View Poll Results: Is CHRIS BORLAND THE REAL DEAL ? Is he worthy of a top draft pick...or is he overrated ??

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  • Chris Borland is going to be a solid NFL starter and is worthy of a round 2 or 3 draft pick

    10 40.00%
  • Borlans is overrated in here. He's just not talented enough...botom line

    13 52.00%
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Thread: CHRIS BORLAND.....A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OPINIONS ON HIM AS AN NFL PROSPECT

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    Didn't Borland have a lot of issues with a surgery early in his career that didn't respond as well as expected and shortened a season? Arm or shoulder or something?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
    Didn't Borland have a lot of issues with a surgery early in his career that didn't respond as well as expected and shortened a season? Arm or shoulder or something?
    OK all you Badger homers, no one stepped up to the plate to address the issue of Borland's injury history, so I researched it myself. While he might not have Hodge-like bad knees, he apparently had an off-season surgery on his shoulder after his freshman year, played one game in which he re-injured it, missed the second game and played six plays in the third before shutting down for the season and a second surgery in a red-shirt sophomore season. Since then he has missed a couple more games with a hamstring injury.

    So, he is a short in height, exceedingly short-armed, some what slow, average athlete who hits big with a shoulder that has been operated on twice already. He essentially missed one full season because of a shoulder, plus at least a couple games in another season due to a hamstring injury.

    Isn't that the kind of player most of you want TT to stay away from?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patler View Post
    OK all you Badger homers, no one stepped up to the plate to address the issue of Borland's injury history, so I researched it myself. While he might not have Hodge-like bad knees, he apparently had an off-season surgery on his shoulder after his freshman year, played one game in which he re-injured it, missed the second game and played six plays in the third before shutting down for the season and a second surgery in a red-shirt sophomore season. Since then he has missed a couple more games with a hamstring injury.

    So, he is a short in height, exceedingly short-armed, some what slow, average athlete who hits big with a shoulder that has been operated on twice already. He essentially missed one full season because of a shoulder, plus at least a couple games in another season due to a hamstring injury.

    Isn't that the kind of player most of you want TT to stay away from?
    That shoulder sounds an awful lot like Datko's...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guiness View Post
    That shoulder sounds an awful lot like Datko's...
    Except that, understandable concerns aside for the moment, he played for the better part of two years and did not suffer from it again. So he is a light year or so ahead of Datko in that department. He has demonstrated on the field he has recovered.

    What that means long term, I have no idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pbmax View Post
    Except that, understandable concerns aside for the moment, he played for the better part of two years and did not suffer from it again. So he is a light year or so ahead of Datko in that department. He has demonstrated on the field he has recovered.

    What that means long term, I have no idea.
    It means if he injures it again and we draft him then we should have known better. It also means if we don't draft him and he does well, then we should have known better.

    You have been posting long enough to know that by now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharpe1027 View Post
    It means if he injures it again and we draft him then we should have known better. It also means if we don't draft him and he does well, then we should have known better.

    You have been posting long enough to know that by now.
    Yup, all because the Packers have the NFL's only truly incompetent medical staff, awards not withstanding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharpe1027 View Post
    It means if he injures it again and we draft him then we should have known better. It also means if we don't draft him and he does well, then we should have known better.

    You have been posting long enough to know that by now.
    Wist?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
    Wist?
    I don't understand the question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sharpe1027 View Post
    It means if he injures it again and we draft him then we should have known better. It also means if we don't draft him and he does well, then we should have known better.

    You have been posting long enough to know that by now.
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