Abdul Carter has a foot "stress reaction" and could potentially need surgery

[Pejorative Miscreant]

5 hours ago, Panthera onca said:

If he fell to us and we drafted him, everyone would be whining about how Morgan drafted another player coming off of surgery.

There is some justification to this given our recent history. I would avoid if surgery is warranted.  Seats get hot quickly in Teppers playhouse. 

[Aussie Tank]

When did he do it? If he was playing on a bung foot and still that explosive I'm very impressed 

[Wolfcop]

If he is that great and I felt good about his long term potential and health, I’d definitely take him at 8. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

[raleigh-panther]

2 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

ACL recovery has come a long way in recent decades but it's still a very major injury. A stress fracture and a sore shoulder aren't really comparable to a popped ACL.

Yeah but the next thing you know 

lisfranc and or turf them and or ankle…that’s a whole other kettle of fish,

one thing leads to another 

[Basbear]

Best I heard this will have zero impact on his draft status. I dug around and found that came from his agent and top shark Drew rosenhaus.....

The deal about stress reaction in feet, like a million factors and none are good. If he has weak bones, the other 200 bones were stressed while one is broken. That's the other issue, foot has too much going on and its the further away from the heart so slow healing. Most times this leads to other issues and the player is forced to retire. 340 LB OLmen with cleats are always stepping on DLmans feet. 

 

Other- you "fix" this issue via surgery and when you see what's going on inside, more surgery is needed. I think at one point Charlotte had the best foot doctor in the world. He was the team doctor, I think he left for green Bay of all places years ago. But still the queen is where many people fly to, in order to fix their feet. 

[Swaggasaurus]

Nah I’m pulling the trigger if he’s there. 

[drectorscut]

3 hours ago, Gapanthersfan said:

Stress

fracture

in

foot. 
 

Hell to the naw, but blowing a high pick by drafting a for need position… and we choose a guy with a major lower extremity injury in a position where speed is everything. 

How did he break it in the first place? Chance of re-fracture? Surgery, eventually? 
 

hard pass. 

Did you even read the article? He has a stress reaction not a fracture. 

[Johnstonny]

[kungfoodude]

Also has a shoulder injury, BTW.

[Navy_football]

5 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Right or wrong Morgan should take Carter off his draft board all things considered

I mean if Carter fell to #8 and isn't ready by week 1, Tepper might take Morgan's keys and parking spot before the game is over. And I can't say I'd blame him.

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

I mean if Carter fell to #8 and isn't ready by week 1, Tepper might take Morgan's keys and parking spot before the game is over. And I can't say I'd blame him.

He has been oddly more patient with the GM's. I think Morgan gets another offseason after this, even if it is a disaster.

[LinvilleGorge]

I hate to break it to the folks stressing about a guy who almost certainly won't be there at #8 potentially not being ready by week 1 but what the fug does it matter? Y'all expecting to win the Super Bowl next year or something? What would a rookie missing a few weeks matter?

[kungfoodude]

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I hate to break it to the folks stressing about a guy who almost certainly won't be there at #8 potentially not being ready by week 1 but what the fug does it matter? Y'all expecting to win the Super Bowl next year or something? What would a rookie missing a few weeks matter?

TBH, our history with players WITH an injury history isn't great. People always love to point to the most insane outlier of all time(and should be HOFer) Thomas Davis, but we get way more Brooks than we do TD's.

TBH, aside from that, I would take any of these EDGE/DE guys at #8. Pool is too deep and I am not convinced of how elite Carter is. Look at Burns in college and then Carter. Burns is better, IMO. Better player, better tape, etc. 

Could Carter just have that next gear that Burns never developed? For sure. But I also think everyone is leaning hard into recency bias and thinking, "Oh this is gonna be Micah Parsons!" Are we sure about that? What if he is Yetur Gross-Matos?