutes ago, WarGhost21 said:

    Just wanted to make a note as to what many people seem to be misunderstanding:

     

    Yes, Latu had a neck injury. Yes, he was medically retired for a season.

     

    However, this was not his decision. Washington essentially forced him to retire after a few team doctors incorrectly said he’d never play again so that the team could open up a scholarship spot and didn’t have to wait for him to get healthy. They never once gave him a chance to prove he was healthy with a physical, so Latu left for UCLA, where he almost immediately passed a physical and was cleared by their team doctors.

     

    Yes, a neck injury is scary, but Latu has played 2 full healthy seasons since that, and the only reason he is being questioned is because Washington and their team doctors failed to do their jobs correctly and let Latu heal.

    Context is king. Thank you for sharing that. I'll look up some more information on his situation, or at least I will if my dang eye every slows down on swelling!

    Pick #46/ #82 What's Available Day 2? Discussion

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    Just now, CoachLite said:

    Really hard to figure out how this draft will fall with all the QBs taken in round 1. Were the QB needing teams desperate? Or were those kids really that good? The WRs left are good not great prospects, IMO. Looks like we're still a couple of years away from being a SB competitive team.

     

    At this point it's not a lack of talent, it's putting the talent we have together to make the best use of it. So it would seem BPA is what is going to dictate our next pick.

    Mostly desperate. Denver put themselves into a bad position with the whole Wilson thing. They really had no choice but to take a QB. Atlanta is still very odd to me with taking Penix Jr... With the whole Cousins trade, you'd have thought they were going to get one of the top defensive players to make a push for the division title. 

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    Colts Select Laiatu Latu Edge UCLA

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    One way to counter all the offensive power is to definitely bulk up the defensive line. Belichick was pretty positive talking about Latu, and he knows defensive players better than probably all of the other analysts out there. A monster defensive lineman can really make a difference, just ask Joe Burrow after his Super Bowl loss. 

     

    The neck stuff concerns me a bit. But, I'm pulling for this kid, and hope he has a long, healthy and productive career with us.

     

     

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