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

[LinvilleGorge]

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/abdul-carter-injury-update-news-penn-state-foot/d8250ee138ef5df504b34f2d?utm_term=abdul carter,penn state football,2025 nfl draft,nfl,news&utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_content=US&utm_campaign=Abdul Carter gets surprise injury news

 

[Panthera onca]

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

[Jon Snow]

2 minutes 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.

If he has surgery he's not playing his rookie season. 

[Khyber53]

Let's allow someone else to deal with that. We don't have time to stop building this house to see if we can get the warp out of a 2x4.

Again.

Edited 4 hours ago by Khyber53

[Captroop]

6 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

If he has surgery he's not playing his rookie season. 

We're not contending in his rookie season. So I guess it depends on how valuable he would be to the future of the organization.

Edited 4 hours ago by Captroop

[Jon Snow]

3 minutes ago, Captroop said:

We're not contending in his rookie season. So I guess it depends on how valuable he would be to the future of the organization.

Just saying it's something to consider when drafting. He would not help the defense this year so you still need help while your 1st round pick recovers. I'm not sure Tepper has the stomach for that.

[Mistuh Jones]

Please don't. Eff another injured player forever

[Waldo]

I would rather have a less talented guy who was available. They don't need any projects or injured guys early. They already screwed up early last year and don't need more of that.

[LinvilleGorge]

18 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

If he has surgery he's not playing his rookie season. 

Virtually no chance of that. It's generally a 3-4 month process if surgery is required. Half of that if surgery is deemed unnecessary. I doubt he'll get surgery before the draft but if a team that drafted him deemed surgery was necessary he'd probably have it shortly after the draft. That would make his expected return sometime around mid-August to mid-September so he'd definitely miss all off-season activities and most of not all of training camp. I'd probably expect him to start out on the PUP list while he gets up to speed and be active starting game 5. If surgery is deemed unnecessary he'd be ready for camp.

[rayzor]

got enough injury issues. 

[mrcompletely11]

1 hour 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.

You are not wrong 

[PadresPanthersFan]

Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. 

No to pre injured players. At least early

[LinvilleGorge]

21 minutes ago, PadresPanthersFan said:

Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. 

No to pre injured players. At least early

To get that type of talent at #8 you need an extenuating circumstance. That's how Star fell to us. The "heart issue" scared some teams off. This isn't an ACL or an Achilles. But potentially missing camp and getting off to a slow start could potentially move some teams off of him.

[WarPanthers89]

Reports are he would only be out 8 weeks if he has the surgery