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Originally Posted by ChaosTheory
Well, Mike Chappell is confident enough in his source that he wrote an article on this recent news with the back injury...
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After the Colts ended their offseason work in mid-June, they preferred Taylor remain in Indy while completing his rehab from surgery in January on his right ankle. His rehab forced him to miss all of the on-field work.
But Taylor opted to prepare for training camp by working out with his associates in Arizona.
The bottom line: the Colts clearly were aware of the ankle situation, but Taylor never mentioned a back injury until he reported to Grand Park Sports Complex for his pre-camp physical, according to the source.
Until that time, the team fully expected Taylor to be full-go for camp.
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I hate to say it, but I just don't believe JT. Chap's always been good. |
I gotta put a little different perspective on this.
If JT says he doesn't have a back injury then I believe him.
Colts would be stupid to put the NFI tag on JT if he was working out to get better and healthier, to play this upcoming season. Don't burn you're fuckin' bridges until the have to be burned.
I do also believe that JT has probably volunteered to be the RB to fall on the sword for the cause. Too bad, cause it ain't going to work out.
The Colts won't even sniff a 2nd round pick for JT in a trade. Whether it's true or not JT is viewed as damaged goods in the NFL. Not because of the drama and hoopla, but coming off injury and then another (reported, but unsubstantiated injury) makes him almost untradeable.
Also in 40+ years of covering the Colts, how many scoops did Chappy really ever have?