Jason Cole of Yahoo said on Twitter:
“STL is not in a rush to sign LT Jake Long, it will do all the due diligence on his health.”
I asked Jason what the primary concerns with Long were and he answered “back, shoulder, knee, triceps”. Yikes. Didn’t realize Jake had that many issues, healthwise.
Jake started the first 48 games of his career. He then missed 2 in 2011 and missed 4 at the end of 2012. The fact the Dolphins let him walk may tell you that they had some injury concerns as well. A torn triceps is what ended the 2012 season for him early. While that’s not good, it isn’t as if he’s coming back from a torn ACL, ruptured achilles, or major back surgery.
It will be interesting to see what the Rams do and if the Eagles do try to stay involved.
