Iceman56751
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Attached are some articles from John McClain of the Houston Chronicle over the past 9 months - none of which sound very promising. Curious to know of others thoughts?
Third, for those of you who wonder how they could have passed up Bush knowing that Domanick Davis was injured, Double D was healthy going into camp. The team doctors, trainers, coaches, teammates and Davis himself pronounced him fit from the arthroscopic surgery he underwent on his knee in December. Davis suffered a new injury to the same knee on the second day of practice. He even went and got a second opinion in North Carolina. So, for everyone who thinks the Texans were dunces for not drafting Bush when Davis was injured, forget about it. They may be dunces for passing up Bush, all right, but not because they knew Davis was hurt. Before the draft, they were told Davis was on course to be ready for camp. And he was.
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Right about now, many of you are howling about Reggie Bush and the injustice of it all, right? Even though I've written this many, many times and said it on the radio a hundred times, I still get e-mails that are uninformed about what actually happened to Domanick Davis. This seems like a good time for a repeat. When Davis reported to training camp, he didn't have a problem with the knee injury he suffered last season and for which he underwent arthroscopic surgery. He practiced two times and suffered a severe bruise that was unrelated to the previous injury. After he sat out a while and did rehab and got a second opinion, he was told that his knee was never going to feel the way it used to feel. Too much wear and tear. But he was told that he should be able to play with it that way. He'd have to learn to play with pain.
Davis said he didn't want to play until he felt the way he used to feel. That wasn't going to happen. They'd reached a stalemate. Davis was placed on injured reserve. I don't think we'll ever see him play in another game.
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So one reason Kubiak passed up Bush is because he thought he'd have a healthy Davis, which didn't happen. Now, of course, they've got to rely on Wali Lundy, Ron Dayne and Samkon Gado. By the way, Gado is a hoot. Not only is he articulate and polite, but he's funny, too. Reporters love well-spoken players who are clever and have a sense of humor. We're hoping Gado plays more. No wonder Green Bay fans liked him so much.
It's good that rookie Wali Lundy and second-year veteran Vernand Morency have looked good in the one-cut system because Domanick Davis won't play this year. I'll be shocked if they don't put him on injured reserve. This week, I wrote that he could be cut because that was what I had been told, without naming who told me. A day later, they'd changed their tune. If you waive an injured player, you have to reach an injury settlement. If the player has healed, then you don't owe him anything other than what he's already collected. That's why they decided not to cut Davis.
Third, for those of you who wonder how they could have passed up Bush knowing that Domanick Davis was injured, Double D was healthy going into camp. The team doctors, trainers, coaches, teammates and Davis himself pronounced him fit from the arthroscopic surgery he underwent on his knee in December. Davis suffered a new injury to the same knee on the second day of practice. He even went and got a second opinion in North Carolina. So, for everyone who thinks the Texans were dunces for not drafting Bush when Davis was injured, forget about it. They may be dunces for passing up Bush, all right, but not because they knew Davis was hurt. Before the draft, they were told Davis was on course to be ready for camp. And he was.
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Right about now, many of you are howling about Reggie Bush and the injustice of it all, right? Even though I've written this many, many times and said it on the radio a hundred times, I still get e-mails that are uninformed about what actually happened to Domanick Davis. This seems like a good time for a repeat. When Davis reported to training camp, he didn't have a problem with the knee injury he suffered last season and for which he underwent arthroscopic surgery. He practiced two times and suffered a severe bruise that was unrelated to the previous injury. After he sat out a while and did rehab and got a second opinion, he was told that his knee was never going to feel the way it used to feel. Too much wear and tear. But he was told that he should be able to play with it that way. He'd have to learn to play with pain.
Davis said he didn't want to play until he felt the way he used to feel. That wasn't going to happen. They'd reached a stalemate. Davis was placed on injured reserve. I don't think we'll ever see him play in another game.
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So one reason Kubiak passed up Bush is because he thought he'd have a healthy Davis, which didn't happen. Now, of course, they've got to rely on Wali Lundy, Ron Dayne and Samkon Gado. By the way, Gado is a hoot. Not only is he articulate and polite, but he's funny, too. Reporters love well-spoken players who are clever and have a sense of humor. We're hoping Gado plays more. No wonder Green Bay fans liked him so much.
It's good that rookie Wali Lundy and second-year veteran Vernand Morency have looked good in the one-cut system because Domanick Davis won't play this year. I'll be shocked if they don't put him on injured reserve. This week, I wrote that he could be cut because that was what I had been told, without naming who told me. A day later, they'd changed their tune. If you waive an injured player, you have to reach an injury settlement. If the player has healed, then you don't owe him anything other than what he's already collected. That's why they decided not to cut Davis.
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