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Chris Perry doesn’t know when it will, but the running back remains confident he’ll eventually recover fully. A first-round draft pick in 2004, Perry became a forgotten man when the Bengals drafted Kenny Irons in the second round of this year’s draft. Perry has been hit by one injury after another in his pro career after being durable as a runner at Michigan. Now he’s trying to return from ankle surgery. He’s likely to start the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list. If that's the case, he won’t be eligible to return until after the sixth week of the season, though even that may be overly optimistic. With Irons out for the season after tearing his ACL in the preseason opener, the Bengals could use Perry as a change-of-pace back for Rudi Johnson. He was reluctant to talk much about his rehab. “I’m doing all right,” he said. “I think that’s about as much as they want me to say. I don’t think they want to hear too much from me right now.” Much of Perry’s value comes with his ability to make quick cuts, something a serious ankle injury could hurt. He said he’s not concerned about that and will come back as good as new. “I’m positive of it,” he said. “This is going to take time. How long, I don’t know.”
Last year at training camp when he was sidelined, he said having to sit out from Cincinnati’s potent offense was like a lottery player having all the numbers except the last one. It’s even worse this year. “It’s like they said, ‘You’ve won the lottery,’ and then call you and say, ‘No, there’s been a glitch in the system and you didn’t get it.’” Columbus Disptach Blog http://www.dispatch.com/dispatch/content/sports/blog_rabinowitz.html |
