Stanback not falling behind, Phillips says
By Tom Orsborn on Aug 5, 09 10:21 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
OK, right, Wade. Whatever.
Isaiah Stanback has missed the last five days days of practice with a hamstring injury. I asked Phillips yesterday whether the receiver had dug himself too big of a hole to get out of and he said:
"No, at least he's been here, he knows the routes, he knows how to run them," Phillips said. "I think he can fall back in pretty quickly. I think the thing with him is the mental part. He can't fall into, 'This (getting injured) is always happening to me,' and that kind of thing. And I've seen it happen before. I've seen guys injured a whole lot and stay injured and I've seen guys injured and all of a sudden they get going and they're never hurt again. Hopefully, he'll be the latter."
Even if Stanback makes the roster, the team has to have major concerns about his lengthy injury history. It's a good thing Bill Parcells isn't still the coach, because if he was, Stanback would be gone by now.