Zorn and Skins to pursue D. J. Hackett

[Oakland Red]

I'm concerned about his injury history. I think if he were to sign for a more modest price that allowed us to sign another veteran receiver as well, it might be better.

[BradEdwardsHitsLikeaTrain]

Originally Posted by Oakland Red

I'm concerned about his injury history. I think if he were to sign for a more modest price that allowed us to sign another veteran receiver as well, it might be better.

on the surface, it looks like injuries could be a problem with him. but i'm not sure. his rookie season he was hurt, he was relatively healthy the next 2, then last year he had a high angle sprain which bothered him all season- he got hurt in the first game, missed a bunch after that, came back and played great for 4 games, then reaggravated it. james thrash had the same injury in week 11, missed the next 4 games, came back and reaggravated it during dallas week 17 and missed the wild card game. same exact thing as hackett, and we know how hard thrash works to stay in shape.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by BradEdwardsHitsLikeaTrain

on the surface, it looks like injuries could be a problem with him. but i'm not sure. his rookie season he was hurt, he was relatively healthy the next 2, then last year he had a high angle sprain which bothered him all season- he got hurt in the first game, missed a bunch after that, came back and played great for 4 games, then reaggravated it. james thrash had the same injury in week 11, missed the next 4 games, came back and reaggravated it during dallas week 17 and missed the wild card game. same exact thing as hackett, and we know how hard thrash works to stay in shape.

This is a really good post (and welcome to the board).

It's tough to separate the guys who are actually injury prone vs the ones who simply had rotten luck. This was the first time Hackett has missed significant number of games in a season. In years past, he's just missed a couple each season. Maybe he's not super durable, but he doesn't really strike me as the Ken Griffey Jr. of the NFL either.

[BradEdwardsHitsLikeaTrain]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

This is a really good post (and welcome to the board).

It's tough to separate the guys who are actually injury prone vs the ones who simply had rotten luck. This was the first time Hackett has missed significant number of games in a season. In years past, he's just missed a couple each season. Maybe he's not super durable, but he doesn't really strike me as the Ken Griffey Jr. of the NFL either.

thanks, scheed.