Isaiah Stanback out for the season with torn Achilles *Merged*

[Blast From The Past]

Isaiah Stanback's hard luck in the NFL continues.
The former Washington Huskies and Garfield High standout, who was hoping to land with the Seahawks, suffered a season-ending left Achilles injury early in the afternoon practice.
Drafted in the fourth round by Dallas in 2007, the 6-2, 208-pound receiver played two seasons with the Cowboys before signing with New England in 2009.
Last season, Stanback appeared in six games and caught three passes for 22 yards with the Patriots.
For his career, he has five catches for 46 yards. He's also averaged 22.7 yards as a kick-off returner.
Stanback started 20 games for the Huskies during a four-year career. He passed for 3,868 yards, 22 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He also ran for 794 career yards.
He turns 26 Aug. 16.



link:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/seahawksblog/2012565565_isaiah_stanback.html

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I remember when people was saying he had more talent than Miles Austin...

 

[UnoDallas]

I remember when people was saying he had more talent than Miles Austin...

yea I had debates with guys who that he was next coming of Irvin
an to play him QB over Romo

I just had to laugh

 

[Ware2010]

Now they're stuck with paying him something.

The guy cannot play pro football without getting hurt. Period.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Now they're stuck with paying him something.

The guy cannot play pro football without getting hurt. Period.

His contract isn't guaranteed until first game of the regular season. They can release him with an injury settlement for a fraction of what they would pay him for the whole season.

I feel sorry for him but he's too fragile for football.

 

[rkell87]

hes done

 

[Spectre]

Seahawks WR/QB Isaiah Stanback was carted off the field Saturday with what was later diagnosed as a torn Achilles' tendon.

The snakebitten Stanback was trying to turn his career around with his hometown team after spending most of last season on the Pats' practice squad. After starting his career with shin splints and a foot injury back in 2007, Stanback has now sustained multiple shoulder injuries and a meniscus tear in his knee in addition to the torn Achilles'. The once-promising combo prospect's career is now in jeopardy.

 

[dcfanatic]

The man has been a professional patient since day one.

 

[igtmfo]

Sad. A real good guy with natty dreads too. Time for him to go to Canada and maybe flourish there with his (reputed?) open-field ability. He's run out of NFL PS eligibility I guess anyway.

He took all the criticism real good here, kinda like RW is doing now.

I don't know much about injury settlements, but I guess he's cut if possible ..

 

[the truth of it all]

i hope he recovers wish nothing bad on him in anyway. But def did not like what he was coming out of college and REALLY didnt like .. or understand is a better word the love for him out of college he was the second coming for a few months it seemed here. Really lame , still dont understand that.

 

[Jed_70]

I rank Stanback as one of the dumber picks by the Cowboys in the last 10 years.

The pick simply didn't make sense. Why waste a very high 4th round pick on a project player? Players of Stanback's ilk would have been available later in the draft.

 

[Alexander]

The once-promising combo prospect's career is now in jeopardy.

When was he ever healthy enough to ever be classified as "promising"?

 

[burmafrd]

that was a Jerruh idea that stank

 

[burmafrd]

one Jerruh pick that did not work too well

 

[CowboyMike]

one Jerruh pick that did not work too well

Stanback was not a Jerry pick. He was a Jeff Ireland pick.

 

[TwoCentPlain]

I remember Stanback returning a kickoff for the Cowboys. He fell down on his own untouched, fumbled, and hurt his shoulder all at the same time. Quit a feat! That was all she wrote.

He just couldn't stay healthy. Fragile as glass.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Drafted in the fourth round by Dallas in 2007, the 6-2, 208-pound receiver played two seasons with the Cowboys

Sure seemed a lot longer than that when he was here.

 

[dbair1967]

that was a Jerruh idea that stank

Jerry picked him after Jeff Ireland told him to do it. Ireland was just giddy over this guy.

Its mind boggling to me how every bad pick is "a Jerry pick" but all the good players we get must be somebody else's idea.

 

[casmith07]

He's done.

 

[bbgun]

As the saying goes, "Were it not for bad luck, he'd have no luck at all."