Remind me who brought Javid Best into the discussion? What was the point of that?
There must be some agenda. The funny thing is even if there was some reason to be overly concerned before we had any facts on whether he will be cleared this week, what good would it do? He's either going to return or he's not correct? Its not like every fantasy player isn't trying to acquire as much depth as possible either way.
Agenda? I am just being realistic. Under what circumstance is it good news when your RB stud misses a game from concussion? Only bad news can come. Even if he returns next week he is now tainted. What if he gets hit hard again? It's like getting a shiny new car from the dealership and you can't drive it for a week because it got a huge dent in it (its in the shop). Even if you get it back and the dent looks good as new, the metal isn't as strong as it was and you got a lesson on how vulnerable it is going forward. Can we both agree multiple concussions are bad for RBs? Now that he has one documented concussion, is it unreasonable to think it could happen again? What does the value of Ware do at that point? Explain to me how this is no news, especially after he missed a game because of it when half the guys come back without missing a game?
I hope he comes back and I hope he never gets concussed again in his lifetime, but is that a realistic stance to take with his running style and what we learned about the NFL? There is no agenda. I can give you a long list of careers that have ended from concussions in the NHL/NFL, but why bother as you didn't even take the study I handed you seriously. I'll just be called a tool or whatever else is dreamed up. But lurkers should beware that Ware could take a massive hit in value going forward. Even if its just a scratch on his record, going forward next year during the draft people will point to missing x number of games from a concussion as real risk. And what happens is he gets another one this year and misses more games? Is that the only time we are allowed to worry? Well since most concussions don't get reported at the HS/college level and 1/3 don't at the NFL level I am going to safely assume Ware has been concussed before in his life, which is why he didn't return without missing any games. I could be wrong about this, but neither of us know for sure, so it definitely takes him down a notch in my mind when I compare him to other options of similar skill level.
I have no agenda. I don't love or hate Ware. Can we both agree that even if he comes back next week, that his value takes a small, if even only incremental hit? Or are you of the stance that he is as good as new? His bell got rung on a hit that did not even look that bad on film. He fell forward on his face, didn't hit the ground hard from the side or neck flexing back to hit the back of his head against the ground. You might say, well his concussion was from another hit then, and to that I say, "then that's even worse because he stayed in and kept playing like Alex Smith did and got his bell rung again enough to make them pull him out of a close game where they needed him."
So again, as I said in my original one liner post, only bad news can come from this. There is absolutely nothing that could possibly be taken as good news from missing a game from concussion.
Instead of calling me a tool why doesn't somebody tell me how this is good news or a non news situation?
This is a risk reward scenario here. The value meter will move based upon what happens next week. If you are sitting pretty with a good record and can get equal or better value for Ware in a trade before info breaks then why not mitigate the risk?
If you wait until he misses another week his value will plummet and keep dropping for every week he misses. Alternatively, if you feel its not big deal, and the Ware owner thinks its a big deal, try to buy Ware low, especially if you need a shot in the arm for your team that has a losing record. Again
his value will go up if he plays and plays well next week, so there is opportunity to gain value in either side of this trade, but if you wait until he plays well, the value opportunity will again be missed. Either way the situation is creating value. If you guys can keep from name calling and just refute this, be my guest. Either way West was a good pickup before the concussion happened which is the timely, actionable advice I gave in this thread.
