Jaylon Smith Has ACL & MCL Tears

[UKColt13]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000618229/article/report-notre-dame-lb-jaylon-smith-to-undergo-knee-surgery

 

Per NFL.com

 

Still a 1st round pick?

[Dustin]

Probably a 2nd rounder now. This basically confirms he'll miss his entire rookie season. 

[Defjamz26]

Yeah He won't get touched till the early second round at most, maybe 3rd considering the decent depth at ILB this class. There's a slim chance he could be Marcus Lattimore which will scare some teams off.

[Colts_Fan12]

I hate that this happened he was my fav player in the draft 

[James Harden]

Probably now a 3rd rounder. It sucks wasting a 1st or 2nd on a person and you won't get to see him on the field until the next season. I wish him luck and a speedy recovery. Some people are never the same after a serious injury. With luck and great medical staff, hope he comes out with iron legs like Adrian Peterson did. 

[OffensivelyPC]

Man that's rough.  Average 10 months and that's assuming no bone or other ligament damage.  That is going to really affect his stock.  

[Colts_Fan12]

Trade up in the 3rd for him if he's there let him take a year off and let him come in and wreck the next 

[JRnINDY]

@C_Felling: @RapSheet Reported by @greggabe, on @670TheScore, siting a source, it is an LCL injury, not an ACL/MCL.  Different animal

 

ACL/LCL

Awful, wish the best for the kid. He unfortunately will drop big.

[NewColtsFan]

 

I don't think he falls farther than the 2nd round.

 

And I would not be surprised to see one of the teams drafting at the bottom of the 1st round select him there.

 

They'd be getting a top-5/10 talent at the bottom of the round and even if he doesn't play in 2016,  those teams are very good teams and would be getting a shot at a player they normally don't have a chance at.

 

So, I think 1st round is still a possibility.  

 

Do I think it's likely?      Maybe not.     But do I think it's possible?      Yes.

[NewColtsFan]

 

Just visited NFL.com...

 

Came across this disappointing story....    Smith has ACL/MCL tears,  and POSSIBLE nerve damage!

 

Yikes!!

 

If this turns out to be true,  he's out of the first round,  and maybe even out of the 2nd too.    He'll be examined at the combine by NFL docs.

 

And then teams that are still interested will fly him in for private exams by team docs.   That's who will determine Smith's future.      Doctors.

 

Then the GM's and HC's and Owners will have to take all that into serious consideration.

 

Wow......    just feel terrible for the kid.    Just terrible.

 

[COLTS449]

2 hours ago, Colts_Fan12 said:

I hate that this happened he was my fav player in the draft 

 

Mine too bro. This sucks so bad. Maybe we can get him in the 3rd round though.

[MPStack]

His draft status may come down to how good his agent is. Think 2003 Willis Mcgahee and the nasty injury he suffered, tears to the ACL, PCL and MCL. As much as I disliked D. Rosenhaus, he did a great job selling Mcgahee. Ended up still being a 1st rd pick.

[DougDew]

Pass

[SP_21]

12 hours ago, Defjamz26 said:

Yeah He won't get touched till the early second round at most, maybe 3rd considering the decent depth at ILB this class. There's a slim chance he could be Marcus Lattimore which will scare some teams off.

I couldn't be that bad. Latty dislocated his knee and pretty much destroyed everything. It was gruesome. 

[Superman]

If he's lingering at the end of the second, after our pick, I'd trade 2017 picks to come back into the second for him.

[OffensivelyPC]

40 minutes ago, Superman said:

If he's lingering at the end of the second, after our pick, I'd trade 2017 picks to come back into the second for him.

Probably cost at least a future 2nd and 4th, maybe 2nd and 3rd.  Doesn't matter, either would be worth it to me.

[Superman]

1 minute ago, OffensivelyPC said:

Probably cost at least a future 2nd and 4th, maybe 2nd and 3rd.  Doesn't matter, either would be worth it to me.

 

Could even be conditional. Kind of hard to bang out those details during the draft, but you could make it a 2017 2nd and a 2018 3rd if Smith plays a certain amount of games in 2017, if not then it's a 2018 4th. 

[OffensivelyPC]

4 minutes ago, Superman said:

 

Could even be conditional. Kind of hard to bang out those details during the draft, but you could make it a 2017 2nd and a 2018 3rd if Smith plays a certain amount of games in 2017, if not then it's a 2018 4th. 

I don't know he pasts that long, but I suppose there's a lot of medical info that teams will want before doing anything. If we didn't have so many needs that need filled now, I'd endorse picking him at 2.18. I still wouldn't be mad if they did it anyway.