Cowboys CB Morris Claiborne (shoulder surgery) expects to be ready for OTAs.
"I’m feeling great," he said. "I feel like my mind is getting stronger as well as my body. Just rehabbing every day and trying to get stronger. I’ll be ready for when we start up our workouts and on to OTAs and minicamp." Coming off two lost seasons, the No. 6 overall pick of the 2012 draft will be under the microscope as Big D's defense attempts to bounce back from its disastrous 2013. I predict a good year for Claiborne. Not a #6 in the draft type of year, but a good year nonetheless. Can he stay healthy is my question...
We keep drafting injured guys or guys that had various injuries in College and then we are surprised when they get hurt at the next level. It seems like a couple of guys that we take every year are still in recovery on draft day. Guess the problem is no one wears a sign that says "injury prone" so when do you pick the guy that drops and when to you pass? We seem to be one of the teams doing the picking and we seem to be one of the teams with the most injury problems. Cause and effect? Who knows...but it's enough of a coincidence for the team to take notice...And Mo didn't have injury concerns coming out of college. Injury will always be part of the game & unpredictable. It it is no coincidence that Dallas has probably been the least healthiest team in the league over the past 3 or 4 years. Look at our Draft history... all these guys who have been routinely injured for us generally had the same problems in college not including Mo. I am more concern with identifying players who have a high threshold to play through pain & injuries. Jerry took calculated risks & the reason Dallas was able to get those players where they did.