Johnny Knox has been released by the Bears...*retires from NFL* - Page 4 - Dallas Cowboys Forum

CowboyMcCoy · 02-12-2013

[quote=Reverend Conehead;4999365]Give him a thorough physical. Find out if he can even play. His career might be over. It was an awful injury. Here it is.

FIFY.

Rack Bauer · 02-12-2013

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Originally Posted by jterrell

That is a completely silly statement.

Miles cost us a cap charge of only 2.7 or so Million in 2012 but he also costs us 5m in cap penalty for structuring his deal the way we did. So he REALLY cost us 7.7m.

But what's more is in 2013 he costs us 8m and on top of that we get to eat another 5m in cap penalty. For 13 MILLION dollars.
That's insane.

The second half of 2012 Austin was a spare WR. He had 25 catches for ~300 yards and 2 TDs. Completely unacceptable performance by a #2 WR in this offense.

Oh sorry Mr. Jones, didn't realize you were paying his salary.

Dmoore Esq · 02-12-2013

Knox is never playing again. I follow Chicago sports and listen to Chicago sports talk every day. It's nearly unanimous that his career is over. I wish him luck, but there's no chance this season of him suiting up.

GimmeTheBall! · 02-13-2013

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Originally Posted by lqmac1

He's been released by the Bears. Bring him in; release Austin and with money saved fix our gaping holes?

1. Dez Bryant
2. Dwayne Harris
3. Johnny Knox?

Comes pretty cheap I would think.

Damated goods. Teams do not release players because they are just too expensive. I think the Chicago doctors saw something they did not like.

Nation · 02-13-2013

This answers things

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Multiple sources tell the Chicago Tribune that free agent Johnny Knox is "unlikely to play again." Officially, Knox sustained a thoracic-lumbar junction fracture-dislocation with neurological involvement back in Week 15 of the 2011 season. "He had to work himself back up to where he could even walk. He had to work to get himself up out of bed," former position coach Darryl Drake said. The nerve damage and instability in Knox's back have capped his athletic ability and speed. At 6'0/185, those are two attributes he couldn't afford to lose.

Nightshade · 02-13-2013

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Originally Posted by theebs

god.

its like an edict was sent out by the clueless that miles austin is a bad player and needs to be cut so it is repeated on the internet everyday.

the guy is not going anywhere and should not.

so.. uh.. you didn't have time to watch the games this year?

theebs · 02-13-2013

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

so.. uh.. you didn't have time to watch the games this year?

Watched them all a number of times. Home games in person.

Had his ups and downs but he is a damn good player.

lqmac1 · 02-13-2013

Nevermind, saw on twitter that the Bears were informed that it's VERY UNLIKELY he ever plays football again. Very unfortunate for anyone to have their dreams shattered like that.

the_h0wey · 02-13-2013

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Originally Posted by lqmac1

He's been released by the Bears. Bring him in; release Austin and with money saved fix our gaping holes?

1. Dez Bryant
2. Dwayne Harris
3. Johnny Knox?

Comes pretty cheap I would think.

Is he going to be anything close to what he was after suffering that gruesome injury?

respectdatstar · 02-13-2013

I would rather take a shot at Harvin or Hester. Somebody with elite return skills that can make big plays deep down the field. Knox is too much of a health risk.

17yearsandcounting · 02-13-2013

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Originally Posted by respectdatstar

I would rather take a shot at Harvin or Hester. Somebody with elite return skills that can make big plays deep down the field. Knox is too much of a health risk.

Hester is over.

CowboyMcCoy · 02-13-2013

Why are we talking about Johnny Knoxville? He should stick to sophomoric comedy :p

**WoodysGirl** · 02-13-2013

Johnny Knox changes his mind, retires from NFL

A day after saying he still wanted to play in the NFL despite the Bears terminating his contract, Johnny Knox has decided to retire.

Knox told Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times that he has to face the reality that he still has trouble walking — and isn’t even close to being able to run with the speed of an NFL wide receiver — more than 13 months after suffering a devastating back injury. As a result, Knox said, he is trying to make peace with the fact that he will never play football again.

“As an athlete, you don’t want to give up, you want to keep on fighting. That’s how I’ve always been,” Knox said. “But it’s been on my heart for a while. I know how my body feels, and I know I’m not going to be the same and perform at the ability that I used to. So I’m moving on and going forward.”

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...ires-from-nfl/

Muhast · 02-13-2013

I really hope that he lands a coaching job somewhere and goes on to have a great career. Terrible ending to a career that showed promise. He wasn't ever going to be a top WR, but his speed would have kept him in the league for a long time, that injury was harder to watch than the McGahee/Lattimore injuries.

The only other injury I remember watching and feeling as squeamish about was when an Alabama WR named Provo(something like that) caught a TD pass and broke his leg as he landed and the leg just flopped all around.

StarBoyz83 · 02-14-2013

That really sucks I like him a lot. He was on his way to being a top 10 wr easy. Too young man this sport is dangerous.