Chris Scott Misses Mandatory Rookie Symposium

[Oviedo]

No reason given according to Fox Sports

[RuthlessBurgher]

I read that 3 players were excused because of medical reasons. The Giants' Chad Jones obviously because he is still hospitalized following his car crash. The Colts' Kevin Thomas because of reconstructive knee surgery following an injury at minicamp. Chris Scott's medical reason was not specified. Odd...

[plainnasty]

Three players – New York Giants safety Chad Jones, Pittsburgh offensive lineman Chris Scott and Indianapolis cornerback Kevin Thomas – were excused because of medical reasons. Jones remains hospitalized following a weekend car crash. Thomas underwent reconstructive knee surgery after getting injured during a rookie minicamp. The reason for Scott’s absence wasn’t immediately known.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL- ... ium-062810 (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/NFL-rookies-missingl-symposium-062810)

Excused absence due to an unknown injury.

[Shawn]

Hopefully it's not a Sweedlike medical problem.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Hopefully it's not a Sweedlike medical problem.

Colon has a Sweedlike medical problem (Achilles).

[flippy]

Wonder how long it will take Hines to call him out?

[Steelers>NFL]

Wonder how long it will take Hines to call him out?
Does he play QB?

[hawaiiansteel]

Chris Scott's chances of making the team just increased tenfold...


Sean Kugler on Chris Scott
Posted Apr 24, 2010


Offensive Tackle - University of Tennessee
5th Round – 151st Overall


What can you tell us about the tackle?
Chris is a tackle that we had a lot of time spent with. Coach Goodwin went down and worked him out personally in Tennessee. We had a lot of feedback as well from Ramon Foster, who was on our roster last year. And he's the guy that's on film that's what we're looking for. He's a physical player. We feel he's got some position flexibility; we feel he's the type that could play guard for us as well, which is real important. And he played at a high level of competition each week in the SEC and did a nice job versus those guys. He's got great size, about 320 and we feel he can commit and compete.

Will you start him out at tackle?
He'll play tackle and guard for us and we're going to work a lot of those guys at different positions and try to find what's best for them.

Even as a rookie, you'll move him around?
Even as a rookie.

Will he be left tackle, right tackle, or does it even matter?
He's played left, we feel again like some of the guys we have, that he could play left or right. And again having that flexibility makes him valuable to us.

Could you talk a little bit about where Jonathan Scott fits in?
I think Jonathan's role will be very similar to what it was in Buffalo. Jonathan started some games at left tackle. He also started some games at right tackle. He had the same history when he was in Detroit. He did start some games a left and right tackle, so having the value of being able to play both and be efficient at both gives him a good chance, and that's what is expected of him here.

Could you talk a little bit about Maurkice Pouncey on: A) Where he fits in here and B) Specifically, on what you saw meeting with him and quizzing him?
The main thing with Maurkice was on film. He's an outstanding player. Again, played in the SEC. The better the competition was, seemed the better he played. And he played some outstanding football for Florida. We went down and visited him, and we had a lot of positive feedback from their coaching staff. In particular, their offensive line coach. As far as his football intelligence, which is something we're really interested in, we spent some time watching film and he was excellent dissecting their schemes and explaining it to us. But one particular thing that we do when we have players one on one, is get them up on the board, explain some of their plays. Kind of quiz them on the board, and try to test their football intelligence. He was excellent, and probably having the pressure of the head coach in there and Kevin Colbert. Probably made it more impressive because it was just us three in the room and he nailed it. But it was probably nothing we didn't know because we had great feedback on that.

What's your take of the linemen on your roster?
I think there's chemistry in that room, and that is always a good start because that's a big part of offensive line. We are just going to work everyday to get better, and improve daily, and that's our goal. We're not going to look forward to the week ahead or the month ahead. It's going to be day-to-day and make daily improvements and in the long-run I think that will pay off.

http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/ ... 4aafdfb6c9 (http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Sean-Kugler-on-Chris-Scott/ad66c6d7-2e34-4a14-b255-ea4aafdfb6c9)

[flippy]

Wonder how long it will take Hines to call him out?
Does he play QB?

Hines only calls out Ben because of his race. Just like everyone else. :wink

[Oviedo]

I think we can now suspect that Chris Scott was not at the rookie symposium because he was sabatoging the field where Willie Colon was working out.

Just increased his chaces of making of the team

[kindlecatsb'ng]

Per PG:

In addition, rookie tackle Chris Scott, the team's fifth-round draft choice, will also have surgery Wednesday to repair a foot injury he sustained while working out at the University of Tennessee, his alma mater.

It has not been determined how long Scott will be out.

"We will have further information on both once we know the results of each of their surgeries," director of football operations Kevin Colbert said in a statement on the team's website. :cry:



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10180/10 ... z0sG3b9uDa (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10180/1069095-66.stm#ixzz0sG3b9uDa) :cry:

[phillyesq]

Per PG:

In addition, rookie tackle Chris Scott, the team's fifth-round draft choice, will also have surgery Wednesday to repair a foot injury he sustained while working out at the University of Tennessee, his alma mater.

It has not been determined how long Scott will be out.

"We will have further information on both once we know the results of each of their surgeries," director of football operations Kevin Colbert said in a statement on the team's website. :cry:



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10180/10 ... z0sG3b9uDa (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10180/1069095-66.stm#ixzz0sG3b9uDa) :cry:

I hope he recovers quickly. The Colon injury presents a big opportunity for him to make this team and contribute.

[calmkiller]

Reports are he will miss 3 months after the surgery.

[hawaiiansteel]

Rookie OT Chris Scott Hurts Foot, to Have Surgery Wednesday

Posted by Matt Loede on June 29th, 2010


Maybe the Steelers should just start the season before everyone gets hurt. A day after they lost Willie Colon for the year, now there’s more bad news on the line, this time about OT Chris Scott.

The team announced today that Scott hurt his foot last week during a training session at the University of Tennessee and will have to have surgery Wednesday.

At this point it’s an unknown if Scott will be able to play this year or not.

“Rookie offensive lineman Chris Scott suffered a foot injury while working out at the University of Tennessee last week,” Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert said. “As stated earlier, Willie Colon suffered an Achilles injury while working out on Monday. Both were evaluated by Steelers’ medical personnel today and they are scheduled for surgery on Wednesday. We will have further information regarding both once we know the results of each of their surgeries.”

Scott had recently signed a three-year contract that included a signing bonus just over $140,000.

http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/artic ... ay/2817397 (http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/Rookie_OT_Chris_Scott_Hurts_Foot_to_Have_Surgery_W ednesday/2817397)

[Oviedo]

Scott has a broken foot and will be out until at least October according to the paper this morning.

Guess we have to write this one off to a redshirt season.

[eniparadoxgma]

I hope he recovers quickly. The Colon injury presents a big opportunity for him to make this team and contribute.

:o