Will Stroud be healthy enough to attempt his comeback and will anyone want him? (US Presswire) |
"This definitely gives me a chance to go out and play and prove that I still got a lot of good years of football left," Stroud said 12 months ago."I know how to play ball, and I know I still got a lot of good ball left."
Thanks to the lockout, though, the defensive lineman couldn't rehab his surgically-repaired shoulder at the team facility, and in July, the Patriots released him. Stroud was out of a job and probably out of football.
Except that's not a good enough conclusion for Stroud, who told Sirius XM NFL radio (via Fox Sports) that he planned on making a comeback for the 2012 season.
Currently, the 34-year-old said he's 60 percent healthy, though he plans to be completely ready to go by June. The only problem: who wants to sign a guy in his mid-30s who hasn't played in a year and who is coming off a bad injury? Especially when you consider what one NFL analyst had to say about the state of free agency.
Two weeks into NFL free agency and hearing supply will start to exceed demand. Teams no longer paying retail prices.
-- Andrew Brandt (@adbrandt) March 29, 2012
Not a great sign obviously for Stroud and his comeback desires.
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