Injuries: Austin out 3 1/4 games, Patterson out 0 games. Enough said.
Dexter McCluster - 5'9" 170
Has played in 90.6% of games possible over his career
Anquan Boldin - 6'1" 225
Has played in 88.6% of games possible over his career
Enough said. Right?
No it wasn't a big hit (that's my point), but it wasn't even close to being the same situation as Jake Long. Dansby had very little of his weight on Austin. It was a simple tackle, with minimal if any roll. A sturdily built player would have gotten up with no problems. Not Austin--he's out for the remainder of the season.
What a bunch of bullshit. Dansby dragged Austin down from behind with his weight coming down on Austin's ankle while Austin was running.
It was no "simple tackle". It was the type of play that ANY player can be injured on. As I just showed with three examples of other Rams suffering serious injuries on the same types of plays.
Jake Long is a gigantic man with much more than a sturdy build and he tore his ACL on the same type of play. When you get rolled up on from behind, you never know what will happen.
The play is right here and it's pretty blatantly obvious that Austin's ankle gets rolled up and turned the wrong direction under Dansby's body as he comes down on him:
Just one more of your one-sided opinions. The facts:
NFL records[edit]
- Longest kickoff return touchdown: 109 yards (October 27, 2013)
- The first NFL player to have a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown, a 75-yard touchdown catch, and a 50-yard rushing touchdown in the same season. (2013)
Minnesota Vikings franchise records[edit]
- Most kickoff return yards in a season: 1,393 (2013)
- Highest kick return average in a season: 32.4 (2013)
- Most kickoff return touchdowns in a season: 2 (2013) (tied with Percy Harvin)[17]
- Longest rushing play by a receiver: 50 yards (December 29, 2013)
- Longest play by a Viking: 109 yards (October 27, 2013)
2013 AP All-Pro.
You can keep your "facts". You'll quickly learn that I don't care about what people think the stats say. I base my opinions on what I see on the field. Throwing a bunch of stats at me means nothing to me. Any person is capable of reading a box-score.
Again, you're wrong. Watch Patterson's tape in college--he's a very physical player, often running over SEC defenders. I'll tell you what: You post the most physical play Tavon Austin has ever made and I'll post the same for Patterson. Let's decide. Austin rarely breaks an arm tackle. Patterson is faster than Sammy Watkins. So Watkins is not a true speedster? Patterson had almost double the APY and more TDs than Austin had. No, Patterson's not a jump ball WR, but infinitely more so than Austin who is an extremely limited target. And, unlike Austin, he has the physical tools to be one.
I don't care about physicality after the catch. Not what I'm referring to. You don't get open by running people over after the catch. Patterson has to be able to get separation. He's not physical before the catch, he's not a polished route runner, and not a true "speedster".
And no, Patterson is not faster than Watkins on the field. Watkins has an extra gear on vertical routes than Patterson doesn't have.
Finally, I don't care what your physical tools are. You either are or aren't a WR that wins jump balls consistently. That isn't something that tends to change.