Intrigued to see what Dan Jackson can do once healthy.
It's quite possible
Dan Jackson is
already healthy (and has been for a while), which is very unfortunate. Lions did not disclose the nature of his injury, but quickly put him on season-ending injured reserve, with no designation of return. Given
Dan Campbell's words in early August, the injury probably wasn't devastating. Even a 3 month injury would've brought him back by mid-season.
In retrospect, that (season-end IR) might've been a bad move, as reports indicated he was destined to be the Lions #3 or #4 safety. With all the injuries, he would've probably been starting since week 10 or prior and could've really helped out a depleted secondary?
Same with Patriots tailback
Lan Larison, who was fully expected to make the team, but broke his foot in early August. Black Chargers rookie RB had a similar injury as Lan and missed only like 7 weeks. Considering the date of Larison's injury, he could been back by the end of September or some point in October, but the Pat's chose to
not use one their
designation's to return on him. And they could've used Larison mid-season, as a rash of injuries occurred at RB.
BTY, in addition to Jackson and Larison,
very impressive rookie safety
Hunter Wohler (Colts) was also put on season-ending IR in August. Unfortunately, Wohler's injury appeared to be significant (Lis-franc), so let's hope he's healed up by next season.
Again, been some tough injuries for rookies: Wohler and
Cam Skattebo could've made 1st team all-rookie, but suffered serious injuries. And Larison and Jackson could've really made a nice impact by mid-season, if the NFL had
less restrictive IR rules.