Listen....I have played sports. Obviously not at the professional level...but I have played. Sometimes I wonder if some of you guys have ever done anything else other than type! I can tell you, the for the most part....players WANT to play. Guys WANT to be out there. Dragging one leg around through a training camp practice to PROVE to fans or the coaches how bad they want it proves NOTHING. So to hear some of you tell it...you want the guy that is dressed and out there...regardless of how terrible he looks, because him being out there proves how bad he wants it. Football is a brutal sport and a long season. Groins, hamstrings, calfs.....these strains can and will turn into complete tears if they are not rested and rehabilitated properly. If you tear it in an actual game that counts....you and the fans have to live with that. Part of the game. But to tear something that that you KNOW is not right....in a meaningless training camp session...that does not show how commited or tough you are...it shows an inability to grasp the totality of the big picture. And once you are on the sidelines on crutches...fans will just move on to the next guy...and coaches will yell "next man up".
Rolando McClain has been playing football his whole life. And playing at a high enough level to be a top 10 pick in the NFL. I don't know what he will or will not be for the Dallas Cowboys. But I would like to find out...and getting him through the preseason HEALTHY is the only way to find out. It's not like we have a cupboard full of capable replacements. So chill everyone and let's see what the man can do when his body tells him he can go.
