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He has about a 33% chance of being the same player he was prior to the achilles injury:
At one point Wilfork was presented with a statistic that says nearly 66 percent of players who suffer an Achilles injury do not come back or return at a lesser level. Now 32, Wilfork knows that the odds are against him, and acknowledged that the road back may be difficult, but he remains determined to play again.
“I can’t tell you what the body’s going to tell me when I take the field,” he said. “Maybe the body is going to say, ‘You know what, Vince, it is enough.’ If it do that, I’m going to have to listen to my body. If it’s up to me, I’m playing. I can’t leave the game like this. I can’t.”
IMO...they need to get a solid DT out of the draft to go along with the role players that showed up off the waiver wire or went undrafted. The last legit top 100 rated DT they drafted was Wilfork when they took him in the first round way back in 2004. Even if Wilfork and Kelly come back healthy, they're still at an age where players get injured easier.
At one point Wilfork was presented with a statistic that says nearly 66 percent of players who suffer an Achilles injury do not come back or return at a lesser level. Now 32, Wilfork knows that the odds are against him, and acknowledged that the road back may be difficult, but he remains determined to play again.
“I can’t tell you what the body’s going to tell me when I take the field,” he said. “Maybe the body is going to say, ‘You know what, Vince, it is enough.’ If it do that, I’m going to have to listen to my body. If it’s up to me, I’m playing. I can’t leave the game like this. I can’t.”
IMO...they need to get a solid DT out of the draft to go along with the role players that showed up off the waiver wire or went undrafted. The last legit top 100 rated DT they drafted was Wilfork when they took him in the first round way back in 2004. Even if Wilfork and Kelly come back healthy, they're still at an age where players get injured easier.
