Chris Jones out 4-6 months
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famoustitles
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I'm predicting he starts practicing first week or two of October
MyBloodIsRed16
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My guess is he probably hurt it in the weight room
Caliborn72
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Losing Jones hurts everywhere. It thins out the team in the secondary and on special teams.
Lee should be ready to step up though. He's inexperienced as a starting CB but he's not young. I fully expect a 4*, 3rd year player to be able to start if need be and I think it definitely raises some questions about his development if he's not ready. Especially with how Jackson needs to work on his consistency.
My biggest concern with the injury is if this calls for a more vanilla defense than I was expecting. Year 2 I think will be a ton of fun to watch as Diaco trusts more of his guys and can be more aggressive. But year one, losing a potential Thorpe award winning CB for most, if not all, of the year hurts mightily. Especially when dependability and consistency are the two major concerns with the other two starting corners going forward. I'm just ready for the season to get here without any other losses.
Lee should be ready to step up though. He's inexperienced as a starting CB but he's not young. I fully expect a 4*, 3rd year player to be able to start if need be and I think it definitely raises some questions about his development if he's not ready. Especially with how Jackson needs to work on his consistency.
My biggest concern with the injury is if this calls for a more vanilla defense than I was expecting. Year 2 I think will be a ton of fun to watch as Diaco trusts more of his guys and can be more aggressive. But year one, losing a potential Thorpe award winning CB for most, if not all, of the year hurts mightily. Especially when dependability and consistency are the two major concerns with the other two starting corners going forward. I'm just ready for the season to get here without any other losses.
lo country
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For now.........Wonder if this is definite that he stays. I guess we will know in about 2 weeks.
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broganreynik
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Huh. I hope he doesn't rush it. That could be more detrimental to his NFL prospects than sitting the year out. Bad film and the possibility of further injury isn't worth the risk IMO.
Enhance
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I think he's probably weighing three options:
1) rehab, play at least part of the season and then prepare for the draft
2) rehab, sit out the whole season and then prepare for the draft
3) rehab, redshirt and then play in 2018
Four-to-six months could have him back in November at the earliest, and since he was already debating the NFL last year, I'm guessing he'd like to shoot for choice #1. But, you're right, pushing too hard could end up ruining the whole career.
BIGREDIOWAN
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ColoradoHusk
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I don't know, he was already considering going pro after last season, so he is probably thinking that this is his last season at NU anyway. If he can make it back for a lot of the conference season, it may be worth a try in his opinion.
famoustitles
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I'm now predicting he'll play sparingly in the Illinois game and be ready for Wisconsin.
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