Chase out of Senior Bowl due to injury
Both Baumgardner at the Freep and MLive are reporting that Chase has pulled out of the Senior Bowl due to injury. Nothing official has been disclosed, but the reports are saying a possible injury to one or both ankles (depending on which rumor you read).
Bummer for Chase, hope he heals up and is able to to make a showing at the Combine.
MLive Link: https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2019/01/michigans-chase-winovich-pulls-out-of-senior-bowl.html
January 17th, 2019 at 4:39 PM ^
I feel so bad for him. He was seemingly healthy for his whole productive time at Michigan until the worst possible time (for his future earnings).
fucking bummer.
January 17th, 2019 at 4:46 PM ^
Didn't we all already know that he was playing injured in the Peach Bowl?
January 17th, 2019 at 4:51 PM ^
Yes, but he was waiting until after the Peach Bowl and Senior Bowl to have surgery to correct whatever was wrong. This is either a new injury or has re-aggravated it to a point where he can't compete and had to pull out, which sucks for him.
January 17th, 2019 at 4:51 PM ^
Yes, but it wasn't his ankles.
January 17th, 2019 at 4:55 PM ^
I never heard what the injury was. I guess I just presumed that he would shut it down after the bowl game and try to be ready for the combine.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:03 PM ^
Yes and I read an article on ESPN after the OSU game but before the Peach Bowl quoting Chase about "definitely" playing in the Senior Bowl. He said that it was one of his goals. The injury must be more severe than we thought or has been aggravated by playing through it.
edit: Didn't read the part about "one or both ankles" which obviously aren't connected to the injury he suffered in the Indian game to my knowledge. Sounds like a different injury entirely.
January 17th, 2019 at 11:52 PM ^
In the Peach Bowl? Chase was injured at the Indiana game, was laying on the field for a goddamn eternity unable to get to his feet. I will bet my house he played injured against OSU. Screw the Senior Bowl, I hope he can make his health a priority and regain his abilities in time for the combine.
January 18th, 2019 at 3:50 PM ^
*Sigh* Soft dudes gonna get hurt sometimes...
January 17th, 2019 at 4:51 PM ^
My plan to add Brandon Graham and Chase Winovich to the Colts is coming together.....
January 17th, 2019 at 4:53 PM ^
I'll never blame anybody for putting their future earnings first to not play in a relative meaningless game. However, to be honest, I can't lie and say I'll look back on the legacies of Gary and Higdon w/ the same fondness as Chase.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:14 PM ^
I'd say Gary's is a bit more tarnished in my view. Not even necessarily for skipping out on the bowl game but simply by his production. I think we were all hoping for the next coming of Suh and it just never panned out as well as we'd hoped.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:21 PM ^
From what I understand (from all the reports I read) Gary played hurt all season. His shoulder was injured before the ND game and he was not 100%, which affected him all season. Even after they sat him the few games, there's no guarantee he got back to 100%, and may need surgery to correct the injury. We don't know, because it was never fully disclosed. I'm more inclined to give him a partial pass.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:42 PM ^
I understand his 2018 production being down, but in 2017 he was not lighting up the world, and he was playing next to Maurice Hurst Jr.
January 17th, 2019 at 5:52 PM ^
Gary's lack of production (compared to his #1 recruit status) is one thing. That happens. It's disappointing that he was good, but not great, but from all accounts he was really hurt for over a year and he gave it his all to come back and try to win games and did contribute, though not quite as much as we hoped.
Higdon, on other hand, had no first (or second) day draft position to protect, wasn't injured, and most importantly was a senior captain. Him skipping the bowl game is a "dead to me" situation. I don't wish him ill, but I'm not going to spend any time rooting for him either (for the very little that is worth).
January 18th, 2019 at 9:22 AM ^
Fair points on Gary being hurt as well. And I suppose, to play devils advocate he did get double teamed quite a bit, which made the guys around him, in theory, better.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:02 PM ^
tarnished? Get the fuck out here with that
January 17th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
"'ll never blame anybody" then passively blames Gary and Higdon
January 17th, 2019 at 11:54 PM ^
We're fans, we're inherently irrational.
Logically I do not think that Gary or Higdon did anything wrong.
Emotionally I just am not gonna feel as positively about them as Chase. If you feel differently, more power to you.
January 17th, 2019 at 6:24 PM ^
Wherever he gets drafted, I expect he will surpass all expectations and have a long and productive NFL career.
GO BLUE!
January 17th, 2019 at 6:45 PM ^
It’s a mirage
January 17th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
That sucks for Chase, but I'm sure he'll land on his feet. With his motor I'm sure he'll be in the league for a while. Teams always need players like him.
January 17th, 2019 at 8:27 PM ^
January 18th, 2019 at 8:01 AM ^
Very sorry to read this. This was a kid who gave his all to M football. I hope and pray for a full recovery for him and a great pro career. One of my all time M favorites for sure.
January 18th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
Wonder if we will ever get the full story on both Winovich’s and Gary’s injuries. Maybe after the draft when no one has anything to lose.