Won't get into what I would've done with the draft but I'm pretty concerned about Milliner. Myriad of injuries in college, now this calf that Rex said "isn't getting any better." I hope I'm wrong and I think the kid has potential, but he's gotta be on the field for it to matter. Just have a feeling he's perennially going to be a guy playing 13 games and listed as questionable for another 3.
Didn't like the pick because of his injury history. Why do you think other teams stayed away when he was predicted to go higher?
I thought he was alittle overrated...definitely the top corner in the draft..maybe the best at that spot in acouple years...but more of a top 10...not a top 5 like advertised. That said..he had a history of shoulder concerns in college..but he never missed a single game. Assuming he passed his team physical, I don't think "Injury prone" is a fair label.
He's injury prone and always will be? This is his first year in the NFL. You can't know that for a fact. It's waaaaay to premature to judge that.
Is he injury prone, or, does he just play a physical sport in which injuries occur from time to time? Yes he's had his shoulder repaired by doctor James Andrews but for a CB and not a quarterback? A shoulder injury doesn't come close to making a CB out to be "injury prone". Because the last time I checked during his three year college career with Alabama, he only missed one game. As a true freshman in 2010 Dee Milliner played in all 13 games and earned 11 starts. During Milliner's sophomore season he played in all 13 games and during his final (junior) season with Alabama Dee Milliner played during each and every game apart from the Western Kentucky game, in which he missed due to a strained hip flexor. Dee Milliner only missed one game during his three year college career but yet, now he's "injury prone"? I'll agree to disagree.
Some may consider injury prone despite the fact he's only missed one football game due to injury (dating back to High School) but on the other hand, I personally consider this kid as being a potentially great NFL cornerback. He's been known for his greatness, on the national level, dating back to high school. Milliner was a consensus All-State first teamer, and a 2009 USA Today All-American selection in High School. Milliner was selected to the Under Armour All-America Game and played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic. Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Milliner was listed as the No. 2 cornerback nationally, behind only Lamarcus Joyner, while Scout.com ranked him No. 1 among all High School cornerbacks. Milliner picked the Crimson Tide over offers from Auburn, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Tennessee, among others. Milliner was Alabama's highest rated recruit of the 2010 class. Milliner was Alabama's undisputed top cornerback during the 2012 season. He was subsequently named a unanimous first-team All-American. In late January 2013, Sports Illustrated projected Milliner to be selected No. 6 overall by the Cleveland Browns. After the combine, Sports Illustrated projected Milliner to be selected No. 2 overall by the Jaguars, which would make him the highest selected defensive back since Eric Turner in 1991. In March 2013, Pat Kirwan of CBSSports.com projected Milliner to be the No. 1 overall selection by the Chiefs. On the day of the NFL Draft, Milliner was selected 9th overall by the New York Jets. The #1 rated and 1st CB/Secondary player drafted of 2013. Milliner was also the highest selected Alabama cornerback since Antonio Langham in 1994. So yea, I will not consider this kid as being "injury prone" due to playing a very physical sport in which injuries happen from time to time. But instead, I consider him as being just as strong of a prospect as Revis coming out. You can not consider a kid as being injury prone when he's only missed 1 game dating back to his High School football career. Playing opposite of Cromartie while being developed under coach Ryan (from day one) I believe this kid is going to thrive as a Jet. All All-Pro at the CB position in Antonio Cromartie along with a CB prospect such as Dee Milliner? Sign me up.
Everybody on the NFL field isn injury prone... Any amd everybody fights through some type of injury in their careers and its whether they play or not or if they are even capable to play at all which makes it more serious than not. Teams invest a lot of money so now they go into protection mode and don't let a player play if they even a slight bit hurt not like old days where you gridiron and go no matter what.
I can buy the Hayden argument as he was arguably more physical than Milliner coming out w/ just as good of hips. He struggled w/ timed speed though..while Dee posted a 4.37. The problem w/ Rhodes is he had sloppy technique in college & was never a great man coverage guy. More of a zone type in the Richard Sherman mold.Immense upside yes...but not the polished cover guy coming out that Milliner was. Patrick Peterson would have a legit argument though
Probably a bit of both. Milliner's medical history includes a rod in his tibia, a knee scope, hernia surgery and surgery for a torn labrum. I wonder if the sore calf is on the same leg that had the rod inserted. One probably has nothing to do with the other, and I'm certainly not a doctor, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
The thing about determining whether a draft pick paid off is, usually it takes 3 - 4 years before you know if you made a mistake or not. It's really too early to say. He could heal up, get experience this year and adjust to the NFL, and develop into a Pro Bowl player by next year. Or he could just constantly get injured, not improve, and never really play at the NFL level. Or anything in between.
Milliner has a high pain tolerance. That's the only thing that explains his constant injury stream alongside not missing games as a result. If I see him starting to miss games I'll be concerned. Until that happens it's just what he is and how it works. I see him as a good piece in the Jets defense. He's not going to be Revis or anything but he's going to be a solid player once he gets his feet on the ground and figures out where he needs to be in the system.
It's a very violent game and any player can be injured at any time. Sometimes the injuries are career ending. Look at Joe Thiesmann and Bo Jackson.
Man he's right! Why haven't these rookies done anything yet! What the hell!? They should be leading the league in sacks and picks and helping us get to the playoffs. Oh wait. It hasn't started yet. Carry on, nothing to see here.
