rick34125 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Don't look now, but two of the biggest daggers the Jets faced last year were arguably RB Ronnie Brown of the Miami Dolphins and WR Wes Welker of the NE Patriots. Both Brown and Welker are recovering from serious injuries last season and are hopeful to rejoin their teams when the season begins. Brown doesn't rule out being completely healthy by the time training camp begins in late July. "Definitely not,'' he said. "I've been getting better on a weekly and daily basis. I've come a long way. In the offseason program, I started running. And how long has it been, eight, nine weeks into the offseason, and now we've started the OTAs, and I'm out here. There are positives. And I look forward to making progress every time we have something as a team, I'm trying to do something. I'm optimistic.'' Welker is also optimistic with his progress although unsure of when he will return. "It's going good so far. It's a long process but I feel like I'm making a lot of strides," Welker said Saturday at the Old Spice Wes Welker Football Camp. "It's gone as good as expected so far. Hopefully we stay on that track and keep on progressing every day." Asked if it's too early to set a timetable for his return, Welker responded that it's "way early." "We'll see what happens," he said. "My plan is to keep working hard and keep doing the things I've been doing to get to where I am now." If both players do make it back for the start of the season it could be a long September for the Jets who play their divisional rivals in 3 of the first 4 games. Last season back in week 5, Ronnie Brown put up over a hundred all purpose yards catching, throwing and running the ball, while scoring 2 touchdowns, the second TD being scored on the Phins final possession with 6 seconds left on the clock. In week 11 Wes Welker caught the ball 15 times for 192 yards, a performance that confounded the Jets defense repeatedly in coverage and for which they never found an answer. We all know that the Jets have had a busy offseason and looked to have addressed the problems that these teams caused them last season. Still there's no telling the impact a healthy Ronnie Brown and Wes Welker could have on the Jets AFCE Divisional dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Even if they do come back, I'm perfectly fine with playing Miami and NE early on. I'd be more worried about Welker and Brown when they get to 100 % health later in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hmmmmmm, Wonder what Jeff Gilooly and Shane Stant are doing these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatriotReign37 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Welker didnt tear the MCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neckdemon Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Hmmmmmm, Wonder what Jeff Gilooly and Shane Stant are doing these days without googling it....was one of these 2 the guy that took out nancy kerrigan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick34125 Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 Welker didnt tear the MCL. "Welker will never be the same." - Nostradamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.