Email this item to: Your name: Your email address:

Message (optional):

   (Note: separate multiple email addresses with commas)

Alstott Heading In Right Direction

Alstott Heading In Right Direction

Have you ever had a hernia before? Ok, known anybody who has had one? Trust me, they are brutal, debilitating injuries. Carrying a bag of groceries with an aggravated herniated disc could send any grown man into head-splitting agony. Most hernias are associated with the lower back, in Mike Alstott's case it was a disc in his neck that caused him to miss all but a few plays of the 2003 season. After an off-season of intense rehab the aptly nicknamed 'The Anvil' is expected to be ready to resume his place as a valuable piece of the Bucs offense:

He's hitting himself in the head with a garbage can, running into cars. He's going to be just fine. -Coach Gruden.

Yeah coach, that sounds 'fine' to us too.

While few fantasy owners are going to burn anything more than a late round pick on him, it should be noted that neither Charlie Garner nor Michael Pittman are particularly adept at goal-line chores. Alstott scored 11 TD's in 2001 and 7 TD's in 2002, so the potential for being a decent bye-week backfield filler is there once again.

Alstott Ready For Hit, Gruden Says [TBO.com]
Photo: [Steve Madden/SP Times]

Recent Entries:
· Grant enters not guilty plea
· Davis apologizes for missing practice
· Can Indy finally grab Super Bowl?