08-01-2004, 09:41 AM
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#371 (permalink)
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*Floor General*
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Detroit
Age: 26
Posts: 7,585
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Rogers out to shoulder a big season
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The Lions’ first practice had ended, and Charles Rogers had an odd, satisfied, almost smug grin.
“I had a flip on my shoulder,” said Rogers, after Saturday morning’s indoor workout that featured his diving pass reception. “When I had to go for a ball and did a little rollover.”
Coach Steve Mariucci rolled his eyes, not smug at all. Mariucci was obviously relieved.
“I watched him get up, I watched him throw the ball back with his right arm, that was good,” Mariucci said later. “Then I watched all the way until he was back behind to see whether he was going to do one of these, you know.”
Mariucci moved his arm and shoulder — the flexing a man might do to test a just healed shoulder.
All was OK.
Rogers had made one of his trademark catches in this first session. He had made it, and the landing tested his right collarbone. It was the right collarbone that he had broken last year, in his rookie season, after just five professional games.
“When a guy gets hurt, there’s a point when you come back and you test that injury, whether it’s a knee or a bruise, you test it,” Mariucci said.
“So that was probably good for him, to learn that, ‘Hey, I can roll over on my shoulder, and it held up.’ ”
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All looks good with Chuck's shoulder so far.
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