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Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:22 am

Stafford didn't play with an injury. He's missed more games than he's started thus far in his career. Because of that, he is an enormous injury risk.

With MJD, it's the nature of the injury, the question of whether he is all the way back and the pounding every starting RB takes. Not to mention there have been several reports indicating the Jags plan to scale back his workload this season in order to try and keep him healthy. There's no denying his talent, but I think the days of MJD getting 350+ touches are over.

With Colston it's the fact he's had several knee injuries in recent seasons. At some point you have to wonder if all that will take its toll and prevent him from playing at his proven level of production.

RiFF · Post by **RiFF** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:45 am

I'm not a Doctor (although I did play one once in a grade school play) but it's my understanding when cartilage damage is incurred and microfracture surgery is required to "repair" it (stimulate new growth) the resulting cartilage is much weaker than the original cartilage making the "new" cartilage more suseptible to injury. That's certainly the case with Colston and may also be to a lesser degfree with MJD. And of course Colston has had the procedure multiple times and each time is supposedly more difficult to produce new cartilage.

Stafford's a "China Doll"

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:02 am

The fact is some people are built "better" (or worse) than others.
The fact is some people will play hurt, and some will not.

This is not exactly the same, but I have very tight hamstrings. When I play softball, I am a much bigger risk than others to get out of the game "unscathed".

People who think some aren't more injury prone than others have never owned Robert Smith, Fred Taylor, etc.

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:06 am

I think MJD is the most difficult player to gauge in the first round this year. If you draft him and he does decline, you've got a first-round bust. Pass on him and he bounces back and whoever drafted him got the steal of the draft in the first round.

I'm picking 7th in my top league and I honestly don't know at this time if I should have MJD on my list of targets or not. Right now he's not on the list.

Atlas · Post by **Atlas** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:41 am

Originally posted by The FF Maestro:
I really want to be a simpleton and not over-complicate matters in regards to injuries but can somebody please explain to me this very simple theory that I have here?...and that is simply this; if a player HAD an injury (MJD, Colston, Stafford, etc., etc., etc.) and said player actually played with the injury (and rather successfully at that) and he has now had that injury REPAIRED, well then what exactly makes him a bigger injury risk than any other player who has not had a prior injury?...I profess to not being a doctor but it's my belief that a REPAIRED and formerly injured player is on EQUAL ground with a sans formerly injured player, correct?...take the psychological aspect from an owner's perspective (which has nada to do with that player's ability to stay on the field whatsoever, naturally) out of the equation here and can someone out there in Fantasy Land please give me a justified and warranted answer to my Q here please?...thanks much...