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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 839427">Jackson had a "foot injury".In general, not specific to Jackson, the range of possibilites in that phrase is quite wide, maybe wider than any other injury.  It could be a painful toe stub on the bedpost that takes a couple are weeks to come around to the point where a guy can actually play NFL football.  It could be a more serious sprain.  Certain ankle sprains sometimes get tossed into the "foot injury" category.  It  could be a condition that's borderline operative with the guy trying to play through pain.  It could be a career ender, a Lisfranc injury, a microfracture surgery that didn't take or even a turf toe that refuses to heal.  There is a lot of delicate machinery in the foot and ankle.  Hands and wrists as well, but you're not running and pounding on those.Some guys have an excess of athleticism, football talent, smarts and experience, All Pro type players, that play through pain and impairment without missing a beat.  Woodson had a chronic turf toe where he rarely practiced for a couple of years and probably played through pain all the way to Defensive Player of the Year in 2009.  To my eye he should have won it again in 2010 when again he was rarely practicing.  Guys without all those exessives of talent and intangilbes can't do that.  Put it on a spectrum of talents divided by severity.Enough of that.  We don't know the nature of Jackson's injury.  He went on the non-football injury list at the end of July and was back playing last night.  It could have been that toe on the bedpost.  Regardless, he got some snaps last night after about 3 or 4 weeks on hiatus.  He didn't look the worse for wear but that doesn't mean he isn't playing with some pain.  Dunno and nobody's going to tell us.What we did see, which remains a concern, is it didn't take long for him to be guessing wrong and and chasing on that sideline deep ball, playing catch up without getting his head around.  He was lucky it wasn't a well thrown ball allowing him to break it up.  Getting beat and chasing happens to the best of them; nobody is burn proof.  The issue is that this is the kind of play that concerned us with Jackson last season and it didn't take long to see it again.  Having been out for most of camp sure didn't help in his making the frequently uncommon but always hoped for second year jump in the offseason optimism.He's still a young player.  The book is open.  But are you going to start him in week 1?  I don't think so.</blockquote>

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