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“Certainly those two guys are featured players, really good players that we want to have available for every contest, but we’re going to do what’s best for them long term and the doctors and medical people will make those decisions,” Smart said at SEC Media Days at the Wynfrey Hotel. “It puts a challenge on us on how we practice because you’re trying to be ready for a first game.”
He added: “Our identity is a big, physical (team). We want to run the ball. Well, the two backs that are best at doing that have two question marks by them.”
Smart said Chubb, who tore three knee ligaments last October against Tennessee, will be tested most the first time he does “full-live contact,” Smart said.
Michel playing in the opener “will be close,” according to Boden. That will depend on what x-rays revealed, but also depends on a follow-up x-ray four weeks later.
“A lot of the injury is how does the muscle repair itself,” Smart said.
An injury like Chubb’s usually has a nine to 12 month recovery, but players don’t always return to 100 percent.
When camp begins, Chubb “will do pretty much everything,” Smart said. “He’ll do drills. The thud work.”
Smart said Chubb won’t be able to do everything right away when it comes to being tackled in a scrimmage.
“The psychological factor of him taking the first hits and going through the tackling is going to be a big part of it,” Smart said. “We’ve got people working on him with that aspect.”
“Certainly those two guys are featured players, really good players that we want to have available for every contest, but we’re going to do what’s best for them long term and the doctors and medical people will make those decisions,” Smart said at SEC Media Days at the Wynfrey Hotel. “It puts a challenge on us on how we practice because you’re trying to be ready for a first game.”
He added: “Our identity is a big, physical (team). We want to run the ball. Well, the two backs that are best at doing that have two question marks by them.”
Smart said Chubb, who tore three knee ligaments last October against Tennessee, will be tested most the first time he does “full-live contact,” Smart said.
Michel playing in the opener “will be close,” according to Boden. That will depend on what x-rays revealed, but also depends on a follow-up x-ray four weeks later.
“A lot of the injury is how does the muscle repair itself,” Smart said.
An injury like Chubb’s usually has a nine to 12 month recovery, but players don’t always return to 100 percent.
When camp begins, Chubb “will do pretty much everything,” Smart said. “He’ll do drills. The thud work.”
Smart said Chubb won’t be able to do everything right away when it comes to being tackled in a scrimmage.
“The psychological factor of him taking the first hits and going through the tackling is going to be a big part of it,” Smart said. “We’ve got people working on him with that aspect.”
