Should TO play?
TO participaed in practice yesterday and said that he expects to play in the Super Bowl. Click Here for story. If he does he will be playing on an ankle just 6 1/2 weeks after surgery. His injury usually takes 8 weeks of recovery. The team doctor has not cleared him to play, but TO thinks he can and has offered to play to Andy Reid, the Eagles coach. I don't know if he should play or not.
But I do know that when Curt Schilling was almost universally applauded for his toughness when he pitched game 6 of the ALCS on an ankle days after surgury that had never been tried before. His wounds were so fresh that his sock was bloody after the game. It was said that Schilling's toughness broke the 86 year championship drought of the Red Sox.
The Eagles have never won a Super Bowl. Until this year, they had not even been to the Super Bowl since 1980. The last three years they lost in the NFC championship game. TO was brought in specifically to get the Eagles to and win a Super Bowl. If he plays and is successful, he will be lauded. If he plays and is injured more seriously, he will become a tragic figure, for his unwise display of hubris.
In the end, TO is a grown man and a millionaire several times over. There is no way that he has not been made aware of all of the possible consequences of playing. I say it's his decision. And he wants to play.
But I do know that when Curt Schilling was almost universally applauded for his toughness when he pitched game 6 of the ALCS on an ankle days after surgury that had never been tried before. His wounds were so fresh that his sock was bloody after the game. It was said that Schilling's toughness broke the 86 year championship drought of the Red Sox.
The Eagles have never won a Super Bowl. Until this year, they had not even been to the Super Bowl since 1980. The last three years they lost in the NFC championship game. TO was brought in specifically to get the Eagles to and win a Super Bowl. If he plays and is successful, he will be lauded. If he plays and is injured more seriously, he will become a tragic figure, for his unwise display of hubris.
In the end, TO is a grown man and a millionaire several times over. There is no way that he has not been made aware of all of the possible consequences of playing. I say it's his decision. And he wants to play.
posted by Peter Young @ 9:16 AM
2 Comments:
At 10:27 AM,
Philip Young said…
How long is TO's contract? If he's signed up for multiple years with the Eagles and McNabb is signed up for multiple years with the Eagles, then I think that Andy Reid should not play him. They made it to the playoffs with TO, but they survived the playoffs without him.
Either way, they are probably going to have a hard time against the Patriots.
At 12:27 AM,
Philip Young said…
As I said, a hard time against the Patriots. TO did more than 100 yards recieving, but yet he catches no TDs and they still lose to the Pats.
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