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Posted by nickeatman at 5/25/2011 1:38 PM CDT on truebluefanclub.com
There’s a reason Jerry Jones isn’t bothered by drafting players who are either injured now, or have been in the past, or maybe a combination of both.
The businessman in Jerry Jones is always looking for a bargain, and when it comes to the draft, the word is usually value.
He’s done with several players in the past and this year’s example was Bruce Carter, who suffered a torn ACL in November and will be hard-pressed to be 100 percent by the start of training camp. However, there were early draft projections that had Carter going in the middle of the first round, had it not been for the injury.
And that’s the value Jerry is looking for, especially if he can return to speed, if not faster. The one drawback to that is the lockout, which prevents Carter from being here at Valley Ranch right now working with some of the best trainers in the NFL, especially when it comes to rehab assignments.
But even Carter’s college coach at North Carolina, Butch Davis, had some positive things to say about Carter in terms of getting himself ready to play.
“If you could just count the thousands and thousands of hours that Bruce Carter has put in the weight room,” said Davis. “You take a look at his body, the change that he’s made in the last four years of what he looked like in 2007 and what he looks like today. He’s earned everything. You never really know until they come in how coachable they are, how quickly do they learn, how hard are they willing to work to make not only their dreams come true, but their team’s dreams.”
Remember, this is coming from a college coach who knows a thing or two about the NFL, having worked as an assistant coach in Dallas in the early 1990’s and later become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. It’s no coincidence that North Carolina had a school-record, and nation-leading nine players selected this year.
That tells me that Davis isn’t just coaching these players, but preparing them to go to the next level. That’s even more important for a guy like Carter, who might have to be preparing himself on his own for a little while.
There’s a reason Jerry Jones isn’t bothered by drafting players who are either injured now, or have been in the past, or maybe a combination of both.
The businessman in Jerry Jones is always looking for a bargain, and when it comes to the draft, the word is usually value.
He’s done with several players in the past and this year’s example was Bruce Carter, who suffered a torn ACL in November and will be hard-pressed to be 100 percent by the start of training camp. However, there were early draft projections that had Carter going in the middle of the first round, had it not been for the injury.
And that’s the value Jerry is looking for, especially if he can return to speed, if not faster. The one drawback to that is the lockout, which prevents Carter from being here at Valley Ranch right now working with some of the best trainers in the NFL, especially when it comes to rehab assignments.
But even Carter’s college coach at North Carolina, Butch Davis, had some positive things to say about Carter in terms of getting himself ready to play.
“If you could just count the thousands and thousands of hours that Bruce Carter has put in the weight room,” said Davis. “You take a look at his body, the change that he’s made in the last four years of what he looked like in 2007 and what he looks like today. He’s earned everything. You never really know until they come in how coachable they are, how quickly do they learn, how hard are they willing to work to make not only their dreams come true, but their team’s dreams.”
Remember, this is coming from a college coach who knows a thing or two about the NFL, having worked as an assistant coach in Dallas in the early 1990’s and later become the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. It’s no coincidence that North Carolina had a school-record, and nation-leading nine players selected this year.
That tells me that Davis isn’t just coaching these players, but preparing them to go to the next level. That’s even more important for a guy like Carter, who might have to be preparing himself on his own for a little while.