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Is Phillip Thomas healthy yet?


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Whats going on with his foot injury? Haven't read anything about his recovery in quite a while and I would love to see him get a shot when fully healthy because he showed he was a ballhawk in college and we desperately need playmakers in the secondary.

He is the Malcolm Kelly of safeties!

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Whats going on with his foot injury? Haven't read anything about his recovery in quite a while and I would love to see him get a shot when fully healthy because he showed he was a ballhawk in college and we desperately need playmakers in the secondary.

 

Playmakers?  Hell,...they just needs someone that can consistently cover well at this point.

 

Even if he was ready to play does anyone really think a kid with basically no NFL experience to come in and really be a difference maker?  I don't.

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Even if he is healthy ... so what?  Anoither Draft Bust ... never has shown any exceptional ability to warrant all the wishful thinking.

 

Prove me wrong ... somebody!

 

can you really be considered a draft bust if you're taken in the 4th round? 

 

Obviously health hasn't been on his side...but I'll reserve judgment until he actually gets some snaps in a regular season game. 

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Has he even played in a preseason game? I'm saving my man-crushes for at minimum preseason hype. No more training camp heroes.

He has played in the preseason.  Keim was very high on him and said he looked good during camp and preseason iirc....he just can't stay healthy.  I've heard foot injuries can linger, but damn.....

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can you really be considered a draft bust if you're taken in the 4th round? 

 

Obviously health hasn't been on his side...but I'll reserve judgment until he actually gets some snaps in a regular season game. 

 

problem is he's never gonna get snaps in a regular season game because he's always hurt!!!!!!!!!

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RonA ... Ithink there are tons of NFL players taken in the 4th round that turn out to be decent players ... Kirk C. for example ... so yea ... he is a Bust.

3rd through 7th round picks rarely achieve more than role player status. They're mostly hit or miss players that bounce around the league. Kirk Cousins and Alfred Morris were rare finds, but they're definitely not the standard.

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RonA ... Ithink there are tons of NFL players taken in the 4th round that turn out to be decent players ... Kirk C. for example ... so yea ... he is a Bust.

 

 

There is more of a risk involved with taking players in rounds 4-7.  There is NO way you can call Thomas a bust.  In thinking about it, have you ever heard of a 4th round pick referred to as a bust? 

 

That Dallas Sartz was a huge bust, right? 

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Even if he is healthy ... so what?  Anoither Draft Bust ... never has shown any exceptional ability to warrant all the wishful thinking.

 

Prove me wrong ... somebody!

 jesus, who took the jam out of your doughnut. 

 

Alfred Freaking Morris ring a bell? Darrell Young okay with you? How about getting excited about Ryan Grant? did you know Chris Baker was an undrafted free agent and cut by the Broncos and Dolphins and he's only 26 and our starting Nose. 

 

C'mon man! things are looking up. Go see the Eli Drunk Pic thread and smile again! 

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Keenan Robinson couldn't stay healthy.  Until he did.  Stafford is a position specific example for the same re: Griffin.

 

When healthy he was getting lots of praise.  Fingers crossed he follows a path more akin to that of Robinson than The Comb 'cos as is often the case we need an upgrade at S going forward.

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Concur with others saying there is no such thing as a mid/late round "bust." The odds and numbers are stacked way against those guys ever making a real impact in the NFL.

Now, yes, good organizations find guys consistently in those rounds. If you never land serviceable guys and some gems, you won't be good. Not diminishing importance of those picks. But individually, no such thing as a bust.

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This is just a general comment but I wish we, as a fanbase, would be more supportive of our players. Many love to crucify players that struggle with injury; especially the ones that look good in the offseason and have talent. I think being a struggling franchise for so long has contributed to this. Phillip Thomas would have a better chance at being a solid NFL player on a team like Seattle -- with surrounding talent but that team makes players over perform. 

 

I miss those days, when guys like Kurt Gouveia played above their heads and each week it seemed like someone new stepped up and answered the call. We'll get there.

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