Hope you're right, Jorge. I really do.
But I remember Quick saying that he thought it was just a simple dislocation at the time and that he thought they could just snap it back into place and that he could go back out on the field and play.
Since then, we've learned that there was considerable damage sustained, including at least 3 torn ligaments. The inside of his shoulder was described as looking like spaghetti. Much more damage than they at first had thought.
So we went from "just snap it back into place" to "spaghetti" by surgery's end.
I don't know the typical time frame for a shoulder rehab, but Quick is reportedly not gonna see the field before camp in July. At the earliest.
Another bit of food for thought. Typically we hear reports like "surgery went very well", "player is ahead of schedule", "doctors very pleased by progress", etc. We're not hearing those things, are we?
We're hearing that he MIGHT see the practice field by July, a full 9 months after his surgery.
We've seen what happened with J Long and Bradford after glowing reports of their respective rehabs. So color me a bit skeptical.
You'll have to pardon me if I'm a little concerned about whether Quick will actually be 100% by opening day. Quick is a big cog in our planned O for '15 and my "Spidey sense" is tingling.
We all saw the results of disappointing QB shortfall last year. I would hate to have an improperly planned WR situation for next year.
All I'm suggesting is that S/F should take all this into account and may need to elevate WR on our hierarchy of offseason needs. Maybe a top WR falls into our lap in the draft. Maybe a Britt type FA could be snagged for injury insurance.
I'm sure that S/F are miles ahead of me on this. Just trying to stimulate a little board discussion here.
I can definitely understand the feeling to be cautious, I'm just trying to point out that it is misplaced. For one, being "spaghetti" is hardly a medical terminology that shouldn't be taken too seriously at all. Same goes for Quick thinking it was fine. Players with concussions want to go back in as well when they are clearly not fine. So that has no bearing on the real severity of injury.
Second, we aren't hearing those reports probably because no one outside of St.Louis gives a damn. Not too many people outside the Rams family even know about Quick so reporters sure as hell don't want to write about him. Long and Bradford were both more nationally relevant with being top draft picks and all.
Also, knee surgery is a completely different animal then a shoulder injury. Bradford had a shoulder injury to his throwing arm and recovered fine from it.
And finally, WR isn't nearly as important as the QB position (Ask Tom Brady) especially when we have 2 or arguably 3 other receivers (Britt, Bailey, and maybe Austin) to adequately fill the position. Our receivers played fine without him given the circumstances at QB. Again, if Britt isn't resigned my mind changes on our need for a WR, but if he is signed than it isn't a need because Quick will come back eventually and be fine.
I will agree to draft an elite WR if they fall into our lap though. You should draft any player you feel is elite regardless of position. You can never have enough elite players the need for WR is still far down the list. We need 2-3 OL, a QB, DB, & LB before we need a WR.
