Suggs has only partial tear

The news is dominated today by the fact that Lee SUggs has only a partial tear of his shoulder, meaning he could be healthy for preseason football. Needless to say, the media is taking it as a given he'll be on the field. Butch seems to think it will still be unlikely. So do I. Even if he is almost completely healthy for preseason football and even if he plays in some preseason games, the team will have to consider weather he will really be much better than James Jackson. He may be. But it's not hard to imagine putting Suggs on IR and letting him train with the team all year and heal from knee and shoulder injuries, setting up a healthy Suggs for a very strong "rookie" campaign in 2004. But this does open the possibility of Suggs playing preseason football + really tearing it up, forcing his way onto the team. You can bet James Jackson is not too excited about that possibility.

Oh yeah, my alma mater has a kicker trying out too.