I think the majority are hopeful and hoping for the best, but at the same time, fully expecting to find out like in the past, that our star player we invest in (in this case lattimore) may get hurt all the time and cant play. this is the mindset of why people are very reserved in their optimism until such a time as he actually can stay healthy all season.

it is our past history taking players with talent but cant stay healthy that cause a "well lets wait and see if he stays healthy" attitude before we believe the hype about their skill because talent means nothing if you are always hurt.

the truth is, most of you guys are too easily dismissing the injury concerns because you only want to focus on the talent side, in reality, there is no way any of us can know if he will be fine and can stay healthy all year or if he will constantly be in rehab.

as fans we all love our saints and hope everything they did gets great returns with no busts but only time will tell.

a truly objective person "should" have trepidation about his injury history and not be so dismissive of it until such a time as he shows he can go a full NFL season without issues

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Posted by P bean

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Posted on 5/1/17 at 10:56 pm to keakar

Thats why I pointed out that morris claiborne had no health issues in college, but has spent his whole nfl career injured. We are all considering his injury history, but acknowledge that his level of talent is far superior to most top corners. Thats why Lattimore supporters are excited. He is a freak athlete. FREAK. Whether there are inuury questions or not, you cannot predict what will happen. Claiborne was never hurt in college. And he has never been healthy in the pros. He has actually been good when healthy though.

Also claiborne was not nearly as talented as Lattimore, was only 5'11 188, with a 4.50, 34 inch vert, 9'10 broad jump. Morris went no. 6 in the draft

In comparison Lattimore blazed a 4.36, with a 38 inch vert, and an utterly freakish 11 foot broad jump.

For Lattimore to drop to 11 was pure luck. Combo of teams reaching for QB and WR, and Fournette and Mcaffrey being bad asses, following drafts which provided a resurgence for the value of running backs. Gurley, Zeke and Melvin Gordon helped this happen

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Posted by P bean

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Posted on 5/1/17 at 11:21 pm to keakar

Vernon Hargreaves went no.11. He was smaller with short arms and ran a 4.50.

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