Gullible Chron Sportswriters

Since when do football players have additional surgery to speed their recovery from previous surgery?

The Chron's sportswriters will, of course, believe anything they are told:

Left tackle Tony Boselli, the five-time Pro Bowler who was held out of workouts during the Texans' three-day minicamp, underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his left shoulder Monday in hopes of accelerating his recovery from offseason surgery.

In actuality, it's starting to look like the Texans tied up a HELL of a lot of cap money in a player who may or may not help them in the upcoming season. Now, maybe it's not a bad move in that it will be at least a couple of seasons before they are worth a damn anyway, and Boselli should be healthy by then at least. Of course, they are counting on Boselli immediately to help protect their biggest investment, quarterback David Carr, which may mean that Kent Graham gets to play a fair amount early in the season if Boselli is not able to go right away. Better a journeyman get his brains beaten out than the franchise quarterback.

[Posted at 23:14 CST on 04/29/02] [Link]