Cooper Taylor, hoping to cling to a roster spot after three disappointing seasons with the Giants, will be sidelined at least until training camp after surgery to repair a core muscle. NJ Advance Media reported that Taylor had suffered a sports hernia.
A fifth-round pick in 2013, Taylor has played in only 16 games with no starts. Injuries have always been part of Taylor's story.
In 2013, shoulder and hamstring injuries kept him out of games and off the practice field.
in 2014, a preseason foot injury landed him on injured reserve for the entire season.
In 2015, Taylor was waived, brought back and then -- when it finally appeared he might see legitimate playing time -- suffered a season-ending concussion.
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I think he and at least one other guy in that group are out.
The guy is going to collect a full NFL Pension without ever making a single play.
The guy is going to collect a full NFL Pension without ever making a single play.
JFC...how infectious is this injury bug that you speak of?!?! Is it airborne or do you have to change bodily fluids? I hope no one else contracts it!
Oh...I agree with you. I had such high hopes for him after reading about his preseason performance several years ago. And I especially had a soft spot for him as he plays the position I played in high school and freshman year in college as well as suffering from the same heart condition WPW syndrome.
But as you said, at this point, unless he blows everyone out of the water come training camp, I can't see him making the team with how much time he's missed.
Haha...yeah, it was just my sarcastic response to the idea of him infecting others...:)
However, let's not overreact about this.
He's been in the system for a while so he doesn't need OTAs or mini-camp to learn the playbook. If he is fully recovered in time for camp, he'll still have his opportunity.
All things equal (aka if everyone remains healthy) there's no way Cooper Taylor should win the job. At least I would hope not.
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He is exactly the kind of guy you have to get off of this team. He may actually be infecting other players with his Injury Bug.
Always cover the toilet seat and don't touch any doorknobs!
The guy is going to collect a full NFL Pension without ever making a single play.
JFC...how infectious is this injury bug that you speak of?!?! Is it airborne or do you have to change bodily fluids? I hope no one else contracts it!
...used medicine cabinet.
Install him anywhere in the home.
Second, even the new safety of the guys coming back from injury, it's not like the team is very strong at the position. If Taylor can play the position and stay healthy, he can make the team and contribute. He has ability
Poor guy, all the training he put into this sport during the offseason, and he comes up lame again....
Are you freakin' kidding moi?
And someone please explain how to embed A gif.
Taylor's biological clock... - ( New Window )
And we ain't exactly had the most talented crew of safeties as of late...
Thing is, I think it was 2015 the season (more-or-less-ending) injuries were in abeyance, for a while, when CT got a fair amount of reps in camp and exhibitions, and SS was not exactly high on him, implying pretty directly that he did not know his assignments. That might even be more damning than the recurring injuries, in his third year, albeit not all under Spags.
Second, even the new safety of the guys coming back from injury, it's not like the team is very strong at the position. If Taylor can play the position and stay healthy, he can make the team and contribute. He has ability
Yeah but you forgot to factor in that Simms played before the salary cap era and on an 80 man roster. Not to mention, Simms played in enough games to show the team that he was worth the wait.
I'd missed Tittle, and Phil was the first real QB I'd ever seen on the Giants. It was glorious to watch him throw...
Cooper Taylor shows nothing of the promise Simms showed from day 1.
...when someone started a thread about the possibility of Cooper Taylor at Linebacker:
So much fantasy on BBI...
M.S. : 5/9/2016 4:33 pm : link
...written about a walking medicine cabinet who'll be an NFL footnote soon enough.
1st string exercise bike ;-)
...when someone started a thread about the possibility of Cooper Taylor at Linebacker:
So much fantasy on BBI...
M.S. : 5/9/2016 4:33 pm : link
...written about a walking medicine cabinet who'll be an NFL footnote soon enough.
Many of us wrote something similar a few weeks back.
You're the only one who felt the need to blow his own horn about it. You seem to have a penchant for that...blowing your own horn.
Have you tried Match.com?
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Have you tried Match.com?
No...the explanation is that he's married.
Because after the big 3 at CB we got poo.
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...when someone started a thread about the possibility of Cooper Taylor at Linebacker:
So much fantasy on BBI...
M.S. : 5/9/2016 4:33 pm : link
...written about a walking medicine cabinet who'll be an NFL footnote soon enough.
Many of us wrote something similar a few weeks back.
You're the only one who felt the need to blow his own horn about it. You seem to have a penchant for that...blowing your own horn.
Guilty as charged!
Allow me at least one vice on this site.
I try not to annoy too many BBIers and try to provide useful insights, but I frankly admit that I will shamelessly brag when I was right about something having to do with the Giants.
In the case of Cooper, you can go back a long, long way and I was saying the same thing.
Still, that's no excuse for my occasional bragging.