Aubrayo Franklin sprained his knee this morning in a line drill and is awaiting the results of an MRI. Sounds like he's feeling better, but that may just be the beautiful mixture of hope and painkillers talking. (Don't knock it til you try it.) While most casual fans say "Aubrayo who?", THE FAITHFUL know that this could be a devastating blow.
Middle name Razyo. Come to crush yo fayso...The past two seasons the team has been forced to play the 4-3 because Isaac Sopoaga (aka The Defensive Kwame Harris) couldn't hold down the nose tackle spot. While he should have been an unmovable force, he always seemed to end up getting swept aside like a post-1994 Deion Sanders. Franklin (6'1", 334) was brought in to complete the defensive conversion to the 3-4 that Nolan prefers. If he's down, that leaves us with Sopoaga (6'2", 325), rookie Joe Cohen (6'2", 315), and possibly Ronald Fields (6'2", 321) to use at NT. The recently-released Cory Simon anchored the Colts' NT spot last season and could be another body we could bring in, assuming we have any cap room left after our binge this offseason. Hopefully this injury isn't serious and here's to Aubrayo's quick and speedy return to the playing field.
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